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Religious or Spiritual????



I was in my organic chemistry class when my professor started throwing the word religious around and I paid complete and total attention to find out what he was saying. I know what you are thinking, and Yes I was paying attention before that it’s just that word captured my attention.  As I continued to listen to my professor I found out he wasn’t even talking about anything church related and I am sure I heard him saying “make it your religious practice“. He is teaching us organic chemistry, so what he said was “make it your religious practice to learn how to properly draw chair confirmations of cyclohexanes.”  

I turned to Google for further understanding of the phrase, to try and see if I could find the true meaning. What I found was a definition of religion what it didn’t have though, was Christ. Religious practice without Christ is mere repetition of tasks, call it performance. This is where we need to understand the difference between being spiritual and being religious. Religious is knowing procedure of church and following accordingly. Yes that is great if you do but, while doing so the focus should be on Christ. It is so easy to get carried away with rules and regulations and forget Christ. Isn’t that why the Pharisees opposed Christ so often? They were teachers of the law; they knew the law but knew not the Son of the Most High! A preacher once said, “When you serve God serve Him, with not just your mind or your talent, but with your heart as well!” If your Christianity is limited to just religious acts then that is just your brain and your limbs serving God! But what He wants is your heart! "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:37. To Love God with all your heart is to serve Him with all your heart! And if your heart is serving, then your limbs and your brain will not oppose! Lets go through the transformation that Paul went through, from Saul to Paul, from a Pharisee to a believer, from religious to spiritual!

Notes:
·         Serve Him with your all
·         Being religious does not equal being spiritual
Stay Blessed<3

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