This study, “Religion or Relationship: We Are The Church” focuses on a story told to the Pharisees who were listening to Jesus as he spoke. The Pharisees were sneering at Jesus (meaning they were ridiculing and mocking him). Why? Because Jesus had finished teaching that “no servant can serve two masters” and that “you cannot serve both God and Money” (Luke 16:13 NIV). Why was this cause for the Pharisees to sneer? Simply put, the Pharisees were lovers of money (Luke 16:14).
In this lesson, author and speaker Daniel T. Adams takes a look at religion versus relationship, and the practical aspects of how this looks in our lives today. To have a relationship with the Almighty God, means to recognize and submit to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. It is what makes us known by God, not just have a knowledge of God. Religion today, much like the fraudulent religion of the Pharisees, can place us into a very similar predicament, even within churches that speak about Jesus, sadly enough.
Follow along as we take an "Expedition Into God's Word".
