RELIGION or GRACE

Religion...I am saved by grace but I maintain my salvation by my doing and the way I live.
Grace... My salvation is entirely God's doing and nothing of my doing. Salvation is of the LORD!" (Eph. 2:8-9; Jonah 2:9).

Religion is a DO-DO endeavor...man trying to DO things to please God and earn His favor.
Grace is summed up in one word DONE...Christ dying on the cross to save sinful and religious people (John 19:30).

Religious people are busy "working" for God to maintain salvation and gain God's favor.
Grace people are "not religious work-a-holics" (Rom. 4:5) but is RESTING upon the finished work of Jesus as they work with Him.

Religion is all about TRYING and DYING right.
Grace is all about TRUSTING and LIVING right. (Acts 16:31)

Religion is about being sin conscious.
Grace is about being God conscious.

Religion is about a work to Do which never gets Done because it can't be Done.
Grace is about believing and trusting. (1 Pet. 1:25) in a Work that is already completely Done (1 Pet. 1:18-19).

Religion is man's way of working to save himself
Grace is God's way of working to save hopeless man (1 Tim. 1:15)

Religion is performance based religious ritualizing.
Grace is relation based intimate relationship with God and man. (John 17:3)

Religion is about doing something to look good
Grace is about knowing someone and makes that someone look good. (John 17:3)

Religion is about man trying to please God in the wrong way (Rom. 8:8..."So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God").
Grace is man truly pleasing God in the right way (Hebrews 11:6..."But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him").

Religion is man seeking to earn God's favor by works.
Grace is receiving God's favor by grace through faith because of His work (Eph. 2:8 and see Eph. 1:6).

Religion is the TRUSTING of SELF (Luke 18:9)
Grace is TRUSTING CHRIST (Eph. 1:12-13)

Religion is BOASTING IN SELF (Luke 18:11-12)
Grace is BOASTING IN Christ (1 Cor. 1:29-31; Eph. 2:9)

Religion is about keeping the religious laws! I have done that which God has required" (Matthew 19:16-20).
Grace realizes I have broken the law but I am trusting the One who came into this world to save guilty lawbreakers" (1 Tim. 1:15).

The Religious man is seeking to establish his own righteousness (Rom. 10:3).
The Grace man is satisfied with the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 5:21).

Religion says, Good works are those things that a person does to be saved and maintain that salvation.
Grace says, Good works are those things that a saved person does because of God's grace and love" (James 2:14-26).

Religion claims that a building called church is the house of God.
Grace claims that people are God's dwelling place and NOT segregated man-made denominational buildings.

Religion is about Sunday-go-meetings and man-made event-driven programs.
Grace is about living life daily as the community of the redeemed to inspiring the community of humanity by God working through

Jesus is the Savior. Trust Him and only Him to save. (Luke 23:40-43).

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