Thematic Bible: Common delusions
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Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
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And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.
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For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
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Common delusions » Thinking that sin will give fulness of life
For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.
Common delusions » Presuming upon unchanging conditions
How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth: When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.
Common delusions » Self-confidence
But Peter made answer and said to him, Though all may be turned away from you, I will never be turned away.
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Common delusions » Trusting in racial connections for salvation
And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.
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Common delusions » Using vain repetitions in prayer
And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.
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Common delusions » Thinking the deity is represented by idols
If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.
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Common delusions » Trusting in riches
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.
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Common delusions » Building on sand
But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.
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