Articles
True Religion
Phil Sanders, Facebook, July 1, 2015
True religion points to the Lord Jesus; false religion points to the men who presume they
are an addition to or better than Jesus. True religion holds to the inspired word of God; false
religion points to the writings of men.
True religion is poor in spirit; false religion is full of selfish ambition. True religion sees
our utter need for God; false religion thinks God has an utter need for me. True religion is about
love and service to God and others; false religion is all about self-esteem and what I feel. True
religion longs for truth and fellowship with God; false religion longs for power. True religion
makes one a servant of the living God; false religion turns a human into a god. True religion
loves the truth and grieves at the lies men tell; false religion so longs for its own ways that it
True religion appeals to the soul and the spirit; false religion appeals to the flesh. True
religion is unashamed; false religion must hide what it really believes. True religion wants
righteousness; false religion wants to please itself.
True religion searches the Scriptures to see if these things are so; false religion swallows
whatever people like. True religion is content to hold to what is written in Scripture; false
religion feels it must edit what God says to suit the times.
True religion calls men to repent; false religion demands everyone accept them as they
are without the need for repentance. True religion understands that repentance is turning away
from what God defines as sin to what God defines as righteousness; false religion wants to
rewrite what God says. True religion repents; false religion excuses its sins by pointing to the
True religion embraces, practices, and teaches forgiveness, because the good Lord offers
forgiveness to those who out of love repent and obey God; but false religion has little room for
forgiving the weaknesses of others.
True religion realizes that we are created in the image of God; false religion tries to
