Thematic Bible: Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty
Thematic Bible
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Personal incompetency
Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'The LORD has not appeared to you.'"
Moses said to the LORD, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » For sin, not accepted
Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made. So they are without excuse.
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From The BeginningLike People By NatureFound GuiltyGod Showed His PowerNature Of GodCreation Causing WorshipScienceAtheism, Description OfGeneral RevelationDivineDivinityCreationGodheadInformation AgeBeauty Of NatureKnowing GodThe Beauty Of NatureMoralityDenying God And His PowerThe Complexity Of Nature
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Pressure of business
"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'
They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.' "Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » The hardness of the master
"He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. See, you have what is yours.'
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » No need discovered
"Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not help you?' "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Difficulties of the undertaking
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside. I will be killed in the streets."
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Personal weakness (jeremiah)
Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD. Behold, I do not know how to speak; for I am a child." But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am a child;' for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak.
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Lack of social position (gideon)
He said to him, "O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."