I spent years bound in religion. The last 3 to 4 years God has helped me to be set free from it and is STILL untangling me. It is always a process. Until you are set free from seeing and hearing and living a life from a place of religion vs a place of freedom in sonship in the Father as His beloved child of God than you will continue to strive, perform, control, manipulate, be offended, harbor feelings of anger or bitterness towards your brothers and sisters in Christ because they are never doing enough, you constantly seek God's approval by what you do and how much you do it.
It will cause you to place judgement, condemn, and instead of your words speaking life it becomes arrows and daggers to those around you especially those who are orphans in the spirit that don't know who they are as sons and daughters, but God wants them to receive that revelation. Even if they are seasoned Christians. All the while you thinking you are in alignment with God.
Religion will cloak a person in shame making them feel like they will never reach the hem of His garment. Religion gets angry because a person is reading a different version of the Bible than they are and that anything outside the KJV is sin. I hate to tell you but the KJV has flaws also. Religion is lacking in Grace by getting angry at someone for not attending enough meetings or doing xyz when they just need to spend time with family because family is their FIRST ministry after God or better yet when they are on the verge of burnout and then expecting them to serve anyway.
Religion is you trying to take control of situations when all God asks you to do is be still and know, have that relationship with Him, and be obedient in what He asks YOU to do and trust that God will take care of the rest.
Religion is thinking if no one comes to the altar that nothing has changed either within a person or something was wrong with the word they gave. It is by the power of the Holy Spirit that draws a man.
Religion says: “Do more.” Relationship says: “Come to Me.” (Matthew 11:28)
Religion is about rituals. Relationship is about revelation.
Religion focuses on rules. Relationship focuses on love.
Religion produces striving. Relationship produces rest.
Religion says, “I work for God’s approval.” Relationship says, “I work from His approval.”
There are so many who speak against religion yet are still so bound in it because they have a head knowledge but have not received the heart and revelation of it and it's killing the church! Flesh and Spirit cannot mix. And there is a mixture, and the Holy Spirit is very grieved. My prayer today is that many will be given eyes to see and ears to hear and hearts made renewed of what is binding them up and keeping them from walking in true freedom!
So, if you are reading this and feel like you may have been dealing with religion and may have stepped out of relationship all we have to do is repent of allowing ourselves to serve man instead of the Father and come back into alignment with Him. My prayer is that many will step out of performance mentality and will step back into beloved identity IN the Father! Amen!
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