Thematic Bible: Exhibited in thinking that
Thematic Bible
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives shall be prolonged
"Come," [say they], "I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure."
I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives will be prolonged
"Come," [say they], "I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure."
I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Privileges entitle us to heaven
Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.' Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » God will not punish our sins
They have denied Yahweh, and said, "It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.
He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Privileges entitle us to enter heaven
Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.' Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We may have peace while in sin
and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, "I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry."
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Gifts entitle us to heaven
Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are rich in spiritual things
Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We should adhere to established wicked practices
But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our own ways are right
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are pure
There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Christ shall not come to judge
and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Gifts entitle us to go to heaven
Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are better than others
The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are above adversity
He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble."
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Christ will not come to condemn us
and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."