(A) TRUE RELIGION
(1) Scriptural Definition of
De 10:12; Ec 12:13; Ho 6:6; Mic 6:8; Mr 12:33
Ro 13:10; Jas 1:27
--SEERequirements,REQUIREMENTS, DIVINE
&REQUIREMENTS, DIVINE
(2) Examples of Piety
Enoch
Ge 5:24
Noah
Ge 6:9
Jabez
1Ch 4:10
Hezekiah
2Ch 31:20
Job
Job 1:1
Daniel
Da 6:10
Simeon
Lu 2:25
Anna
Lu 2:37
Nathanael
Joh 1:47
Christ
Joh 8:29
Cornelius
Ac 10:2
Barnabas
Ac 11:24
Ananias
Ac 22:12
Timothy
2Ti 1:5
--SEEYouthful Piety,YOUNG PEOPLE
Worshippers,WORSHIPPERS
Secret Prayer,PRAYER
&PRAYER
(3) Sincerity a Mark of
Jos 24:14; 1Co 5:8; 2Co 1:12; 2Co 2:17; Php 1:10
Tit 2:7; 1Jo 3:18
--SEEGuileless,INNOCENCE
Singleness of Heart,SIMPLICITY
(B) FALSE RELIGION,characteristics of
(1) Ceremonialism
Mr 7:4; Ac 15:10; Ga 4:9; Ga 5:1; Col 2:20; Heb 9:10
SeePROVIDENCE DIVINE
RAISINS
Pharisaism,PHARISAISM
(2) False Profession
Ps 36; Pr 26:23; Isa 48:1; Eze 32
Mt 7:21; Mr 7:6; Lu 6:46; Tit 1:16; 1Jo 3:18
--SEEHypocrisy,RELIGION
(3) Legalism
Mr 2:24; Lu 6:2; Lu 13:14; Joh 5:10; Ac 15:5; Ac 16:3; Ac 21:20; Ac 22:3
Ro 10:2; Ga 1:14
--SEEJudaizers,JUDAISM
Pharisaism,PHARISAISM
Traditions,TRADITIONS
(4) Sanctimony,distinguishing marks of
An Outward Show of Righteousness
Isa 58:2
Pharisaic Separation
Isa 65:5
Assumed Innocence
Jer 2:35
Religious Display
Mt 6:5
Hypocrisy
Mt 23:14
--SEESelf-righteousness,SELF-JUSTIFICATION
&SELF-JUSTIFICATION
Pride,PRIDE
(C) FORMALISM
(1) Warnings Against
Isa 1:13; Isa 29:13; Isa 58:2; Mt 15:8; Mt 23:23; Ga 11
Col 2:20; 2Ti 3:5
(2) The Insufficiency of
1Sa 15:22; Ps 17; Ec 5:1; Ho 6:6; Ro 14:17
1Co 7:19; 1Co 8:8; Heb 9:10
--SEEGood Works,WORK AND WORKERS, RELIGIOUS
Justification,JUSTIFICATION
&JUSTIFICATION
(D) HYPOCRISY,an ever present element in false religion
(1) General References to
Pr 23:7; Pr 26:25; Mt 23:28; Lu 12:1; 1Ti 4:2; Tit 1:16
--SEEDeceit,FALSEHOOD
&FALSEHOOD
Self-Righteousness,SELF-JUSTIFICATION
&SELF-JUSTIFICATION
(2) Examples of
Mt 15:7; Mt 22:18; Mt 23:13; Mt 24:51; Lu 6:42; Lu 12:56; Lu 13:15
Joh 12:6; Ro 16:18
--SEECrookedness,DUPLICITY
Deception,FALSEHOOD
&FALSEHOOD
Evil Kiss,TREACHERY
Treachery,TREACHERY
(E) INCONSISTENCYin Religious Life
(1) General Marks of
Uncharitableness
Mt 7:3; Mt 23:3
Religious Talk
Lu 6:46
Legalism
Joh 7:23
Harsh Judgment
Ro 2:1
Preaching and not Practising
Ro 2:21; Ga 2:14
False Profession
Tit 1:16
Selfishness
Jas 16
The Double Tongue
Jas 3:10; 1Jo 2:4
(2) Brings Reproach upon the Cause of Truth
2Sa 12:14; Ne 5:9; Eze 36:20; Ro 24; 2Pe 2:2
(F) SUPERSTITION
Isa 4:3; 1Ki 20:23; Jer 10:2; Jer 44:18; Mt 14:2
Ac 12:15; Ac 14:11; Ac 17:23; Ac 28:4