Thematic Bible: Common delusions
Thematic Bible
Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
and mutual irritation between people of depraved minds, who are lost to the truth and think of religion only as a means of gain.
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But as he talked of uprightness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became alarmed, and said, "You may go for the present. I will find time later to send for you."
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For if anyone thinks he is somebody when he is really nobody, he is deceiving 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 are going to such and such a town, to stay a year and go into business and make money," when you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow! You are just a mist, which appears for a little while and then disappears.
Common delusions » Self-confidence
Peter answered, "If they all desert you, I will never do it!"
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Common delusions » Trusting in racial connections for salvation
Do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!
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Common delusions » Using vain repetitions in prayer
And when you pray, do not repeat empty phrases as the heathen do, for they imagine that their prayers will be heard if they use words enough.
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Common delusions » Thinking the deity is represented by idols
So if we are God's children we ought not to imagine that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, wrought by human art and thought.
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Common delusions » Trusting in riches
And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have great wealth stored up for years to come. Now take your ease; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself." '
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Common delusions » Building on sand
But the man who listens to it, and does not act upon it, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation. The torrent burst upon it, and it collapsed at once, and the wreck of that house was complete."
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