Thematic Bible: Common delusions
Thematic Bible
Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
and wrangling between men whose minds are corrupt and destitute of the truth; who suppose that godliness is a source of gain.
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And as he reasoned about morality, self-control, and the future judgment, Felix was terrified, and said, "For the present go on your way, and when I find a convenient season, I will send for you."
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If a man fancies himself to be 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
Go to now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we shall journey to such a city and spend a year there, and trade and make money," when all the time you do not know what will happen on the morrow. For what is your life? You are but a mist, appearing for a brief time, and then vanishing.
Common delusions » Self-confidence
"If they all stumble and fall away from you," answered Peter, "I will never do so!"
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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'?? tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise up descendants for Abraham.
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Common delusions » Using vain repetitions in prayer
"While praying do not say the same words over and over again, as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that by their much speaking they will gain attention.
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Common delusions » Thinking the deity is represented by idols
"Since then we are God's offspring, we ought not to imagine that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device 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 listens but does not do, is like a man who built a house upon the soil, without foundations, against which the torrent burst, and at once it fell in, and the ruin of that house was great."
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