Your Religion Will Not Save You

Religion Will Not Save You

By

Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.

OPENING: - For quite a while now I have been dealing with leaving religion and entering into Kingdom. If you recall at the beginning of the year, I stated how God had been dealing with me about seeking the old paths and walking therein and I have truly been listening to His voice and seeking the old paths.

Acts 17:30 says, “And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commendeth all men everywhere to repent”. The old saying ignorance is bliss will cause your soul to end up in hell especially when dealing with the things of God. For far to long there have been people who have had a form of godliness, performing rituals, holding to strict dogmas, obtaining titles, positions, accolades by compromising themselves, their integrity, and bamboozling the people in the name of religion. There has been the building of bank accounts, wealth, Mega Churches, structures of all kinds, titles, positions, and prestige; however, the building and reconciling of the people. The time has come for this type of foolishness to stop, for people to get out of religion and understand that God is calling for Holiness. 2 Corinthians 6:7 says, “Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate saith the Lord and touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you”.

Proverbs 14:12 says, “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death”. That way is religion.

On last week Creflo Dollar apologized for preaching and teaching incorrectly. He stated that he was still growing and now standing in humility because he was wrong. He went on to say that religion is sustained on two cardinal principles guilt and fear. This announcement came just a few months after Benny Hinn apologized for his false teachings on prosperity, seed sowing and his abuse of monetizing the gospel. Acts 17:30 says, “And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commendeth all men everywhere to repent”. 1 John1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”.

Creflo goes on to say that he didn’t know about the Gospel of Grace although we have been in the Dispensation of Grace since Calvary. Benny Hinn said he didn’t want to be rejected by God and miss heaven. I praise God that these men have seen the light. 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 says, “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them”.

1 John 1:5-7 says, “This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin”.

I commend Creflo Dollar and Benny Hinn because they are coming from under the darkness of religion and beginning to walk in the light of Kingdom. My heartfelt prayer is that people who have followed them and believe everything that they taught will also come out of darkness into this marvelous light.

Earlier this year I did a series on Leaving Religion and Entering Kingdom. Today will be another segment from that theme of leaving religion and entering Kingdom and I want to deal with this subject – Your Religion will not Save You.

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SCRIPTURE: - John 3:1-7 says, “There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again”.