faith works: the dark side of religion
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Faith Works: The Dark Side of Religion. Romans 2:17 – 3:20. Big Idea: You don’t need ___________ , you need ______. religion. faith. Religion - a set of concepts, ceremonies, liturgies, and practices that are expected in a particular pursuit of the divine. Big Idea: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Faith Works:
The Dark Side of Religion Romans 2:17 –
3:20
Big Idea:
You don’t need ___________ ,
you need ______religion
faith
Religion - a set of concepts, ceremonies, liturgies, and practices that are expected in a
particular pursuit of the divine.
Big Idea:
You don’t need religion,
you need faith
Religion emphasizes the
_________ over the _________2:17-28
physicalspiritua
l
Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and
brag about your relationship to God…
v. 17
You who brag about the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the
law?v. 23
God’s name is blasphemed among the
Gentiles because of you. v. 24
Religion emphasizes the physical over the spiritual
A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly,
nor is circumcision merely outward and
physical. v. 28
Religion emphasizes
___________ _________ while ignoring
matters of _________ ___________
2:29
Secondary
primary
matters
importance
No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and
circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the
written code. Such a man’s praise is not from
men, but from God. v. 29
Religion cannot save you from ________ _______
3:1-8 God’s wrath
Religion blinds you to your need for _______ ______
3:9-20 God’s grace
“There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who
seeks God. All have turned away, they have together
become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice
deceit.”
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.” “Their mouths are
full of cursing and bitterness.” “Their feet are
swift to shed blood; ruin and misery mark their ways, and the way of peace they do not know.” “There is no fear of
God before their eyes.” v. 10 – 18
Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his
sight by observing the law (being religious); rather,
through the law we become conscious of sin.
v. 20
The principle point of the law in true Christian theology is
to make people not better but worse; that is to say, it shows
them their sin, so that they may be humbled, terrified,
bruised, and broken, and by this means be driven to seek
comfort and so to come to the blessed Christ. Martin
Luther