The world is filled with the religiously sincere.

People very sincere in their religion.

Make great effort, personal sacrifice, high cost, pay the price, wanting to please God.

Very sincere.

God is not impressed.

You can have a lot of zeal and be absolutely wrong.

And Paul says, I thought it was right.

I considered it garbage when I met Christ.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur. I'm Phil Johnson, your host.

From Wall Street to Main Street, the recession of 2008 hit people hard.

Many saw their retirement savings dry up. Tens of millions lost their jobs and nearly everyone

had to reconsider how they used their money. The recession was a stark reminder that losing

resources that have value and that creates stability,

it's a painful experience. Yet, if you look at the Apostle Paul's life, you see that he actually

rejoiced when things that once held great value to him lost all of their worth. The reason,

Paul found a far greater treasure. And the question for you is, have you discovered that treasure? John MacArthur will help you determine that

as his study called The Road to Nowhere continues. And so with that, here's John.

I'd like to entitle this message, religious credits that don't impress God.

Religious credits that don't impress God.

Paul is saying, in every sense, I am an authentic Jew.

I have a consummate pedigree.

I have had it all.

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