"A Form of Godliness"

2Ti 3:5  Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Isaiah 29:13-16 And so the Lord says, These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote. 

14 Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites with amazing wonders. The wisdom of the wise will pass away, and the intelligence of the intelligent will disappear.

15 What sorrow awaits those who try to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their evil deeds in the dark! "The LORD can't see us," they say. "He doesn't know what's going on!" 

16 How foolish can you be? He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than you, the clay! Should the created thing say of the one who made it, "He didn't make me"? Does a jar ever say, "The potter who made me is stupid"?  

Matthew 23:25-28 

25 What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy-full of greed and self-indulgence! 

26 You blind Pharisee! First wash the inside of the cup and the dish, and then the outside will become clean, too. 

27 What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs-beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people's bones and all sorts of impurity. 

28 Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Tit 1:15  Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. 

Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every go.

2 Timothy 2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

In 2Timothy 2:24-26 here is a remedy to avoiding foolish arguments because it shows us how the Lord expects us

Song: King Jesus Will Roll All Your Burdens Away
by Kenneth Morris 1947
Pianist: Late Mrs. Loretta Ray
Singer: Marsha Singleton

Song: "This Little Light of Mine"

Reference Credits:

Edward G. Ivin, 1925 Ballad of America

Harry Dixsin Loes, Arrangement,1940

John and Alan Lomax, Recording,1934

*Sung on this Episode with AdLibs. by Marsha Singleton

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Dictionary Reference:

AMG's Annotated Strong's Hebrew Dictionary
of the Old Testament
Additional materials in the dictionary were taken from The
Complete Word Study Dictionary: Old Testament by Warren Baker and Eugene Carpenter (c) 2003 by AMG publishers. All Rights Reserved.

AMG's Annotated Strong's Hebrew Dictionary
of the New Testament
Additional materials in this dictionary were taken from the Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament compiled by Spiros Zodhiates.
(c)1992 by AMG publishers. All ...