Today on Summit Life, a cautionary message from J.D. Greer.

A lot of people stay immune to the real gospel because they have the antibody of superficial

religion.

This is a group of people who can't believe in Jesus

because their superficial religion keeps them from seeing

why Jesus invitation for them to come to him is even relevant to them. Welcome to Summit Life, the Bible Teaching Ministry of Pastor, Author, and Apologist J.D. Greer.

As always, I'm your host, Molly Bidovich.

Today we're kicking off a new teaching series called Can't Believe where we'll

be looking at some of the most common barriers that hold people back from saving faith.

We're beginning by talking about a barrier that many people might find surprising.

It's religion.

It might seem weird for a pastor to say that, but today Jady explains to us how religion

can actually keep you from truly surrendering to Jesus and

experiencing the power of the gospel. It sounds a little off, right? Well, maybe the title

gives us a little more insight. Pastor Jady called this teaching the religiously immunized.

Let me take you a little bit into my past.

I learned to share the gospel when I was a teenager. That's right

after I came to Christ. I came to Christ in my teenage years. I learned to share the

gospel by means of what we call it a gospel tract.

It is a short kind of trifold pamphlet

that explains the basic points of the gospel.

At the Christian bookstore near my house

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