8 Bible Verses about Fleeting Impressions
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for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he immediately forgets what he looked like.
There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him,
But its end is the way of death.
They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not practice them; for with their mouth they express loving devotion, but their heart goes after their (unlawful) gain.
The one on whom seed was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and at once welcomes it with joy;
yet he has no [substantial] root in himself, but is only temporary, and when pressure or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he stumbles and falls away [abandoning the One who is the source of salvation].
Though you have eyes, do you not see? And though you have ears, do you not hear and listen [to what I have said]? And do you not remember,
when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?” They answered, “Twelve.”
always learning and listening to anybody who will teach them, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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Fleeting impressions » Seed in shallow hearts
As for what was sown on thin (rocky) soil, this is he who hears the Word and at once welcomes and accepts it with joy; Yet it has no real root in him, but is temporary (inconstant, lasts but a little while); and when affliction or trouble or persecution comes on account of the Word, at once he is caused to stumble [he is repelled and begins to distrust and desert Him Whom he ought to trust and obey] and he falls away.
Fleeting impressions » The truth fails to grip
always learning and listening to anybody who will teach them, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Fleeting impressions » Made by the message
They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not practice them; for with their mouth they express loving devotion, but their heart goes after their (unlawful) gain.
Fleeting impressions » Miracles soon forgotten
Having eyes, do you not see [with them], and having ears, do you not hear and perceive and understand the sense of what is said? And do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many [ small hand] baskets full of broken pieces did you take up? They said to Him, Twelve.
Fleeting impressions » Hearers with a short memory
for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he immediately forgets
