How to Have a Dead Religion

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By Dustin Yankasky, July 03, 2022

Luke 13:10-17 (ESV)

10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.11 And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your disability.” 13 And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God. 14 But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” 15 Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it? 16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?” 17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.

Religion always seeks to shift our attention from the work of Jesus and tries to make it about our work, that we’ve done or need to do

Religion poisons our relationship with , impacting our ability to share the grace of God with others

One of the ways we struggle leading from a religious spirit instead of grace can be seen in our .

Religion warps our view of , and muddies the waters between religion and grace