Religion is the way that seems right unto a man.
"There is a way that seems right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death" Proverbs 14:12.
Religion is a diversion away from Christ and his Gospel. In the Gospel Jesus is the savior of the whole world, 1 John 2:2. Salvation has been provided for everyone, Hebrews 2:9. Even the ungodly who do nothing more than believe on him can be saved, Romans 4:5.
Religion is the broad way, and many there be that go that way, Matthew 7:13. They go that way because that is the most appealing way. Religion is the way of man, it is man's effort to become pleasing to God by his own works or by his own obedience. Religion is anti-Gospel and anti-Christ because it subverts the work and the person of Jesus Christ and replaces the Gospel with their own works and their own obedience.
Calvinist bypass the Gospel of Jesus by claiming that God saved them by declaring them saved before the foundation of the world. No Christ or Gospel needed. Catholics believe that they can participate in their own salvation by the works of the law. God does not accept the works or the obedience of sinners. God only accepts the works and the obedience of Jesus Christ. We are accepted only in him.
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life: no man can come to the Father but by me" John 14:6. Jesus is the one that fulfilled every jot and tittle of God's holy law, Matthew 5:18. Jesus is the one that atoned for our sins and the sins of the whole world, 1 John 2:2. Jesus is the one that God accepted back into heaven, having victoriously defeated sin, death and the devil, Colossians 2:15. Jesus and Jesus alone is the one that saves and he saves to the uttermost, Hebrews 7:25.
Paul said, "The Just Shall Live By Faith" Romans 1:17. Living by faith does not mean living by rules laws or religion. Living by faith means to live by faith in Christ and his Gospel, plus nothing. If you try to add anything to Christ and his Gospel it perverts the Gospel and becomes another Gospel, Galatians 1:7.
"There is a way that seems right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death" Proverbs 14:12.
Religion is a diversion away from Christ and his Gospel. In the Gospel Jesus is the savior of the whole world, 1 John 2:2. Salvation has been provided for everyone, Hebrews 2:9. Even the ungodly who do nothing more than believe on him can be saved, Romans 4:5.
Religion is the broad way, and many there be that go that way, Matthew 7:13. They go that way because that is the most appealing way. Religion is the way of man, it is man's effort to become pleasing to God by his own works or by his own obedience. Religion is anti-Gospel and anti-Christ because it subverts the work and the person of Jesus Christ and replaces the Gospel with their own works and their own obedience.
Calvinist bypass the Gospel of Jesus by claiming that God saved them by declaring them saved before the foundation of the world. No Christ or Gospel needed. Catholics believe that they can participate in their own salvation by the works of the law. God does not accept the works or the obedience of sinners. God only accepts the works and the obedience of Jesus Christ. We are accepted only in him.
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life: no man can come to the Father but by me" John 14:6. Jesus is the one that fulfilled every jot and tittle of God's holy law, Matthew 5:18. Jesus is the one that atoned for our sins and the sins of the whole world, 1 John 2:2. Jesus is the one that God accepted back into heaven, having victoriously defeated sin, death and the devil, Colossians 2:15. Jesus and Jesus alone is the one that saves and he saves to the uttermost, Hebrews 7:25.
Paul said, "The Just Shall Live By Faith" Romans 1:17. Living by faith does not mean living by rules laws or religion. Living by faith means to live by faith in Christ and his Gospel, plus nothing. If you try to add anything to Christ and his Gospel it perverts the Gospel and becomes another Gospel, Galatians 1:7.
