Religion vs Relationship

I Heard It On The 806

Episode Summary

Operating in ministry is an amazing blessing, but it can also have its challenges, especially when it comes to the battle of Religion vs Relationship. When we prioritize the man-made part of church over the relationships God has given us, we are missing the mark.

Religion has a power that the enemy has been working with from the very beginning - that religious spirit that kills the order of God and that is relationship with Him.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Isaiah 55:8-9

In Jesus’ parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32), The father chose relationship over religion, but his son who remained at home did not. Instead of celebrating his brother who had returned from his life of sin and destruction, he became envious. When he confronted his father, he was given this reply: “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

Jon’s Priority of Religion vs Relationships

1. Serve my wife
2. Serve my children
3. Serve the church

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