[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by OBW

If that is the sum total of your works, then you have much to learn. Your "works" are all about meetings and specific efforts to preach the gospel.

How terrible that a group of Christians are so focused on fellowship and preaching the gospel. I hope you can sense the sarcasm.

What about all the ministries that mostly focus on preaching the gospel? Billy Graham? The great commission is about preaching the gospel primarily.

Originally Posted by OBW

Without the "works" of the rest of your life, including common, run-of-the-mill things, and the generic command to "love your neighbor as yourself," your "religion" is not true.

Oh, I forgot to add, that we do all the above, while taking care of a family, and working in a highly demanding professional job such as a lawyer or medical doctor, on top of being an elder and listening to everyone's problems and complaints. And unlike a pastor or priest, we don't get paid for "counselling" and we spend much of our Sunday in church-related things.

Sorry it's not enough "religious work" for you (sarcasm again). I forgot that we must be out on the street feeding soup to homeless people to be truly doing what God asks, and all these things are not enough (sarcasm again).

Originally Posted by OBW

It is just "religious" in the truly negative sense. It is focused solely on the religious things that you do in the context of meetings and specifically evangelistic activities and excludes everything else. I think that you will find that Christ commanded much concerning your everyday life. So you don't have any "religion" there. And you despise it because you say those who do those things are poor and pathetic.

I don't recall saying anything religious done is poor and pathetic. I could quote Witness Lee right now where he commends the good works done by religions.

The problem is when you focus on a works-based religion then no amount of works will ever be enough for you. Doing one's occupation to one's best ability is not enough, you have to be feeding soup to homeless people not just preaching the gospel. Then feeding soup will not be enough, one must travel to Africa and be a missionary.

Witness Lee said "all those who advocate religion will surely be persecutors of the church. " You are starting to sound like a persecutor because you advocate religion.