Thematic Bible: Common delusions
Thematic Bible
Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
and perpetual friction between men who are corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who think that godliness is a source of profit [a lucrative, money-making business—withdraw from them].
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But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control [honorable behavior, personal integrity], and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for now, and when I find [a convenient] time I will send for you.”
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For if anyone thinks he is something [special] when [in fact] he is nothing [special except in his own eyes], he deceives himself.
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Common delusions » Thinking that sin will give fulness of life
For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil and blessing and calamity. And when the woman saw that the tree was good (suitable, pleasant) for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate.
Common delusions » Presuming upon unchanging conditions
Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city and spend a year there and carry on our business and make money. Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? You are [really] but a wisp of vapor (a puff of smoke, a mist) that is visible for a little while and then disappears [into thin air].
Common delusions » Self-confidence
Peter replied to Him, “Though they all fall away because of You [and doubt and disown You], I will never fall away!”
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Common delusions » Trusting in racial connections for salvation
and do not presume to say to yourselves [as a defense], ‘We have Abraham for our father [so our inheritance assures us of salvation]’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children (descendants) for Abraham.
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Common delusions » Using vain repetitions in prayer
Common delusions » Thinking the deity is represented by idols
So then, being God’s children, we should not think that the Divine Nature (deity) is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination or skill of man.
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