ARE YOU RELIGIOUS?
Isa. 29:13

Paul Mahan


Based upon the Word of God, human nature and from personal experience, I conclude that many people who attend church services are merely RELIGIOUS. The Lord said to a group of religious folk, "Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written (Isa. 29:13) This people draweth nigh unto me with their lips, but their heart is far from me." I believe most people are religious for gain, duty, habit, social contacts and a number of reasons. But true believers attend church services because they are in love with and desire to worship and become better acquainted with a PERSON ... THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!

The true believer (one who knows, worships, loves, trusts and follows Jesus Christ) comes to the house of God with a real desire to worship (praise and thank) his God and Savior, Jesus Christ. It is a Person that draws him/her to the worship services, and that is just what they do ... WORSHIP! The religious need to be entertained during the service and impressed by spiritual surroundings, but believers need only to hear God's Word, pray, and sing His praises. In fact, the simple the service and the more preaching (of Christ) the better he/she listens, for it is Christ they come to see and hear, not the building or the choir.


Paul Mahan, Pastor
Central Baptist Church
Rocky Mount, VA.

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