Christ Versus Religion 50 Years Later!

[Kevin]

The word "Religion" has left a bad taste in many people's mouths, even for Christians today. Mainly because of the legalism and false doctrines of the Roman Catholic church and religious cults across the country. But if you have a based-group mindset that your church is not a religion, but the rest of Christianity are according to your definition that it is without Christ, then you must probably belong to a cult group.

[awareness]

Originally Posted by Kevin

The word "Religion" has left a bad taste in many people's mouths, even for Christians today. Mainly because of the legalism and false doctrines of the Roman Catholic church and religious cults across the country. But if you have a based-group mindset that your church is not a religion, but the rest of Christianity are according to your definition that it is without Christ, then you must probably belong to a cult group.

Hear! Hear! Amen Kevin!

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Kevin

The word "Religion" has left a bad taste in many people's mouths, even for Christians today. Mainly because of the legalism and false doctrines of the Roman Catholic church and religious cults across the country. But if you have a based-group mindset that your church is not a religion, but the rest of Christianity are according to your definition that it is without Christ, then you must probably belong to a cult group.

For years I was sold on the whole "Christ vs. Religion" motif, but the Bible never condemns "religion." The Book of James even speaks of "pure and undefiled religion." (1.27)

Jesus Himself never condemned the Jewish religion. What He did condemn was the politics, the hypocrisy, the legalism, the deceptions, and the works of the flesh which characterized some religious leaders.

Lee used *RELIGION* to condemn all Christianity. Today LSM has become a far worse religion than what we were regularly taught to condemn.

[Drake]

Originally Posted by Kevin

The word "Religion" has left a bad taste in many people's mouths, even for Christians today. Mainly because of the legalism and false doctrines of the Roman Catholic church and religious cults across the country. But if you have a based-group mindset that your church is not a religion, but the rest of Christianity are according to your definition that it is without Christ, then you must probably belong to a cult group.

There are genuine born again Christians in the church represented by Sardis..... but most are nominal brought in by the state religions and a large number of denominations that are Christian organizations whose membership does not require regeneration. That is why the Lord said they have a name that is living but in reality are dead.

We should care for the Lords assessment of that situation and seek to be counted worthy of being an overcomer.

Drake

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Drake

There are genuine born again Christians in the church represented by Sardis..... but most are nominal brought in by the state religions and a large number of denominations that are Christian organizations whose membership does not require regeneration. That is why the Lord said they have a name that is living but in reality are dead.

We should care for the Lords assessment of that situation and seek to be counted worthy of being an overcomer.

Drake

Then you are inconsistent with Lee's teachings. And so every church denominations must be a Sardist by nature and the LC is not prone to it. Why don't every LCer be so honest that Sardis prefgures Protestant Reformation without any making distinctions who are in it. Evangelicals too are protestants. But where do you place the Pentecostals and Charismatics? It seems that your interpretation that the seven churches in Revelation pertaining to seven periods/ages of church history is not updated or even shall we say it's obsolete.

"The notion that these seven churches describe seven successive periods of Church history hardly needs refutation. To say nothing about the almost humorous—if it were not so deplorable—exegesis which, for example, makes the church at Sardis, which was dead, refer to the glorious age of the Reformation; it should be clear to every student of the Bible that there is not one atom of evidence in all the sacred writings which in any way corroborates this thoroughly arbitrary method of cutting up the history of the Church and assigning the resulting pieces to the respective epistles of Revelation 2 and 3." — Joel R. Beek