KINGDOM GOSPEL VS RELIGION Export
KINGDOM GOSPEL VS RELIGION Export
KINGDOM GOSPEL VS RELIGION Export
RELIGION
So why do we read the bible? It’s
obvious,to understand God’s law and
obey it.We cannot live on earth
without obeying laws.We all know
that absence of law is the
beginning of destruction.Religion
is obeying and following God’s law
to the latter.
GOSPEL
James 1:27 says that Religion that
God our Father accepts as pure and
faultless is this:to look after
orphans and widows in their
distress and to keep oneself from
being polluted by the world.
RELIGION
Correct!Those are good deeds,
Religion is practicing these deeds,
which implies keeping the law.
GOSPEL
On the contrary,practicing those
deeds is bearing fruit as a result
of being connected to Jesus Christ
so it becomes natural not forcing
yourself in the name of following
religion or keeping the law.
RELIGION
And that brings us to Matthew 5:17
when Jesus said," Do not think I
have come to abolish the law or the
prophets,I have come not to abolish
them but fulfill them
GOSPEL
What does it mean to fulfill?It
means it was incomplete or missing
something,this missing piece is
Jesus who is complete enough and
everything.John 3:17-18’For God did
not send his son into the world to
condemn the world, but to save the
world through him,whoever believes
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2.
GOSPEL (cont’d)
in him is not condemned,but whoever
does not believe stands condemned
already because he has not believed
in the name of God’s one and only
Son.In short,believing in Jesus is
keeping the entire law.
RELIGION
Your many words talk of Grace.We
all know that grace condones
sin.People think.’I believe in
Jesus,so I’m forgiven’ So they sin
habitually,intentionally, in the
name of,’It is finished’ That’s why
I say Religion is the true
answer,to observe God’s law at all
costs.
GOSPEL
Very well,do you keep the law?
RELIGION
Rhetoric question-That’s my
lifestyle. I do not steal, or
lie,or commit adultery,I do not
smoke or drink,name it all,I
observe the law
GOSPEL
Jesus did not limit sin to just n
action,but a state of existence,our
corrupt minds,thoughts and
behavior,our self-cent
redness,materialism.He equated lust
to adultery,anger to murder,
So,have you ever looked at a woman
with lust?
RELIGION
Maybe once or twice
(Relief and laughter in the
audience)
GOSPEL
Have you ever been angry at a
brother?
RELIGION
Yes I have, a number of times
3.
GOSPEL
Will I be right in saying that you
do not only observe the law,but
also cannot keep it?
RELIGION
Are you trying to judge me?Are you
even righteous?
GOSPEL
Not exactly,and I’m a sinner just
saved by Grace.What I’m trying to
say is that when you trust in Jesus
that He paid the debt,you stop
worrying of sin and he
automatically makes you
righteous.That’s why He died on the
cross,He not only dealt with sin
but also crucified the
flesh.Accepting this amazing Grace
causes us to be loving people,and
sin begins to die.
RELIGION
We are broken beings,but still we
have to strive to keep and fulfill
the law.
GOSPEL
Brother,what Jesus was saying,is
that instead of you fulfilling the
law, let me fulfill it,then you
will be grafted into me,so that the
fruit you bear will be natural,not
forced cause He paid the price.
RELIGION
Then why did God give us to the law
if not for us to obey?
GOSPEL
God gave us the law in order for us
to realize sin.If you look at the
law as a mirror,you realize you are
bound for destruction.You’ll have
no choice to be discouraged and
give up,because it is evident that
we can’t keep the law.God gave us
the law to realize the Gospel,Jesus
Christ,who solved it all.
4.
RELIGION
You emphasize on Grace,that’s a
dangerous if not deceptive
doctrine.
GOSPEL
Grace does not just forgive sin,It
literally stops you from sinning
automatically.Just abide in God’s
word,you will know the truth and
the truth shall set you free.The
word of God is not just
information,It is a trans formative
power that molds and shapes us into
righteousness.So brother,you
choose,enter through the narrow
door,which is trusting entirely on
Jesus Christ to establish His
Kingdom in you,fill you with His
Spirit,and bear fruit naturally,or
the wide door,the law...
EXT.BEACH DAY
A child writes on sand the title of the screenplay ’Kingdom
Gospel vs Religion’
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5.
NARRATOR (cont’d)
Do you believe it was done and
finished or do you believe you’ve
work to do?