What does all this mean? Even though the Gentiles were not trying to follow God’s standards, they were made right with God. And it was by faith that this took place. But the people of Israel, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping the law, never succeeded. Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law instead of by trusting in him. They stumbled over the great rock in their path.
Romans 9:30-32 NLT
Religion = living TOWARDS salvation through activities and deeds with false hope that just maybe we will be good enough.
Relationship = living THROUGH salvation with activities and deeds knowing that we will never be good enough with real hope that Jesus is enough.
Religion takes Jesus out of the equation. Life becomes much harder than it needs to be. Salvation becomes unreachable. Why do humans make things much harder than they are meant to be? How freeing life can be when we realize that Jesus is all that we need!
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