In the Story we find Jesus having a late night conversation with one of the great religious leaders in all of Israel. Jesus, in the way that only He can, tells the religious leader, "No one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he is born again." With this authoritative statement . . . Jesus is proclaiming that He is anti-religion. Why? Because religion is humanity's attempt to earn their way into the Kingdom of God by following an external set of rules. The Kingdom of God can only be entered by being born again. Only by grace. Religion can never give you a new birth. Only Jesus can.
This Sunday we are going to see how this new birth can empower our life today.
Please take some time to prayerfully read John 3:1-16 as we prepare to be challenged and encouraged by the God who is anti-religious.
Derwin
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Dude i have soo much fun at D2S Atlanta!
i was shreddin the Gnar!
i called one of my freinds on first day of D2S and i failed but that okay. he said he have no promblem with my reglion with anything like that. then second day of D2S i actually called different freind of mine and this time she accepted jesus as her savior! so it was awesome! then during the break we saved one person and that was awesome!
Derwin lol... i didnt think you see me agree with you about the 29 year old thing! i didnt know you watch people lol! cause you saw me agree with you with 29 year old thing then you like point at me! soo thanks for that! for being point that well i didnt like people looking at me but hey! at least they know that im not going into that relationship!
Hey, I've just been wondering about this religion topic so much lately. I was wondering if you could email me and stuff about this. I was just looking on biblegateway and I was thinking about all of the verses that talk about religion. I need some help with this. If you want to talk to me about this talk to Greg, and look on his website. Thanks for all of your help. Caleb.
Hi Caleb,
what I mean when I see Jesus is eliminating religion is this: religion is humanity's attempt to reach God by following a moral external code of rules or laws. Basically man is helping himself. Instead, Jesus is about coming to man and offering man His Life, love and power sp he can truly live.
When a person embraces Jesus, they become a part of his family called the Church. The Church is people not buildings.
Peace out,
derwin
I didnt know that it was anti religion. i dont know as much about Jesus as i would like to. so i am taking every opertunity to learn more. i remember you using the word marinating a lot last year at Dare2Share. lol it was a on runing inside joke at my youth group. kinda a bummer you wont be back next year. You add to the humor.
Chicago D2S!
Hello Evangelist Linebacker!
I was at the D2S Conference in Chicago. And, praise God, it helped me a lot, but I could use some spiritual help right now. I've tried sharing Christ with some of my friends, but they ignore me. Like, seriously IGNORE me! They won't even listen to the words I'm saying, more or less the reason! I really don't wanna see these guys go to hell, but how can I help them if they won't listen AT ALL?!?!
谢谢! (Thank you in Chinese!)
-Lep R. Cuan
Lep,
I love your heart!
Always remember it is better to talk to Jesus about people than talking to people about Jesus.
Pray for them first . . . allow the Holy Spirit to soften their hearts. Your job is simply to allow them to see Jesus in you. If they are not open to your words, just be patient and contiune to allow them to see jesus' power in your life. Read Col. 4:2-6
Pastor Derwin
aka The Evangelism Linebacker
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