Synthetic vs Authentic Religion

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• When it comes to religion, synthetic religion
  really irritates God.

I am the Lord that is My name! I will not give
My glory to anyone else. I will not share My
praise with carved idols.
Isaiah 428
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James 126-27
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• Gossip is no good! It causes hard feelings and
  comes between friends. Proverbs 1428

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• Synthetic religion irritates God because it
  focuses on the wrong things.

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• Professional Christians are people who do many
  of the external techniques of the Christian
  life but do not walk in obedience to Jesus Christ.

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Elements of Synthetic Religion

• 1. Isolation from sinners
• As parents, we can take a good thing
  called protection and turn it into a bad thing
  called isolation.

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Luke 529-32
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• We are called to infiltrate, not isolate.

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• The bottom line is there is no impact
  without contact.

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Elements of Synthetic Religion

• 1. Isolation from sinners
• 2. God-talk

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• God chose to have the New Testament
  written in the koinai Greek so everyone could
  understand it.

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Colossians 45-6
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• Pick your words in light of your audience.

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Elements of Synthetic Religion

• 1. Isolation from sinners
• God-talk
• 3. Fights and Arguments about parts of the Bible
  that do not have a clear cut interpretation.

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• Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I
  couldnt talk to you as I would to mature
  Christians. I had to talk as through you belonged
  to this world or as though you were infants in
  the Christian life. I had to feed you with milk
  and not with solid food, because you couldnt
  handle anything stronger. And you still arent
  ready, for you are still controlled by your own
  sinful desires. You are jealous of one another
  and quarrel with each other. Doesnt that prove
  you are controlled by your own desires? You are
  acting like people who dont belong to the Lord.
  When one of you says, I am a follower of Paul,
  and another says, I prefer Apollos, arent you
  acting like those who are not Christians?
• 1 Corinthians 31-4

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• Dialogue is wonderful. Debate stinks and
  divides.

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Elements of Synthetic Religion

• 1. Isolation from sinners
• God-talk
• Fights and Arguments
• Extra-biblical rules

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Colossians 220-23
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• Keeping rules does not lead to a more
  godly life.

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Components of Authentic Religion

• 1. A controlled tongue
• Our words reveal our heart.

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Components of Authentic Religion

• 1. A controlled tongue
• 2. Heart for the helpless
• The righteous care about justice for the
  poor, but the wicked have no such
  concern.
• Proverbs 297

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Components of Authentic Religion

• 1. A controlled tongue
• 2. Heart for the helpless
• 3. A biblical lifestyle