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Thematic Bible: Profession of religion


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Ezekiel 33:31-32
And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear the words you say, but they will not do them; for with their mouths they show much love, but their hearts go after and are set on their [idolatrous greed for] gain. Behold, you are to them as a very lovely [love] song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument, for they hear your words but do not do them.

Titus 1:16
They profess to know God [to recognize and be acquainted with Him], but by their actions they deny and disown Him. They are detestable and disobedient and worthless for good work of any kind. Verse ConceptsInconsistencyethics, incentives towardsWarnings Against ApostasyBeing A SoldierDenying ChristDeception, Forbidden By GodDeceit, Practice OfClaimsNominal ReligionCharacter Of WickedDisobedience, To GodIgnorance Towards God, Shown ByApostasy, Nt ExamplesProfessingDenying GodUseless PeopleWork EthicFake FriendsdisobedienceatheismdenialDenying God And His Power

Matthew 7:21
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. Verse Conceptsethics, personalethics, and graceGuidance, Need For God'sKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLaw, Ten CommandmentsThe Lord's PrayerPleasing GodSermon On The MountProfessingEntering The KingdomDoing God's WillChrist Is LordDoing God's WorksOur Father In HeavenRelationship Of Father And SonGoing To Heaven

Proverbs 26:23

Like a [common] clay vessel covered with the silver dross [making it appear silver when it has no real value]
Are burning lips [murmuring manipulative words] and a wicked heart.
 Verse ConceptsCoatsNominal ReligionWicked Described AsProfessingArtificialnessOverlaid With SilverShowing Hypocrisy

Luke 6:46
“Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not practice what I tell you? Verse ConceptsDeception, Forbidden By GodProfessingChrist Is LordCalling

1 John 3:18
Little children (believers, dear ones), let us not love [merely in theory] with word or with tongue [giving lip service to compassion], but in action and in truth [in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words]. Verse ConceptsLoveFruit, SpiritualSincerity, In Christian LivingProfessingNew Birth, Evidenced BySincereityAim At LoveMere TalkLove For ChildrenGood ChildrenThe TongueStudyingGod's Love For UsTrue LoveEncouraging OthersLove Shown By DeedsTelling The TruthThe BibleKidsGods LoveEmotionsMotivationBeing LovedLoving One AnotherBeing PositiveFake FriendsNot Being AloneScriptureBeing DifferentLoving ChildrenBeing UniqueSpeechchristianityhelpingactingloverslovingothersdeedsCall To Action

Psalm 78:35-36
And they [earnestly] remembered that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their Redeemer. Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouths and lied to Him with their tongues.

Isaiah 48:1
“Hear this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel
And who come from the seed of Judah,
You who swear [allegiance] by the name of the Lord
And invoke the God of Israel,
But not in truth (sincerity) nor in righteousness [with moral and spiritual integrity].
 Verse ConceptseagernessPerjuryProfessingSwearing Oaths FalselyGod Renaming PeopleSwearingListening To Godisrael

Mark 7:6
He replied, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites (play-actors, pretenders), as it is written [in Scripture],

‘These people honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
 Verse ConceptsHoliness, Purpose OfLegalismLipsPretenceProfessingLack Of MeaningGod And The HeartMere TalkNamed Prophets Of The LordProphecies concerningHypocritesHypocrisy

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