Thematic Bible: Preparation steps required in
Thematic Bible
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Pride
You say 'I am rich and have grown rich, and I want for nothing,' and you do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, naked!
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The Pharisee stood forward and began praying to himself in this way--'O God, I thank thee that I am not like other men-- thieves, rogues, adulterers--or even like this tax-gatherer.
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"If you had been blind," replied Jesus, "you would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, you say 'We can see,' and so your sin remains.
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Some, I hear, are puffed up with pride, thinking that I am not coming to you.
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Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Abandonment of idols
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Cleansing of God's temple
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Personal purification
If, then, a man has escaped from the pollution of such errors as I have mentioned, he will be like a thing kept for better use, set apart, serviceable to its owner, ready for any good purpose.
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Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Returning unto the lord
He shall go before him in the spirit and with the power of Elijah, 'to reconcile fathers to their children' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and so make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."
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