RELIGIOUS NONSENSE!

"The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer-ignorant. They're full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for getting what you want from God. Don't fall for that nonsense. This is your Father you are dealing with, and he knows better than you what you need." Matthew 6:7-13 (The Message)

Religious "NONESENSE" exists everywhere. We have so many Christians today without an iota of common sense. Serving God in foolishness is detrimental to your spiritual existence. It is worrisome to know that the church has more than its share of critics these days. Sometimes the criticism is unwarranted but not all the time though.

Here are a few examples of pure stupidity:

1. "If my pastor said it then it must be true": That's stupid and lacking in knowledge. It shows you don't have common sense at all. Is it your pastor you should follow or Jesus? Whose Word are you to obey?

1. Ranking Sin Selectively:
   Christians have become fairly good at focusing on the moral failings of others while ignoring their own. We pretend that the worst sin you can commit is sexual immorality. And don't get me wrong - sexual sin has grave spiritual consequences. But so does gossip and divisiveness and quarrelling - sins Christians routinely ignore mostly because we commit them. I’m all for surrendering our sexuality to Christ. But I’m also all for submitting our propensity to gossip, our divisiveness and our quarrelling to Jesus and dealing with that seriously.

Instead of pretending someone else's sin is worse than your sin, just confess your sin.

1. Judging Outsiders:
   The modern church has largely ignored Paul’s injunction to stop judging non-Christians. Even Jesus said he didn’t come into the world to judge it, but to save it. Christians, the world has a judge and it’s not you. He’s fairer than you, more just than you, more perfect than you and far more accurate.

1. The way so many pray:
   Just so many Christians pray amiss. We see so many who pray out of panic. Jesus rebuked this in our lead scripture. Hear it again...

"The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer-ignorant. They're full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for getting what you want from God. Don't fall for that nonsense."

1. Living the double standard life:
   We have so many professing Christians but few living the life that is demanded. Christianity is not about activities, it is a lifestyle. You need to start doing all you hear from God's Word or it may be difficult to reduce the number of hypocrites in the world today.

You may be bringing the name of God to nothing; so here is my advice for you: stop this nonsense and give your life to Christ.

Remain Blessed!