Saturday, March 12, 2011

Killing Sacred Cows - Part 1 - The "Religious" Test, by Jonathan Yeong

Right believing leads to right thinking and right living!

Below here are some of the ways you can identify "religious"-ness

1. If a person becomes angry when told that God is not angry, they might be religious.

2. If a person becomes angry when told that it is always God’s will to heal, they might be religious.

3. If a person becomes angry when told that all sin: past, present, and future has been paid for, they might be religious.

4. If a person becomes angry when told they do not need to forgive to be forgiven, they might be religious

5. If a person becomes angry when told that God is not judging the nations for their individual sins, they might be religious

6. If a person becomes angry when told that God sees them as righteous and made perfect, they might be religious

7. If a person becomes angry when told that God is no longer imputing our trespasses, they might be religious

8. If a person becomes angry when told that they are no longer under the Old Covenant Law, they might be religious

9. If a person becomes angry when told that they no longer have a sinful nature, they might be religious

10. If a person becomes angry when told God doesn’t judge us based on our performance, they might be religious

11. If a person becomes angry when told that we no longer need to beg and plead for God to move, they might be religious

12. If a person becomes angry when told they no longer have to be “prayer warriors”, they might be religious

13. If a person becomes angry when told it is wrong to ask God to pour out His Spirit, they might be religious

14. If a person becomes angry when told that God still performs signs and wonders today through people, they might be religious

15. If a person becomes angry when told that they are not required to live a Holy Life as a prerequisite to salvation, they might be religious

16. If a person becomes angry when told that they are justified by God’s grace through faith and none of their works, they might be religious

17. If a person becomes angry when told that they are sons and daughters of God, they might be religious

18. If a person becomes angry when told that the Old Covenant Law is obsolete, they might be religious

19. If a person becomes angry when told that the Ten Commandments is a ministry of death, they might be religious

20. If a person becomes angry when told that they no longer need to ask God to create in them a clean heart, they might be religious.

21. If a person becomes angry when told that the strength of sin is the law, they might be religious.

22. If a person becomes angry when told that there should be no more consciousness of sin, they might be religious.

23. If a person becomes angry when told that the Holy Spirit does not convict us of our sins but rather of our righteousness in Christ, they might be religious

24. If a person becomes angry when told that God will never leave us nor forsake us even when we fail, they might be religious

I hope this note sets you free! Religion and the traditions of men will keep you blind to the truth.

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