1. Tools that Satan Uses -Lies -Materialism --- actions or deeds that people perform in an effort to gain a right relationship with God -Religious Activity

2. The Vanity of Religious Activity I. Sacrifices ROMANS 12:1 LUKE 9:23 -Things we are asked to sacrifice...... time... comfort... tithe

3. The Vanity of Religious Activity II. Prayer v. 2 -Prayers of “religious activity” are...... self-centered... insincere... powerless

4. The Vanity of Religious Activity III. Commitment EX. DAVID LIVINGSTONE v. 4-5 “When you vow a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for He has no pleasure in fools.”

5. --- “He must increase, I must decrease” The Vanity of Religious Activity IV. Humility John the Baptist v. 6-7 -There is arrogance in these words -There is refusal to accept God’s authority in these words -There is fearlessness in these words