Thematic Bible: Common delusions
Thematic Bible
Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
and persistent wranglings on the part of people whose intellects are disordered and they themselves blinded to all knowledge of the truth; who imagine that godliness means gain.
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But when he dealt with the subjects of justice, self-control, and the judgement which was soon to come, Felix became alarmed and said, "For the present leave me, and when I can find a convenient opportunity I will send for you."
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For if there is any one who thinks himself to be somebody when he is nobody, he is deluding himself.
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Common delusions » Thinking that sin will give fulness of life
Common delusions » Presuming upon unchanging conditions
Come, you who say, "To-day or to-morrow we will go to this or that city, and spend a year there and carry on a successful business," when, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more.
Common delusions » Self-confidence
"All may stumble and fail," said Peter, "but I never will."
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Common delusions » Trusting in racial connections for salvation
and do not imagine that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones.
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Common delusions » Using vain repetitions in prayer
"And when praying, do not use needless repetitions as the Gentiles do, for they expect to be listened to because of their multitude of words.
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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 His nature resembles gold or silver or marble, or anything sculptured by the art and inventive faculty of man.
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Common delusions » Trusting in riches
and I will say to my life, "'Life, you have ample possessions laid up for many years to come: take your ease, eat, drink, enjoy yourself.'
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Common delusions » Building on sand
But he who has heard and not practised is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against which the torrent bursts, and immediately it collapses, and terrible is the wreck and ruin of that house."
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