Lamar Family Ministries Center Sermons

Speaker or Performer: Bob Petersen Date of Delivery: May 20, 2018 Characteristics of a Religious SpiritI am using the term religion to refer to a man-made effort to get to God and then serve Him.It is very easy to mistake being religious for having a relationship with God.Religion looks like true relationship from the outsideIt makes sense to the natural way of thinking.It is comfortable to those who for whatever reason does not like drawing close to GodIn the bible, when man’s heart cools down and he still wants to have the appearance of godliness, he turns to religions ways and rules.Many times this isn’t done on purpose, it’s slid in to.This is why the lukewarm in Revelations is pointed outReligion is based off of the idea that God has been offended by our sin and needs a payment for that.Jesus was that paymentThe truth is that we sold ourselves to the devil and Jesus bought us backFrom “brown clouds” come rainIn our area the rain is religionReligious