Thematic Bible: Common delusions
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Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
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And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, "Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity 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
For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." So 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 to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, 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 town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"-- yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
Common delusions » Self-confidence
Peter answered him, "Though they 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 presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
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Common delusions » Using vain repetitions in prayer
"And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases 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 being 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 ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'
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Common delusions » Building on sand
But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."
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