Religion vs Reality
Original water color painting "Man Shall Not Live by Bread Alone " copyright © 2006 Debbie Turner Chav ers Religion is evidenced as men's traditions versus the reality of the Living Word of God effecting a real verifiable change in you. Salvation should bring about a change in you and your behaviour. Salvation is not just a few words said to please others or our self. Christ accomplished our salvation on the cross through His shed blood and His obedience to God. Jesus submitted to His Father's will. Our acceptance of the shed blood of Jesus Christ should bring about our own obedience to God's word as well. The seed of our new birth has been planted in us and manifests itself in the light of God's word working in and through us. How can we know that the love of God is at work within us, unless there is the manifested fruit of a changed heart by word as well as deed? We have need to be hearers of His word as well as doers of His word. I am addressi...