Thematic Bible: Religion characteristics of
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FALSE » Religion characteristics of » False profession
And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee as my people. And they hear thy words, but do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain. And, lo, thou are to them as a very lovely song of he who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument. For they hear thy words, but they do not do them.
They profess to know God, but in their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and worthless for every good work.
Not every man who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of my Father in the heavens.
Fervent lips and a wicked heart are an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
My Little children, we should not love in word, nor with the tongue, but in deed and in truth.
And they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God their redeemer. But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
And having answered, he said to them, Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me.
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » Legalism
I am indeed a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but reared in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, reared accurately in the paternal law, being a zealot of God, as ye all are today.
Paul wanted this man to go forth with him. And having taken him, he circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those regions, for they had all seen that his father was a Greek.
And when the men heard, they glorified God, having said to him, Thou see, brother, how many thousands there are of the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealots of the law.
But some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye what is not permitted to do on the Sabbath day?
And I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my race, being a more extreme zealot of my paternal traditions.
But some of the men who believed from the sect of the Pharisees rose up, saying, It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
And the Pharisees said to him, Look, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath day?
And having responded, the synagogue-ruler, being indignant because Jesus healed on the Sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which he ought to work. Therefore coming in these, be healed, and not on the
The Jews therefore said to the man who was cured, It is Sabbath. It is not permitted for thee to take up the bed.
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » Ceremonialism
but now knowing God, but rather being known by God, how is it ye turn again to the weak and destitute elements to which ye desire again to be in bondage anew?
And coming from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they bathe. And there are many other things that they have taken in to retain: washings of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and beds.)
Now therefore why do ye challenge God, to place a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Stand firm therefore in the liberty in which Christ freed us, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why do ye submit to rules, as though living in the world?
only in foods and drinks and various washings: carnal ordinances imposed until a time of reformation.
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