Jesus And Religion

Mark Driscoll Audio

Mark Driscoll

History, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Jesus, God, Mark, Gospel, Pastor, Society & Culture, Driscoll

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🗓️ 9 May 2016

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Jesus plus anything, even religion, ruins everything. Jesus is harsh with the religious people because they are wolves who close their eyes to the light, make rules for God, want praise for themselves, and defend their idols. Religious rules are all about the external—not the internal—and raise human preferences to the level of God’s laws. Religion doesn’t help people; rather, it binds and enslaves them. Religious people try to be holier than Jesus, but we’re saved by Jesus’ works, not our own.

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0:07.3	Jesus-centered Bible teaching.
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0:29.0	ministry with a gift of any amount.
0:31.8	Thank you.
0:34.0	We're in Luke chapter 11 verses 33 through 54.
0:37.7	Jesus in religion, as you find your place, yes, we will whack it like a pinata.
0:44.2	There is Jesus Christ who in the Bible is called the chief shepherd, the good shepherd,
0:49.2	working under Jesus, are other shepherds, people who love Jesus and want to take care of
0:55.4	his people called the sheep.
0:57.3	In the Old Testament, this would be prophets, priests, kings.
1:00.4	This would include in the time of Jesus the apostles and disciples who followed him and
1:05.2	our day, this would be elders, pastors, deacons, people who love and follow Jesus and want
1:10.7	to help his sheep.
1:12.4	So Christians individually are referred to as sheep, churches are referred to as flocks.
1:18.6	And so there is the chief good shepherd.
1:21.0	There are the shepherds working under him to look after the sheep and the flocks and protect
1:25.4	them from the wolves.
1:28.2	And the wolves love to lead sheep astray, teach them false doctrine, take their money,
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