Thematic Bible: Religion characteristics of
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FALSE » Religion characteristics of » False profession
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain. And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
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Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
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Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
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And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
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My Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
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And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer. But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
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And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.
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FALSE » Religion characteristics of » Legalism
I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as ye all are this day:
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Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
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And they, when they heard it, glorified God; and they said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of them that have believed; and they are all zealous for the law:
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But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?
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and I advanced in the Jews religion beyond many of mine own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
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But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.
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And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
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And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath.
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So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.
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For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
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FALSE » Religion characteristics of » Ceremonialism
but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?
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and when they come from the market-place, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.)
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Now therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
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For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
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If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,
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being only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
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