False religion is interpreting God's intention instead of obeying His instruction. 3306

Live it..
We had a casserole for dinner the other night and as everyone took their seats around the table, the first question asked was, (you guessed it) "What's in it?" As my wife goes down the list, she invariably adds, "Just the things you like." I always joke with her, asking what she's trying to hide. If I see anything in her response that looks suspicious, I immediately start looking around the kitchen for evidence of what she's not saying. Not to stretch a point here, but there are a lot of casserole Christians walking around, you know?

Without question, many people who consider themselves a Christian would be called a pagan in the first century. That's because we've given culture equal status to the Bible, God's Holy Word. In some ways we're no different than the Pharisees and Sadducees who riddled Jesus with questions trying to find a loophole in His testimony. Today, most church-goers include some of what He said with what they personally believe, adding a pinch of what's acceptable to the world and then call it being religious. Too bad we can't walk around their kitchen to see what's under their layer of holy cheese and righteous seasoning.

Pray it
You have my permission to look deep in me to find anything that offends you. If it's down there and I'm acting religious, you also have my permission to dig it out.

Resources
Daniel didn't think like other men (2000)
Great men are known for praying. (2001)
Are you bearing fruit or weeds? (2002)
Fear God. (2005)
Are we hoping God won't look at our heart? . (2006)
Time seems to slow down when we do something we love.(2007)
Have we done what we wanted to do or what God wanted? (2008)
A willingness to face our worse fear is requisite to blessing. (2009)

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