Thematic Bible: Imitation


Thematic Bible





It is not that we don’t have the right to support, but we did it to make ourselves an example to you so that you would imitate us. Verse ConceptsImitatingMinisters, Should BeImitating Good PeopleExample Of Believers





be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, ‘How did these nations worship their gods? I’ll also do the same.’ Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionParticipation, In SinImitatingEvil AssociationsNot Imitating EvilAsking Particular QuestionsEvil TrappingDo Not Have Other gods

The people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We must have a king over us. Then we'll be like all the other nations: our king will judge us, go out before us, and fight our battles."

"The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses. Therefore do whatever they tell you and observe [it]. But don't do what they do, because they don't practice what they teach.

They rejected His statutes and His covenant He had made with their ancestors and the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate. Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionConformityPrayerlessnessRejection Of GodImitating Wicked PeopleForsaking God's ThingsUseless EndeavourBreaking The Covenant




It is not that we don’t have the right to support, but we did it to make ourselves an example to you so that you would imitate us. Verse ConceptsImitatingMinisters, Should BeImitating Good PeopleExample Of Believers





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