Is It Enough To Just Be Religious

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Is It Enough To Just Be Religious?

• Athenians (Acts 1716,17,22)
• Very Religious (Acts 1722, NKJV)
• Held Theological Positions
• Epicurus said there were gods, but they had no
  interest in human affairs.
• Zeno, leader of the Stoics, was a Pantheist
• They Were Religious, But WRONG!(Rev. 218)
• Paul Preached the One True God (Psalm 191-3
  336,9 Romans 120 Acts 1416-17)

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Is It Enough To Just Be Religious?

• Saul of Tarsus - Exceedingly Religious
  (Galatians 113-14 Philippians 34-7)
• Tribe of Benjamin (able to trace ancestry Neh.
  1131)
• Hebrew of Hebrews (no proselyte - Jewish
  Parents)
• A Pharisee (Strictest sect - Acts 265)
• Son of a Pharisee (Acts 236) and taught
  strictly or conservatively by Gamaliel (Acts
  223)
• Blameless - (Good Conscience - Acts 231)
• Zeal - (Persecuted the church - Jn. 162 Acts
  269-11)
• BUT STILL WRONG! (1 Timothy 113-15)

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Is It Enough To Just Be Religious?

• Devout Jews (Acts 25, 36-38)
• The Eunuch (Acts 827-37)
• Lydia (Acts 1613-15)
• Devout Cornelius (Acts 10)
• He Family Feared God (102)
• Gave Much Alms
• Prayed to God Always
• Just of Good Report (1022)
• STILL LOST! (Acts 1114)

All Were Very Religious But Apart From The
Blood of Christ All Were Very Lost!