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From Ritual to Relationship
Acts 15
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Rituals can be yokes of duty that leave us empty and burdened.
• Circumcision was a procedure God had Abraham perform as a sealing of a covenant.
• It was an expression of faith.
• A performance of duty w/o relationship.
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Possible Rituals
• Church membership• Music• Baptism• Attending church• List of do’s and don’ts
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Service to God performed as ritual is a form of self-righteousness.
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Relationship is personal, up-close and through God’s mercy and grace.
Performance PersonalPunctiliar PerpetualObligation SalvationEnslaving EnrichingGoing –Motions Growing –DevotionProfession Possession
Ritual Relationship
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• Relationship has the idea of fellowship• Relationship needs to be nourished and
maintained• Relationship has the idea of family• Relationship has the idea of oneness
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So What?
If you keep doing what you are doing you will keep getting what you’ve got.