You May Be Religious If…

1. You spend more time defending a doctrine than sharing Christ.

2. You confront people about using YouVersion in church.

3. You see church as something you do and go to rather than something you are.

4. You get angrier when you hear a cuss word than when you see someone hurting.

5. You find the homeless man on the street untouchable.

6. You’re more concerned with your giving record than your lost family member.

7. You dress for church to “give God your best”, but fail to give anything of value to your family.

8. You’re prouder of your Sunday School attendance chart than the baptism count.

9. You see prayer as something that must be done rather than a chance to talk with God.

10. You compare yourself to others for comfort rather than looking to God for transformation.

Matthew 15:1-9

Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!” Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’ But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: “‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.

Any additions to the 10?


Comments

26 responses to “You May Be Religious If…”

  1. LOVE YOU VERSION. I’m either looking at that in church, or just playing angry birds!!!

  2. Wow, Jonathan, that really made me think. I really enjoyed the wake up call. I needed it.

    1. Glad to hear it. Convicted me too!

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  4. Great post bro…

  5. Another great post, Jonathan! I constantly am trying to work on those things DAILY!

    1. Overwhelming at times isn’t it??? :) Yeah, me too.

  6. Great post. God allowed me to crash and burn so that I would see that I was living out all 10 of the things on your list. The Lord has moved me from being religious and I now enjoy his peace.

    1. Great to hear. Great place to be.

  7. Ouch and amen! :)

  8. Whoa, this hits hard. So good man. I love it!

    11. You preach grace but have unforgiveness in your heart.

    Wait, that may be hypocritical rather than religious. ;)

    1. I’m guilty of both at times!

  9. wow – preach it, Jonathan!

  10. Those are all so good, it would only hurt to add more. Man, 4-8 are really, really good. This could be a killer sermon series!

    1. It’s all yours my man!

  11. Darrell Childress Avatar
    Darrell Childress

    Awesome reminder of where we need to be. I know a couple of thise hit me where I need to be hit. You’re a good man with a good message!

    1. Thanks, Darrell!

  12. Excellent post! I particularly like #1–it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. I recently heard someone talk about it in terms of defending Christ rather than celebrating Christ. I liked that phrase so much, I put it as a tagline in my blog! Here’s a post I wrote about it, too: http://jacobscafe.blogspot.com/2010/11/celebrating-christ-not-doctrine.html

    1. Great stuff! Thanks for stopping by and sharing!

  13. good stuff! I’ve actually cussed while reading YouVersion in church;)
    oopsie!

    1. LOL. That’s hilarious!

  14. Shantelle Harsey Avatar
    Shantelle Harsey

    WOW! That’s all I can say right now!

    1. haha… Hope I didn’t scare ya! :-)

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  16. I really like this and yet I am convicted at the same time. Is it wrong that I found myself naming other people that fit these worse than me?

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