Thematic Bible: Exhibited in thinking that
Thematic Bible
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives shall be prolonged
Each one says, 'Come on, I'll get some wine! Let's guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We'll have everything we want!'
And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit."
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives will be prolonged
Each one says, 'Come on, I'll get some wine! Let's guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We'll have everything we want!'
And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit."
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Privileges entitle us to heaven
and don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, 'Lord, let us in!' But he will answer you, 'I don't know where you come from.' Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » God will not punish our sins
"These people have denied what the Lord says. They have said, 'That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.
He says to himself, "God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices."
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Privileges entitle us to enter heaven
and don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, 'Lord, let us in!' But he will answer you, 'I don't know where you come from.' Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We may have peace while in sin
When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, "I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit." This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Gifts entitle us to heaven
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven -- only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?'
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are rich in spiritual things
Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We should adhere to established wicked practices
Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our own ways are right
There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are pure
There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Christ shall not come to judge
and saying, "Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation."
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Gifts entitle us to go to heaven
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven -- only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?'
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are better than others
The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are above adversity
He says to himself, "I will never be upended, because I experience no calamity."
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Christ will not come to condemn us
and saying, "Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation."