Thematic Bible: Common delusions
Thematic Bible
Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.
But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you.”
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Common delusions » Thinking that sin will give fulness of life
"For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Common delusions » Presuming upon unchanging conditions
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit." Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
Common delusions » Self-confidence
But Peter said to Him, “Even though all may fall away because of You, I will never fall away.”
Common delusions » Trusting in racial connections for salvation
and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.
Common delusions » Using vain repetitions in prayer
Common delusions » Thinking the deity is represented by idols
Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man.