I have been saved 9 years now. It has come to my attention that people use the word religous in different ways. Some mean it as a put down and others use it as what the definition states.
Religious means relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity 2. of, relating to, or devoted to religious beliefs or observances 3. scrupulously and conscientiously faithful.
When Jesus dealt with religious people, He was very harsh at times. Religiousness is bad when you have become a robot. Doing traditions just for the sack of doing them and not knowing why or even what you are doing.
Addressing the people that only do what they are taught or have been told without really understanding. Their hearts are far from God.
Isaiah 29:13
The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.
Addressing the people that are religous but still don't know who God really is:\
Acts 17:22-23 (New Living Translation)
22 So Paul, standing before the council, addressed them as follows: “Men of Athens, I notice that you are very religious in every way, 23 for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it: ‘To an Unknown God.’ This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I’m telling you about.
Addressing the people that claim to be religous but it is useless to them:
James 1:26 (New Living Translation)
26 If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
By definition I am a religous person, however, I know my God personally and intimately! I know His name and I understand why I do what I do. My heart is fully engaged! I do understand why people use this term but I beleive it is being used lightly. I dont beleive we should call people this. I also think that it is used when something has been said that hurts. I truly dont desire to hurt anyone but I will preach and teach the gospel and I stick to....If God be true, every man is a liar! If you contradict God, I WILL NOT AGREE WITH YOU. :-)!
Romans 3:4 (Amplified Bible)
By no means! Let God be found true though every human being is false and a liar, as it is written, That You may be justified and shown to be upright in what You say, and prevail when You are judged [by sinful men].
Romans 3:4 (New King James Version)
Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written:
“ That You may be justified in Your words,
And may overcome when You are judged.”
Religious means relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity 2. of, relating to, or devoted to religious beliefs or observances 3. scrupulously and conscientiously faithful.
When Jesus dealt with religious people, He was very harsh at times. Religiousness is bad when you have become a robot. Doing traditions just for the sack of doing them and not knowing why or even what you are doing.
Addressing the people that only do what they are taught or have been told without really understanding. Their hearts are far from God.
Isaiah 29:13
The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.
Addressing the people that are religous but still don't know who God really is:\
Acts 17:22-23 (New Living Translation)
22 So Paul, standing before the council, addressed them as follows: “Men of Athens, I notice that you are very religious in every way, 23 for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it: ‘To an Unknown God.’ This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I’m telling you about.
Addressing the people that claim to be religous but it is useless to them:
James 1:26 (New Living Translation)
26 If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
By definition I am a religous person, however, I know my God personally and intimately! I know His name and I understand why I do what I do. My heart is fully engaged! I do understand why people use this term but I beleive it is being used lightly. I dont beleive we should call people this. I also think that it is used when something has been said that hurts. I truly dont desire to hurt anyone but I will preach and teach the gospel and I stick to....If God be true, every man is a liar! If you contradict God, I WILL NOT AGREE WITH YOU. :-)!
Romans 3:4 (Amplified Bible)
By no means! Let God be found true though every human being is false and a liar, as it is written, That You may be justified and shown to be upright in what You say, and prevail when You are judged [by sinful men].
Romans 3:4 (New King James Version)
Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written:
“ That You may be justified in Your words,
And may overcome when You are judged.”
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