Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-chapter verse-by-verse study through the entirevary Chapel Movement. This radio program is a chapter by chapter verse by

verse study through the entire Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck

continues his message, religion and Christianity, as we pick up in John chapter 10, verse 10. And now with

today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Now, Jesus, interestingly enough, declared to his disciples when he was first calling them,

he said, hey, you're going to marvel at this? Just because I said, I saw you on a fig tree,

hey, stick around. You're going to see a lot more than this, man. From now on, you're going to see the heavens more than this man from now on you're going to see the heavens open

and the angels of heaven ascending and descending on the son of man what is he saying i am jacob's ladder

i am the access to god you're going to see heaven open for man for god God is reaching down. God is building the ladder.

And I am the ladder that God has made whereby man might come to God.

So the vast difference between Christianity and religion, the religious systems will rob a man, they'll destroy a man, whereas Christianity will bring a man life and that more abundantly.

The religious systems all have their little formulas, the works that you must do,

in order that you might be accepted by God.

And they have all of these little work trips that you've got to

accomplish in order that you might be accepted by God. Christianity says there's not a single work

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