Sermons on Religion
The Right Wedding Garment
We have received an invitation from God to the marriage supper. Jesus’ Bride will be arrayed in white linen, granted to her by God. We don’t want the wrong garment, we don’t want religion or to put our trust in anything in this hour except for Him. We’ve entered into a covenant relationship with God. He will do His part if we do ours – surrender to His will. Zeph…
The Bride of Christ
Pastor Ricley explains the difference between the Bride of Christ and the guests at the wedding feast. People went into Egypt looking for bread, just like people today go into churches looking for Jesus. They will either come out leaning on His arm in depth of relationship or they will stay bound in religion. Scripture: Rev 17:1-6, Rev 18:4-10, Rev 18:20-21, Rev…
Religious Knowledge vs Revelation Knowledge
Pastor Ricley takes us through Scripture to explain the difference between knowledge we gain through religious experience and revelation knowledge that comes from God Himself. Scripture: 1 Cor 2:1-15, John 3:3-11, Luke 18:18, 1 Cor 1:17-31, Jer 31:15, Matt 2:18
Dry Bones
The church has separated bone from bone through denominations and man’s doctrines. The Bible started with creation and a warning – the devil is a deceiver, not just a liar. The truth has become simply someone’s opinion today. The Word of the Lord is life. He will breathe life into us & we’ll live. God will bring people out of religion and…
A Sense of Value
Abraham had no sense of value for Sarah until a king paid her dowry. Abraham learned more about the value of relationship on the mountain with Isaac. The Jews saw Jesus as a nuisance rather than seeing the value of a priesthood that would provide the sacrifice of their Savior. Church today is lukewarm, missing the value of the true relationship with…
God Gives, Religion Takes
The crux of every problem in the Bible was people believing lies. Sarah believed that every time Abraham looked at her he was disappointed in her, so she gave him her maid, the priests believed Jesus was after their kingdom – when He was their kingdom, Esau believed he would die and gave up his birthright. When religion give a solution, it appears to be spot on…
Forgotten Covenant (Malachi)
The priesthood was meant to be messengers of God, instead, they did (and still do) cause many to stumble because of their unfaithfulness to truth and the covenant of Levi. Jesus lived the covenant relationship so perfectly that He found people who would follow Him in the midst of people who had lost God completely. We’re called to live a covenant life that will draw…
Transparency
God wouldn’t allow his people to have brotherhood with false things under the old covenant and He certainly won’t under the new. It’s easy to look religious, to fool people into thinking you have a relationship with God – but real believers know that God sees and knows our thoughts. One who understands the value of real relationship with Him gets transparent with Him to…
Weights and Measures (Zech Part 8)
Religion says we can only gain Heaven by keeping the law. God has a plan that cannot fail – a new man inside who receives direction directly from God who changes us from the inside out. He has given us His blood and His leadership so we can’t fail – but our standard must be His Word, His voice. We have the truth – we just need our Bible and a living relationship with…
Blind Bartimaeus Could See
Bartimaeus may have been blind, but he could see what the religious leaders refused to see. He knew that Jesus was his Messiah and he knew how much he needed Him. Religion blinds us to truth. We need to drop our filthy rags of self-righteousness and cry out, “Have mercy on me, O Thou Son of David”.