RELIGION, TRUE-FALSE: (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 --SEE Requirements, 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 --SEE Youthful Piety, YOUNG PEOPLE Worshippers, WORSHIPPERS Secret Prayer, PRAYER PRAYER (3) Sincerity a Mark of Jos 24:14; 1Co 5:8; 2Co 1:12; 2:17; Php 1:10 Tit 2:7; 1Jo 3:18 --SEE Guileless, INNOCENCE Singleness of Heart, SIMPLICITY (B) FALSE RELIGION, characteristics of (1) Ceremonialism Mr 7:4; Ac 15:10; Ga 4:9; 5:1; Col 2:20; Heb 9:10 See PROVIDENCE DIVINE RAISINS Pharisaism, PHARISAISM (2) False Profession Ps 78:35,36; Pr 26:23; Isa 48:1; Eze 33:31,32 Mt 7:21; Mr 7:6; Lu 6:46; Tit 1:16; 1Jo 3:18 --SEE Hypocrisy, RELIGION (3) Legalism Mr 2:24; Lu 6:2; 13:14; Joh 5:10; Ac 15:5; 16:3; 21:20; 22:3 Ro 10:2; Ga 1:14 --SEE Judaizers, 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 --SEE Self-righteousness, SELF-JUSTIFICATION SELF-JUSTIFICATION Pride, PRIDE (C) FORMALISM (1) Warnings Against Isa 1:13; 29:13; 58:2; Mt 15:8; 23:23; Ga 4:10,11 Col 2:20; 2Ti 3:5 (2) The Insufficiency of 1Sa 15:22; Ps 51:16,17; Ec 5:1; Ho 6:6; Ro 14:17 1Co 7:19; 8:8; Heb 9:10 --SEE Good Works, WORK AND WORKERS, RELIGIOUS Justification, JUSTIFICATION JUSTIFICATION (D) HYPOCRISY, an ever present element in false religion (1) General References to Pr 23:7; 26:25; Mt 23:28; Lu 12:1;
1Ti 4:2; Tit 1:16 --SEE Deceit, FALSEHOOD FALSEHOOD Self-Righteousness, SELF-JUSTIFICATION SELF-JUSTIFICATION (2) Examples of Mt 15:7; 22:18; 23:13; 24:51; Lu 6:42; 12:56; 13:15 Joh 12:6; Ro 16:18 --SEE Crookedness, DUPLICITY Deception, FALSEHOOD FALSEHOOD Evil Kiss, TREACHERY Treachery, TREACHERY (E) INCONSISTENCY in Religious Life (1) General Marks of Uncharitableness Mt 7:3; 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 2:15,16 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 2:23,24; 2Pe 2:2 (F) SUPERSTITION Isa 4:3; 1Ki 20:23; Jer 10:2; 44:18; Mt 14:2 Ac 12:15; 14:11; 17:23; 28:4