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305titles unto any man . For I knownot to give flattering titles ; elsewould my Maker soon take meaway ."Prov. 29 :25 "The fear of manbringeth a snare ."Matt . 10 :37 "He that hasgreater affection for father ormother than for me is not worthyof me ; and he that has greateraffection for son or daughter thanfor me is not worthy of me ."1 Tim . 6 :10 "The love of moneyis a root of all sorts of injuriousthings, and by reaching out forthis love some have been ledastray from the faith and havestabbed themselves all over withmany pains ."1 Tim . 6 :20, 21 "0 Timothy,guard what is laid up in trustwith you, turning away from theempty speeches that violate whatis holy and from the contradictionsof the falsely called 'knowledge'. For making a show of suchknowledge some have deviatedfrom the faith ."Col . 2 :20-23 "Why do you . . .further subject yourselves to thedecrees, 'Do not handle, nor taste,nor touch,' respecting things thatare all destined to destruction bybeing used up, in accordance withthe commands and teachings ofmen? Those very things are, indeed,possessed of an appearanceof wisdom in a self-imposed formof worship and mock humility, asevere treatment of the body, butthey are of no value in combatingthe satisfying of the flesh ."See also : Acts 17 :29 ; 1 John5 :21 ; Ex . 20 :3-5 .False Religion Loves This Worldand Is Part of ItMatt. 6 :1, 2, 5, 16, 19 "Takegood care not to practice yourrighteousness in front of men inorder to be observed by them ;otherwise you will have no rewardwith your Father who isin the heavens . Hence when youstart making gifts of mercy, donot blow a trumpet ahead of you,just as the hypocrites do in theReligionsynagogues and in the streets,that they may be glorified bymen . Truly I say to you, Theyare having their reward in full .Also when you pray, you mustnot be as the hypocrites ; becausethey like to pray standing in thesynagogues and on the corners ofthe broad ways to be visible tomen . . . . When you are fasting,stop becoming sad-faced like thehypocrites, for they disfiguretheir faces that they may appearto men to be fasting . . . .Stop storing up for yourselvestreasures upon the earth, wheremoth and rust consume, andwhere thieves break in andsteal ."Jas. 4 :4 "Adulteresses, do younot know that the friendshipwith the world is enmity withGod? Whoever, therefore, wantsto be a friend of the world isconstituting himself an enemy ofGod ."1 John 2 :15 "Do not be lovingeither the world or the thingsin the world. If anyone loves theworld, the love of the Father isnot in him."False Religion Always Persecutesthe TrueGen. 3 :15 "I will put enmitybetween thee and the woman,and between thy seed and herseed : he shall bruise thy head,and thou shalt bruise his heel ."1 John 3 :12 "Cain, who originatedwith the wicked one andslaughtered his brother . And forthe sake of what did he slaughterhim? Because his own workswere wicked, but those of hisbrother were righteous ."John 15 :18, 20 "If the worldhates you, you know that it hashated me before it hated you . . . .A slave is not greater than hismaster . If they have persecutedme, they will persecute you also ."Gal . 4 :29 "Just as then theone born in the manner of fleshbegan persecuting the one bornin the manner of spirit, so alsonow ."