Did you ever think we could have to much religion? Usually as “Christians” we are concerned that people have too little religion. That they are not following God and doing what he is leading them to. However is it possible for us to have too much religion?
Paul talks about this in 1 Corinthians: 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.13:2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.13:3 If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
We can be noisy gongs or clanging cymbals if we rely on our religion to get us where we need to go. Religion is not what saves us. Amos talks about a plumb line that God is setting in place and it is a test of our religiosity…
Just how religious are we? Are we using our religion to mask us form God and keep us from truly fulfilling his will? Are we just Pharisees and Sadducee in modern day, thinking we have it all together and not really seeing what we need to because we are to focused on what seems to be important, but in the grand scheme really isn’t…
I choose to follow God and not religion, because in the end, religion will not save me.
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