Tools that Satan Uses-Lies-Materialism

--- actions or deeds that people perform in an effort to gain a right relationship with God

-Religious Activity

The Vanity of Religious Activity

I. SacrificesROMANS 12:1LUKE 9:23-Things we are asked to sacrifice . . .

. . . time. . . comfort. . . tithe

The Vanity of Religious Activity

II. Prayerv. 2-Prayers of “religious activity” are . . .

. . . self-centered. . . insincere. . . powerless

The Vanity of Religious Activity

III. CommitmentEX. DAVID LIVINGSTONE

v. 4-5“When you vow a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for He has no pleasure in fools.”

--- “He must increase, I must decrease”

The Vanity of Religious Activity

IV. HumilityJohn the Baptist

v. 6-7-There is arrogance in these words

-There is refusal to accept God’s authority in these words

-There is fearlessness in these words