religion

James 1:26-27

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Are you religious?RELIGION

 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring

for orphans and widows in their distress …

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James 1:27

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of

all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is

pleasing to God.

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1 Timothy 5:4

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,    is God in his holy

dwelling.

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Psalm 68:5

Learn to do right; seek justice.    Defend the oppressed.Take up the cause of the fatherless;    plead the

case of the widow.

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Isaiah 1:17

He was despised and rejected by mankind,    a man of suffering, and

familiar with pain.Like one from whom people hide their faces    he was despised,

and we held him in low esteem.

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Isaiah 53:3

Are you religious?RELIGION

 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and

widows in their distress …

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James 1:27

Opportunity not an obligation

 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and

widows in their distress …

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James 1:27

Response not a Recognition

 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and

widows in their distress …

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James 1:27

Community not condescension

 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and

widows in their distress …

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James 1:27

Purposeful not an evangelistic strategy

External standardRELIGION

Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet.  Our ancestors

worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we

must worship is in Jerusalem.”

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John 4:19-20

Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will

worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

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John 4:21

Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the

Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must

worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

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John 4:23-24

External standardInward Change

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. . . Humbly accept the word planted in you, which can

save you.

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive

yourselves. Do what it says.

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James 1:19-22

Application not just agreement

If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your

religion is worthless.  

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James 1:26

 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring

for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world

corrupt you.

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James 1:26-27