February 11, 2019
Monday, February 11, 2019 at 4:08AM February 11, 2019
Judy Hollaway
November 6
Running with Jesus
Acts 17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
The Greeks were religious people and their city was filled with all sorts of Greek gods and goddesses. Man was made to worship God and have fellowship with Him. It is our built in nature. When explorers find man in the remote areas of the world they will have some sort of god they worship. Our society has a lot of religious people in it. They believe in a higher power and Angels.
Dr. Rogers use to say 70% attending church are religious and attend regularly but have never been born again. You see religion will clean up the outside but never heal the inside. They know about God but have never let him transform them. They do not have a personal walk with Christ. The Jews had His written law and the Old Testament and studied, memorized it, taught it, attended worship but only had rituals!
I’ve heard it said we are a modern day Rome so we could say, Ye, men of America, if a soul is never regenerated, born again, it will not have eternal life in heaven." Paul began to share with these religious people who had many gods and an unknown one. Let's get all the gods so we can have fire insurance, wrong! There is only one God and that is Jehovah and only one way to accept Him. That way is by His Son, Jesus, whom he gave to die on a cross for our sin, was buried and three days later was raised from the dead in order to be the pure undefiled sacrifice for sins of all men.
Being religious will do nothing for our soul, being made right with God by the blood of Jesus will give us a relationship with God who will guide us through life and gives us eternal life after we die.
So I ask you, my friend, are you religious and God is really unknown to you or do you have a relationship where God walks and talks with you?
Father, today is the day of salvation; please help my friends know that they know You as Lord and Savior. Help them discern religious from righteous relationship.
Paul meets Aquilla and Priscilla, tomorrow!
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