… of many things …

Our pastor, Shiva Tewari, had a really inspiring thought in today’s service (well, actually he had a lot of inspiring thoughts, but here’s just one…)

If religion is your god, you are certainly in bondage. However, if God is your religion you are certainly free.

It’s a bit out of context but the thought is simple enough to understand: the church today is so full of impersonating spirits that most of Christianity is not really an inspired life, but instead a copy of someone else’s inspiration.

Instead of praying from the heart, people learn to copy others’ prayers. Instead of fasting out of inspiration, it’s a formula by which we expect to earn some favor from God.

We may quote Galatians 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ, therefore I no longer live…” but is it really so? To be crucified with Christ is to be fully identified with the message of His crucifixion, the message of the cross. To know why Christ died, and what it has accomplished in my life!!

Oh that I might truly be crucified with Christ…