VAIN THINGS - Deuteronomy 32:45-47


  1. Vain WORSHIP - Matthew 15:7-9
    1. John 4:23-24 failure to worship in SPIRIT and in TRUTH
    2. Acts 17:23 IGNORANT worship
    3. Colossians 2:23 - WILL worship
    4. James 1:26 - Vain RELIGION


  2. Vain WORDS - Job 16:1-3
    1. Matthew 6:7-8 condemnation of vain REPETITIONS
    2. Ephesians 5:6-8 let no man DECEIVE you with vain words
    3. 1 Timothy 1:5-7 IDLE talk = ("vain jangling" - KJV)
    4. 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 2:16 - Vain BABBLINGS
    5. Titus 3:9 - Foolish QUESTIONS & CONTENTIONS are vain


  3. Vain WORKS - Psalm 127:1
    1. 2 Cor 10:12 - COMPARING our work against another's
    2. 2 Cor 10:18 - claiming God's APPROVAL based on personal satisfaction
    3. 1 Peter 1:18-19 - vain TRADITIONS


  1. Vain THOUGHTS -
    1. 1 Samuel 16:7 - based upon OUTWARD appearance
    2. 1 Corinthians 3:18-20 - based upon human REASONING
    3. Acts 4:25-28 - based on opposition to God's WILL (5:33-39)


  2. Things NOT done in Vain
    1. Romans 13:4 - CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (cf. Ecc 8:11)
    2. Philippians 2:14-18 - Faithful LIVING and TEACHING
    3. 1 Corinthians 15:58 - our LABOR in the LORD