Christianity isn’t merely a religion. How can I say it isn’t? That is not what I said. I said it is not merely one. For authentic Christianity is a relationship that leads to religious practice. While Christianity works itself out in religious practices, these are not all that is to be found in Christianity. These are not even primary to the Christian faith. For, Christianity is primarily a relationship with Christ. This is what we talk about in this episode.
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Scripture Passages referenced:
John 15:9,10 ~ Jesus remains in the Father's love.
John 17:20-23 ~ Jesus and the Father are one and Jesus prays we will be one in them.
Matthew 15:14 ~ The Pharisees are the blind leading the blind.
Luke 22:40-44 ~ Jesus not excited at Gethesmane.
James 1:27 ~ What God considers pure and undefiled religion.
James 2:8 ~ The Royal Law is to love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22:34-40 ~ Greatest commands and them being the basis for all biblical teaching.
1 Corinthians 13 ~ Lacking love we are obnoxious and worthless.
Matthew 5:20 ~ Our righteousness needs to surpass that of the Pharisees.
Matthew 23:27 ~ Jesus calling them whitewashed tombs.
Matthew 15:14 ~ Jesus calling them the blind leaders of the blind.
John 5:39, 40 ~ They diligently searched Scripture and missed out on Jesus.
1 John 5:1 ~ To believe equated to Loving.
1 John 4:7-21 ~ If we do not love, we do not know God, for God is love.
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