A video post by SinCityPreacher motivated me to write this quick post up. He drove the point home so well here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZE-2t8E7s&feature=related
I've been called religious before. It bothered me a little bit. I certainly hope not! I don't think people using that word understand what it means sometimes. Christianity is not a religion; therefore, it follows, that Christians are not religious.
A religion is a system of things to do to earn approval from God. Such systems fail because we cannot earn our way to heaven. Anyone who trusts in religion to get them to heaven is condemned.
Christianity is not based on what we do for God, but rather what God has done for us. God became a man, Jesus, who suffered and died on the cross to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins. He rose again from the dead on the third day, proving who he is, and showing that the sacrifice was acceptable.
Christianity is about our relationship with Jesus. A Christian worships Jesus because he is God. A Christian trusts Jesus as his savior. A Christian follows Jesus as his lord.
If you are trusting in religion to save you, run away from it, straight into the waiting arms of Jesus Christ.
Grace and Peace
Friday, August 21, 2009
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2 comments:
Excellent post. Perfect way to describe the two differences.
Amen!!! Religion is about performance while relationship is about a life lived out walking with and living for Jesus. The worse thing one could do is to try and "be" a Christian.
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