We live in a world that rewards performance. It’s ingrained in us from an early age. Tests, sports, education, manners; almost everything. And this performance-based mindset affects our view of and relationship to God. We can believe we must perform to certain standards to be in right relationship with God. We feel that when we do the right thing, God turns his chair toward us. We feel that when we do the wrong thing, He turns His is back on us. As such, we begin creating religious performance-based rules for ourselves and then live by them, in bondage. But Jesus didn’t come to start a religion. He came to restore a relationship.
God’s vision comes to fruition through you and me… together. To view the “Cast the Net” handout online, click here: https://www.relevantcommunity.org/cast-the-nets
If we choose to unfollow Jesus, we are choosing to follow someone or something else instead.
If you were raised in a religious home or attended a religious school, it was probably the rules that made you question whether religion...
