The Idol of Religion Tony Evans
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They had a religious injection that didn’t stick
They had a religious injection that didn’t stick
-Religious routine cannot help you get to God
-Idols are nothing but the demons that flow through them are
Idolotry causes us to partake with demons’
You cant sit at God table and sit at demons table but you cant have both
when you try to sit at both, you will only have demons because God wont allow it
THE IDOL OF RELIGION
-Religion is mans attempt to rconvince God through activity to get God favor or blessing. They do things to motivate God to give those things
-Going to church, praying, reading your bible can all be demon infested because
a lot of people whjo jump high on Sunday who dont know how to walk on Monday. They had an injection with religion that didnt stick.
2 tim 4- Demons teaching that are demonically inspired but religiously inspired
The demonic can take over
Traditionalism- weve always done it that way. Jesus said beware of the traditions of man. You can keep God from working because thats the way youve always dpone it. Traditions get you into a rut
narcissim
Ritualism- External activity that makes you think because you are doing
externalism
Legalism - is the misapplication of Gods rules,- is perusing rules at the expense of a relationship. it can tell you the problem it just cant fix the problem.
If theres no change then demons have affected your religion. but you are sitting at two tables- you can’t have God while you are sitting at God’s table. Ypu cant have me unless its about me
Paul says watch out for for
You start with the Word, then you go to prayer
Kick Religion to the curb- its a who new network of thinking
Illustration- Dont let the red fade from the blood.
A train engineer was coming to a drawbridge and the conductor looked for a flag and saw the flag and kept driving, and the man who had the flag was waving the flag, and the conductor drove the drain over the drawbridge and into the water. 18 people died but the conductor lived. The conductor and the engineer came together and the engineer said why didnt you stop I was waving the red flag. The conductor said no, you were waving the white flag. And so they went and grabbed the flag, and the flag was faded, it was read but faded so from a distance it looked white.
Dont let religion fade the red blood of Christ
Wave that flag- Isaiah 53 talk… brouised
Dont let folk go into disaster because you