Thematic Bible: False religion, characteristics of


Thematic Bible



But now that you know God, or rather have been known by God, how can you turn back again to those powerless and bankrupt basic principles? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again? Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingElementsConfusionUseless ThingsUniquenessElements Of The UniverseGod Knowing His PeopleSubject To EvilWorry And StressIdentityWeaknessKnowing GodIdentity In Christ

They don't eat anything from the marketplace unless they dip it in water. They also observe many other traditions, such as the proper washing of washing cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.) Verse ConceptsMarketsBrassPurifying OneselfClean ObjectsHow People Eatmarketing

So why do you test God by putting on the disciples' neck a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we could carry? Verse ConceptsLegalismSatan, As TempterTestingYokesTesting GodUnbearable ThingsPutting God FirstResisting TemptationTeststrying


If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world? Verse ConceptsMortificationAbolish, Evil ThingsChristian Liberty Is Freedom FromFormalityDying With ChristDead To SinElements Of The UniverseHuman Law

since they deal only with food, drink, and various washings, which are required for the body until the time when things would be set right. Verse ConceptsRitualLimitations Of The Bodyorder

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