jim fielder

RELIGION versus GRACE Faith Works (a) Faith a gift For just as a human body without the spirit is a dead corpse, so faith without the expression of good works is dead! James 2:26, Passion Translation Here’s the problem: As you read certain scriptures like Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by...

RELIGION versus GRACE Obey (b) Law Glasses or Grace Glasses? If you love me, you will keep my commandments John 14:15, Lexham Religion is always about what we have to do, Grace is about what Jesus has done for us and strips us of all self-reliance and self-effort. Someone may...

RELIGION versus GRACE Obey (a) Obey to be Blessed? If we obey God's commands, then we are sure that we know him. If we say that we know him, but do not obey his commands, we are liars and there is no truth in us. 1 John 2:3-4, Good News Translation Most Christians are all into...

RELIGION versus GRACE | Obey (a) Obey to be Blessed? If we obey God's commands, then we are sure that we know him. If we say that we know him, but do not obey his commands, we are liars and there is no truth in us. 1 John 2:3-4, Good News Translation Most Christians are all into...

RELIGION versus GRACE | Worship in Spirit (c) God is a Spirit (a spiritual Being) and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality) John 4:24, Amplified Every major religion in the world claims exclusivity - to be the one true way; the channel of “truth”. A...

RELIGION versus GRACE | Worship in Spirit (b) Consider 3 common traps relating to worship: i) Worshiping externalism? How easy to be overly impressed by the architecture of an ancient place of worship or the recent construction of a ‘branch building’ by volunteer workers – and be less...

RELIGION versus GRACE | Worship in Spirit (a) You are worthy to receive glory and honor and power. You made all things. Everything existed and was made because you wanted it. Rev 4:11, Easy to Read Version The five-year-old boy couldn’t sit still in church. He squirmed, turned in his seat...

RELIGION versus GRACE Legalism versus real Christianity Walk with me and work with me - watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly Matthew 11:28-30, Message...

RELIGION versus GRACE I will just stick to the religion of my family and friends Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant – dog dung. I’ve dumped it all in the trash so that I could...

RELIGION versus GRACE | The Faithful and Discreet Slave “Who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time? Matthew 24:45-47, NWT To Jehovah’s Witnesses, this is a prophecy identifying their 8 men...

RELIGION versus GRACE The Light gets Brighter When I [Solomon] was a son with my father [David], tender and the only son in the sight of my mother [Bathsheba], … the path of the [uncompromisingly] just and righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines more and more (brighter and...

Space for Grace Devotional by Jim Fielder | 10.9 RELIGION versus GRACE One Organization? (d) High Control God has entrusted his grace to you in many forms. In order to fulfill your trust well you must all use your individual gifts in the service of one another 1 Peter 4:10, Translator’s NT...