Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Affections » Of the wicked, not sincerely set on God
The portion of them on the rock illustrates those who accept the message, bubbling over with joy when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for awhile, but in the time of testing they fall away.
Verse Concepts
Delighting in God » Hypocrites » Pretend to
Formalism » Warnings against
keeping up the forms of religion but not giving expression to its power. Avoid such people.
Verse Concepts
"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.
Verse Concepts
If once through fellowship with Christ you died and were separated from the world's crude notions, why do you live as though you belonged to the world? Why submit to rules such as,
Verse Concepts
"'This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far, far away from me;
Verse Concepts
You are observing days, months, seasons, years. I am beginning to fear that I have bestowed my labors on you for nothing.
Hypocrites » Described as » Apparently zealous in the things of God
Religion » Formalism » Warnings against
keeping up the forms of religion but not giving expression to its power. Avoid such people.
Verse Concepts
"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.
Verse Concepts
If once through fellowship with Christ you died and were separated from the world's crude notions, why do you live as though you belonged to the world? Why submit to rules such as,
Verse Concepts
"'This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far, far away from me;
Verse Concepts
You are observing days, months, seasons, years. I am beginning to fear that I have bestowed my labors on you for nothing.