Thematic Bible: Religion characteristics of
Thematic Bible
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » False profession
Then they come to you as a group, sit down right in front of you as if they were my people, hear your words and then they don't do what you say because they're seeking only their own desires, they pursue ill-gotten profits, and they keep following their own self-interests. As far as they are concerned, you sing romantic songs with a beautiful voice and play a musical instrument well. They'll listen to what you have to say, but they won't put it into practice!
They claim to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified to do anything good.
"Not everyone who keeps saying to me, "Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.
A clay vessel plated with a thin veneer of silver that's what smooth lips with a wicked heart are.
Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth.
Then they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God was their deliverer. But they deceived him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.
"Listen to this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and who have come forth from Judah's loins; you who swear oaths in the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel but not in truth, nor in good faith.
He told them, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites. As it is written, "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » Legalism
"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia but raised in this city and educated at the feet of Gamaliel in the strict ways of our ancestral Law. I am as zealous for God as all of you are today.
Paul wanted this man to go with him, so he took him and had him circumcised because of the Jews who lived in that region, since everyone knew that Timothy's father was a Greek.
When they heard about it, they praised God and told him, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and all of them are zealous for the Law.
Some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what isn't lawful on Sabbath days?"
I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries, because I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The gentiles must be circumcised and ordered to keep the Law of Moses."
The Pharisees asked him, "Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on Sabbath days?"
But the synagogue leader, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, told the crowd, "There are six days when work is to be done. So come on those days to be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."
So the Jewish leaders told the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.
For I can testify on their behalf that they have a zeal for God, but it is not in keeping with full knowledge.
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » Ceremonialism
But now that you know God, or rather have been known by God, how can you turn back again to those powerless and bankrupt basic principles? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?
They don't eat anything from the marketplace unless they dip it in water. They also observe many other traditions, such as the proper washing of washing cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.)
So why do you test God by putting on the disciples' neck a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we could carry?
The Messiah has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. So keep on standing firm in it, and stop putting yourselves under the yoke of slavery again.
If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world?
since they deal only with food, drink, and various washings, which are required for the body until the time when things would be set right.
Related Topics
- Christ Is Lord
- Circumcision, physical
- Complaints
- Deception, Forbidden By God
- Elements Of The Universe
- Fake Friends
- Freedom
- Jesus Healing
- Legalism
- Loving Children
- Mere Talk
- Nominal Religion
- Pharisees Concerned About Christ
- Pharisees, Beliefs Of
- Professing
- Ritual
- Showing Hypocrisy
- Subject To Evil
- Taking The Law To Heart
- The Sabbath And Christ
- Yokes
- Zealots
- 5 more topics on Religion
- 11 more topics on Characteristics