Religion has to do with form, formalism and
formulas;
ritual, rules, regulations and rites; legalism,
laws and
laboring. The “good news” of Christianity is
that it is not
what we do or perform, but what Jesus has done
and is
doing in us. Jesus exclaimed from the cross, “It
is
finished!” (John 19:30). The performance is
hereby
accomplished! Jesus has done all the doing that
needs
doing for our regeneration, and continues to do
all the
doing that God wants to do in us.
The early
Christians were not propagating a beliefsystem.
They were not
dispensers of theological
information about
God. They were not Book-bearers. They
were bearers of
the Living Word, the Life, the Person, the
Power of Jesus,
"who is the Spirit" (II Corinthians 3:18).
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