The Doom of Empty Piety
Luke 11 • Sermon • Submitted
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· 10 viewsThis is to show the futility of righteousness through piety and its condemnation. This sermon also points people to the righteousness of Chrst.
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Question: What can we gain from piety without Christ?
Question: What can we gain from piety without Christ?
Message: Piety that is empty of Christ doesn’t lead to salvation but only to damnation.
Message: Piety that is empty of Christ doesn’t lead to salvation but only to damnation.
Question: Why did Jesus pronounce condemnation to the religious leaders of Israel?
Question: Why did Jesus pronounce condemnation to the religious leaders of Israel?
1. Damnation comes to corrupt hearts under the mask of orthopraxy.
1. Damnation comes to corrupt hearts under the mask of orthopraxy.
Point: God is not pleased with righteousness that comes from external religious activities.
Point: God is not pleased with righteousness that comes from external religious activities.
This truth teaches you to examine your heart as to where you rely for the righteousness that God requires from man.
Christ is our righteousness that satisfies the requirement of God.
Challenge: Don’t rely on religious activities as the source of righteousness, but depend on Christ.
Challenge: Don’t rely on religious activities as the source of righteousness, but depend on Christ.
2. Damnation comes to deceitful minds under the mask of orthodoxy.
2. Damnation comes to deceitful minds under the mask of orthodoxy.
Point: God is not pleased with beliefs that leads man to self-reliance.
Point: God is not pleased with beliefs that leads man to self-reliance.
This truth teaches you to examine the beliefs you hear whether they lead you to self-reliance or to a realization of your inadequacy and inability to gain salvation.
Christ is our truth that leads us to God.
Challenge: Don’t depend on your self as the access to God, but depend on Christ.
Challenge: Don’t depend on your self as the access to God, but depend on Christ.