Jesus christ, the founder of christianity was constantly opposed by the religious leaders of the jews. Jesus hates religion focuses on the sole importance of a relationship with christ. Jeff shared that he tried religion and walked away from it, only to realize that he misunderstood. Think of dietrich bonhoeffers prophetic attempts to waken.
She seems to support just about every other religion and culture and states its just their beliefs and culture but will turn around and say the total opposite of christianity. At jesus second coming the righteous dead will be raised to life and taken up to heaven along with the righteous who are still alive on the earth. Do you have collegeaged people in your life who have rejected jesus because of how theyve been treated by the church or how theyve been turned off by duplicity and hypocrisy. In this verse is full and complete revelation as to why so many in the world today hate jesus. Do what jesus did the ten scriptures satan hates most. Jesus hates religion is not simply another book about christianity, but a detour sign on the road of life. Jesus hates dead religion by eric metaxas is available in. If you dont hate your father, you cannot be my disciple. Jesus hates dead religion bonhoeffer, wilberforce, and the power of living faith by eric metaxas.
No longer content with pretending those things dont happen, pastor himaya retreats with readers back to the scriptures to see what jesus thinks about man made. Thats the message eric metaxas, author of the bestselling biographical phenomenon, bonhoeffer, brought to the sixtieth annual national prayer breakfast. It seems to me that scientology and westboro baptists have a far more toxic public image. There is a big difference between a personal relationship with jesus christ and outward religion. Why i think jesus hates religion and you should, too. The jewish leaders disliked, and eventually grew to hate, jesus for many reasons. Judaism, as the jewish religion came to be known in the 1st century ad, was based on ancient israelite religion, shorn of many of its canaanite characteristics but with the addition of important features from babylonia and persia. Though your why i hate religion video contains a lot of truth of which i appreciated and thought was very cleverly portrayed, its main premise and following conclusion are dead wrong. They saw jesus associating with the common people and saw them cheering him, loving him. The riches of a relationship with the true god through faith in christ alone cannot compare to the bankruptcy of merit religion. First, it is not difficult to see why god would hate evil. Regardless, the dividing lines between religion and jesus are clear.
The symbols used by the christian religion no longer make sense to the way of being of the average joe in the western world. Thats the basic premise of a new you tube video that has gone viral recently. I dont live in america so religion is definitely not as wellaccepted or typical. Himaya points readers away from himself, and towards jesus saying, dont trust me.
The time of himayas life when he pursued religion is the time he missed jesus. Legalism is a matter of going through rituals and of keeping rules, but its devoid of the personal knowledge of god. He honestly tells his own story, troubles and all, of how he came to know christ personally and describes the wholehearted faith of past believers like william wilberforce and detrich bonnhoffer that directed their energies toward seeking justice and pursuing compassion for others. This first verse i will give you is coming direct from jesus himself. Now in jesus hates dead religion, metaxas takes readers behind the scenes into that electric moment and calls us to walk the hard path of the gospel in our trying times. Jesus never explicitly gave a definition of religion but i think we can take a look at the biblical data and make a fairly strong inference to his views. If nothing else, the christian atheists are waking the churches to the brutal reality that the basic premise of faiththe existence of a personal god, who created the. About a year ago, i did a twopart sermon on the gospel. However, gods election of some people but not others, doesnt give people an excuse not to turn to the lord jesus in repentance and faith. Criticism of religion involves criticism of the validity, concept, or ideas of religion. The jesus i hate is the modern, western jesus, the american jesus, the jesus who has been a part of my life for almost fiftyeight years. Satan hates this scripture because it proclaims the eternal victory of christ over satan. Christian beliefs in god, jesus christ, the trinity, the bible and authority, sin and reconciliation, sacraments, spiritual practices, and ethical.
There is a difference between real faith in god and mere religion. The videowhich in a few days has gone from hundreds of views to thousands to millionsshows jefferson bethke, who lives in the seattle area, delivering a wellcrafted, sharply produced, spoken word poem. Page 1 of 12 sunday, october 30, 2016 remember that jesus christ of the seed of david was raised from the dead according to my gospel. One glance at the 23rd chapter of matthews gospel will reveal the polemical style of jesus ministry. Jesus hates religion part 4 guilt by battlecreek church. In just three days, its been viewed almost 7 million times. The picture behind these ceremonial laws was that sin leads to death and that the contamination of sin and death spreads to others if it is not dealt with. The april 8, 1966, cover of time launched a heated debateand religious thinkers are still reckoning with the fallout.
African traditional religion and the coming of christianity. The jews differed from other people in the ancient world because they believed that there was only one god. If you want to talk about the law of moses being religion, then read 2 corinthians 3. Jesus hates dead religion by eric metaxas overdrive. Why i hate jesus the life and times of bruce gerencser. Remember that jesus christ of the seed of david was raised. And i dont deny that each of these groups has suffered immensely in the past. The birth narrative in the quran for jesus begins at maryam 19 1634 and alimran 3 4553. Therefore, he said these things in the same dispensation as we live in. While jesus was not always polemical in his approach to preaching and teaching, he certainly did confront the empty religiosity of the scribes and pharisees. For the message of religion i obey, therefore im acceptedis the opposite of the gospel. Historical records of criticism of religion goes back to at least 5th century bce in.
Religion doesnt allow for dialogue or open communication. Now, before you think i have gone off the deep end and im renouncing my faith please understand what i mean by religious. Thus, satan, the angel of death and darkness, was defeated. Christianity has lost its authenticity in other words.
The contents of this book were first given on the air, and then published in three separate parts as the. Halo helper good works tracker by battlecreek church. No longer content with pretending those things dont happen, pastor himaya retreats with readers back to the scriptures to see what jesus thinks about manmade. The people loved jesus, and they received him gladly, but what they felt from the pharisees was judgment. Remember, that jesus said these things after his death and resurrection from the dead and after the coming of the holy spirit. More 3,000 high quality jesus pictures and religious images to download from our collection.
But we do know that it was according to gods sovereign election. First of all, i know you losers hate it when i say i told you so, buti told you so. Have you struggled with how different jesus is from organized religion. Sin and evil of all kinds are contrary to his nature. Here are 9 reasons jesus hates religion and you should too. God hates religion sermon series truth of god cbcg. Apparently a lot of people resonate with the idea that jesus has something against this thing that we call religion.
Theblaze is your source for news and information, original reporting and insightful opinions about the stories that matter most. Pharaohs were still considered powerful after death. The primary challenge modern culture offers christian faith is that the former is itself the fruit of a historicocultural process deeply influenced by. The jesuses of bygone eras have no power to harm me, but the modern jesus the jesus of the three hundred thousand christian churches that populate every community in america he has the power to affect.
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The world hates jesus because he testifies that its works are evil. If theres more than one possible meaning to a verse, who gives you the right to say that one interpretation is definitely the right one. Religious beliefs and practices handbook pdf washington state. When i say religious, im not talking about a denomination, a doctrine or even a box you might check off on some paperwork. True religion is a matter of knowing god personally and growing in that relationship with him. He has chosen to hate most of them from eternity to eternal doom. There is a kind of religion that is lifeless and is the bitter enemy of true faith. Jesus hates dead religion by eric metaxas goodreads. The account of jesus begins with a prologue narrated several times in the quran first describing the birth of his mother, mary, and her service in the jerusalem temple, while under the care of the prophet and priest zechariah, who was to be the father of john the baptist. Nothing has changed, except that the end is near and jesus will soon return, and he wants to prepare his church for his coming.
If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Jesus the jewish religion in the 1st century britannica. Religion turns every argument and disagreement into an us versus them. Conflicts between african traditional religion and christianity in. She insults me for not wanting to go clubbing, calls. No other book has all of the correct dates concerning jesus life and. As a general rule, jesus was popular with the masses the exception being in his hometown of nazareth, and as his popularity increased with the crowds, so did the opposition from the jewish leaders. Eric metaxas is a humorous, transparent, and cogent presenter of the difference between dead religion and biblical christianity. Jesus christ, by his crucifixion and resurrection, conquered death.
If a jew came in contact with a tomb or a dead body, he was ceremonially unclean for seven days num. But in a sense the witnesses actually want to be hated, based on scriptures that say jesus true followers are to. In his new book, jesus hates religion, himaya says, i dont hate religion because of what it did to me. The only thing the pharisees looked at was the peoples sin, and so they had a certain contempt for the common people. Abandon dead, dry, rulekeeping and embrace the promise of being truly known and deeply loved jefferson bethke burst into the cultural conversation in 2012 with a passionate, provocative poem titled why i hate religion, but love jesus. It goes without saying that i condemn all forms of religious bigotry. While i appreciate how this artistcontinue reading does jesus hate religion. I sympathise strongly with anyone who has been persecuted or discriminated against in the secular sphere on the basis of their race, religion, economic status or sex. Not only does the lord hate men because of their evil deeds, but he also hates men apart from any wickedness they might commit. As jesus said, this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true god, and jesus christ whom you have sent john 17. Any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
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