Faith & Reason Nexus

IS IT:

• Religion of Fathers?
• NO!
• Man’s Conscience?
• Proverbs 16:25: “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”
• NO!
• Decision of Majority?
• NO!
• Creeds of Men?
• NO!
• Word of God?
• Galatians 1:14: “And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries…being more extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.”
• 1 Peter 1:18: “Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers.”
• Acts 23:1: “Then Paul, looking earnestly at the council, said, ‘Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.’”
• Exodus 2:32: “I am who I am.”
• Jeremiah 10:23: “O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.”
• 2 Peter 1:21: “For prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.”
• Acts 7:51-52: “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit.”
• Galatians 1:13: “For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism…”
• Matthew 7:13-14: “Enter by the narrow gate…because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way.”
• Matthew 15:9: “And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.”
• 2 Timothy 3:16-17: “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God…”
• Matthew 10:37: “He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me.”
• Acts 26:9-11: “Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
• Acts 4:19-20: “But Peter and John answered and said to them, ‘Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.’”
• 1 Corinthians 2:5: “That your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.”
• Acts 10:32: “Send therefore to Joppa and call Simon here, whose surname is Peter.”
• Romans 6:31: “Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey?”
• Galatians 1:8: “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.”
• John 12:48: “He who rejects Me and does not receive My words has that which judges him…”
• YES!

Conclusion

WHAT IS THE AUTHORITY OF YOUR RELIGION?

• It must be rooted in the Word of God.