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 imagine that godliness is a means of gain.
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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."
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For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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Common delusions » Thinking that sin will give fulness of life
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 will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Common delusions » Self-confidence
Peter declared to him, "Even if all fall away because of you, I will never fall away."
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Common delusions » Trusting in racial connections for salvation
and do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
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Common delusions » Using vain repetitions in prayer
And when you pray, do not use empty repetitions as the Gentiles do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
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Common delusions » Thinking the deity is represented by idols
Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
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Common delusions » Trusting in riches
And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."'
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Common delusions » Building on sand
But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great."
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