1. The Nature of Diabolical Religion, Pt. 2
Mark 2:18-28

2. The Nature of Diabolical Religion, Pt. 2
James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

3. The Nature of Diabolical Religion, Pt. 2
Finds fault with Jesus Christ.
Rejects the Deity of Jesus Christ.
Is devoid of love.
Luke 18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

4. The Nature of Diabolical Religion, Pt. 2
Finds fault with Jesus Christ.
Rejects the Deity of Jesus Christ.
Is devoid of love.
Treasures ritual over relationship.

5. The Nature of Diabolical Religion, Pt. 2
Mat 6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

6. The Nature of Diabolical Religion, Pt. 2
Luke 11:46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

7. The Nature of Diabolical Religion, Pt. 2
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Heb 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

8. The Nature of Diabolical Religion, Pt. 2
Psa 40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Psa 18:30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

9. The Nature of Diabolical Religion, Pt. 2
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Deu 23:25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.

10. The Nature of Diabolical Religion, Pt. 2
Finds fault with Jesus Christ.
Rejects the Deity of Jesus Christ.
Is devoid of love.
Treasures ritual over relationship.
Man’s word is the final authority.

11. The Nature of Diabolical Religion, Pt. 2
1 Cor. 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

12. The Nature of Diabolical Religion, Pt. 2
Finds fault with Jesus Christ.
Rejects the Deity of Jesus Christ.
Is devoid of love.
Treasures ritual over relationship.
Man’s word is the final authority.
Rituals/Rules trump human needs.

13. The Nature of Diabolical Religion, Pt. 2
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: