Thematic Bible: Common delusions
Thematic Bible
Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
frictions between men corrupted in mind and lacking in truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.
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He reasoned about righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come. Felix trembled, and answered: Go your way for now. When I have time I will send for you.
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So if any one of you thinks you are important when you really are not, you are only fooling yourself.
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Common delusions » Thinking that sin will give fulness of life
God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened. Then you will be like God, knowing good and evil. When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
Common delusions » Presuming upon unchanging conditions
Come now, you that say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and make profit. You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor (puff of air) that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
Common delusions » Self-confidence
Peter answered: Even if everyone falls away because of you, I will never fall away.
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Common delusions » Trusting in racial connections for salvation
Do not presume that Abraham is your father. I tell you that God can make descendants for Abraham from these stones!
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Common delusions » Using vain repetitions in prayer
Large quantities of meaningless words and repetition are not acceptable in prayer. The pagans think their gods will hear long and repetitious prayers.
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Common delusions » Thinking the deity is represented by idols
Being then the offspring of God, we should not think that the divine being is like gold, or silver, or stone, a device made by man's design or skill.
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Common delusions » Trusting in riches
I will say to my self: 'You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.'
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Common delusions » Building on sand
He who hears but does not do is like a man who built a house upon the earth without a foundation. A flood will send a stream of water and immediately it will fall. The ruin of that house will be great.
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