Transcript Part 12 - The Meeting House

Part 12:
The Ruin Of Religion
“We see that it is not the task
of Christianity to provide easy
answers to every question, but
to make us progressively aware
of a mystery. God is not so
much the object of our
knowledge as the cause of our
wonder.”
“Jesus was not busy with
a religious revival; he was
busy with a revolution –
a revolution in religion,
in politics, and in
everything else.”
“I believe that the closer
we get to the original
Jesus, the closer we are
to recognizing the face of
the living God.”
~ N.T. Wright,
“It is true, or it is
blasphemy. Christ was
God or godless.”
~ John Piper
“Don’t make me
come down there.”
~ GOD
(As quoted on a billboard)
“It is important to recognize
the radicality of some of
Jesus teaching, for it helps
to explain from a historical
point of view why Jewish
authorities might wish to
take action against him.”
“It is no surprise, in view of
his teachings and actions,
that Jesus was crucified.
What is surprising is that it
did not happen sooner.”
~ Ben Witherington III,
Historian & Theologian
“Jesus will not be
domesticated.”
~ John Piper
“Amazing love! How can
it be
That thou, my God,
should’st die for me?”
God was in Christ
reconciling the world
to Himself.
~ 2 Corinthians 5:19
(NASB)
The old system in the law of Moses
was only a shadow of the things to
come, not the reality of the good
things Christ has done for us.
~ Hebrews 10:1 (NLT)
These are only a shadow of what
is to come, but the substance
belongs to Christ.
~ Colossians 2:17
(NRSV)
According to Jesus, “organized religion” is the enemy,
not because it is organized but because it is religious.
According to Jesus, “organized religion” is the enemy,
not because it is organized but because it is religious.
TAKE OUT: The antidote to organized religion is not
disorganized religion,
but organized irreligion.
A new heart I will give you, and
a new spirit I will put within you;
and I will remove from your body
the heart of stone and give you
a heart of flesh.
~ Ezekiel 36:26
(NRSV)
“All Israelites have a
share in
the world to come.”
~ The Mishnah
“The Judaism that Nicodemus and Jesus
both knew had a good deal to do with
being born into the right family. What
mattered was being a child of Abraham.
Of course, other things mattered too, but
this was basic. Now, Jesus is saying,
God is starting a new family in which
this ordinary birth isn’t enough. You
need to be born all over again, born
‘from above’.”
~ N. T. Wright
“One who has become a
proselyte is like a child
newly born.”
~ Rabbi Yose ben Halafta
, Babylonian Talmud
To be born of water may mean:
1. Physical birth
2. Spiritual birth
3. Baptism
John 3 – the Dark of Confusion
John 7 – the Dawn of Conviction
John 19 – the Daylight of Confession
Part 12:
The Ruin Of Religion