Thematic Bible: Religion characteristics of
Thematic Bible
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » False profession
They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain. Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them.
They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
Little children, let us not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer. But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
"Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
He said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » Legalism
"I am indeed 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 you all are this day.
Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law.
But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"
I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed 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 do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"
The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."
So the Jewish leaders said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."
For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » Ceremonialism
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?
They do not eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they wash, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.)
Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
but deal only with foods and drinks and various washings; they are regulations for the flesh imposed until the time of setting things right.
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