Centreville Presbyterian Church
The Book of Romans: Where Religion Fails Us | Jan 28, 2024
What is the difference between a religion that leaves its followers more burdened and anxious and a faith which frees their souls? The Book of Romans makes it clear that Christianity is something completely different. We have the cross of Christ.
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Religion says, 'I obey; therefore, I am accepted.' Christianity says, 'I'm accepted; therefore I obey.'
Limits of Religion
1. Religion may disguise our need for God
1. Religion may disguise our need for God
2. Religion holds us in bondage
3. Religion can only clean up our outside
JD Greear:
Religion is often just a thin veneer papered over a heart that is still every bit as sinful as everyone else’s, and that religion by itself is powerless to change our hearts. It might change our behavior, but nothing deeper.
Religion is often just a thin veneer papered over a heart that is still every bit as sinful as everyone else’s, and that religion by itself is powerless to change our hearts. It might change our behavior, but nothing deeper.
Tim Keller:
It is possible to trust in Christianity, rather than Christ. And this can happen in conservative, evangelical churches. Paul is showing us a condition called ‘dead orthodoxy’, where the basic doctrines of the Bible are accurately subscribed to, but do not make any internal difference. There is an intellectual grasp of the gospel, but no internal revolution.
It is possible to trust in Christianity, rather than Christ. And this can happen in conservative, evangelical churches. Paul is showing us a condition called ‘dead orthodoxy’, where the basic doctrines of the Bible are accurately subscribed to, but do not make any internal difference. There is an intellectual grasp of the gospel, but no internal revolution.
Martin Luther:
All the prophets foresaw that on the cross Jesus became the greatest murderer, adulterer, thief, rebel, and blasphemer that there ever was. Our most merciful Father sent his only Son into the world and said to him: Jesus, you will become Peter the denier; you will become Paul that persecutor, blasphemer and cruel oppressor; you will become David that adulterer; you will become Adam, that sinner which did eat the apple in Paradise…
All the prophets foresaw that on the cross Jesus became the greatest murderer, adulterer, thief, rebel, and blasphemer that there ever was. Our most merciful Father sent his only Son into the world and said to him: Jesus, you will become Peter the denier; you will become Paul that persecutor, blasphemer and cruel oppressor; you will become David that adulterer; you will become Adam, that sinner which did eat the apple in Paradise…