Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Affections » Of the wicked, not sincerely set on God
"Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, And declare to My people their transgression And to the house of Jacob their sins. "Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God They ask Me for just decisions, They delight in the nearness of God.
"They come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their gain. "Behold, you are to them like a sensual song by one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words but they do not practice them.
Delighting in God » Hypocrites » Pretend to
As a nation that has done
And
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight
Formalism » Warnings against
holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.
Then the Lord said,
“Becausethis people draw near with their words
And honor Me with theirlip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And theirreverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote,
“Because
And honor Me with their
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their
As a nation that has done
And
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight
I cannot
You observe days and months and seasons and years. I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.
Hypocrites » Described as » Apparently zealous in the things of God
As a nation that has done
And
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight
Religion » Formalism » Warnings against
holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.
Then the Lord said,
“Becausethis people draw near with their words
And honor Me with theirlip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And theirreverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote,
“Because
And honor Me with their
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their
As a nation that has done
And
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight
I cannot
You observe days and months and seasons and years. I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.
Religion » Sanctimony, distinguishing marks of » An outward show of righteousness
As a nation that has done
And
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight
Sanctimony » An outward show of righteousness
As a nation that has done
And
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight
Seeking God » The wicked » Sometimes pretend to
As a nation that has done
And
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight
they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God; and we have been sacrificing to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.”
FALSE » Sanctimony, distinguishing marks of » An outward show of righteousness
As a nation that has done
And
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight