Contrasts
Religion: Promise God you will be good enough.
Truth: Confess to God you can never be good enough.
Religion: If we love God, He will love us.
Truth: Because God loves us, we can love Him.
Religion: Give in order to get.
Truth: Freely you have received, so freely give.
Religion: Go to church to meet God.
Truth: Meet God in Jesus Christ and carry Him into church.
Religion: Peace at any cost.
Truth: Truth at any cost.
Religion: Make people feel good about themselves.
Truth: Set people free from themselves to Christ.
Religion: Truth is a list of teachings.
Truth: Truth is a Person, Jesus Christ.
Religion: God gives us a THING called eternal life.
Truth: God gives us His Son, in Whom is eternal life.
Religion: God makes us look like Jesus.
Truth: Christ is manifested through us.
Religion: We contact God through our senses.
Truth: We contact God through Christ by His Spirit.
Religion: There is no condemnation EXCEPT when we sin.
Truth: There is no condemnation EVEN when we sin.
Religion: Grace abounds EXCEPT when we sin.
Truth: Grace abounds EVEN when we sin.
Religion: We must change to come to Christ.
Truth: We will change if we come to Christ.
Religion: Focus on your value to God.
Truth: Focus on Christ’s value to you.
Religion: God’s forgiveness is until the next time you sin.
Truth: God’s forgiveness is finished for you forever.
Religion: God will give you what YOU want.
Truth: God will give you what HE wants.
Religion: God will give you information.
Truth: God will give you revelation.
Religion: God will make you strong.
Truth: God will make you weak so that Christ can be your strength.
Religion: For God was so mad at the world that He gave His Son to die for us.
Truth: For God so loved the world that He gave His Son to die for us.
Religion: Jesus took away the punishment of the world.
Truth: Jesus took away the sin of the world.
Religion: By works, through faith by grace.
Truth: By grace, through faith, unto good works.
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