Jesus Is Greater Than Religion - Matthew S4E4

About this episode

Pastor Joby Martin discusses the contrast between religion and the gospel, emphasizing the importance of relationship with Jesus over legalism.

What happens when following rules becomes more important than following Jesus? In this conversation through Matthew 12, Pastor Joby Martin and the Deepen team unpack the difference between religion and the gospel. Legalism says God will love you if you change. The gospel says God changes you because He loves you. Jesus confronts the Pharisees for valuing rules over people, sacrifice over mercy, and performance over relationship with God. This episode dives into spiritual pride, fear, control, repentance, and the freedom found in the grace of Jesus. Supplemental Resources From This Week: • Religion Couldn’t Heal What Faith Did - Kerry's Story• Legalism Kills: Where’s Your Faith?- Old to New - Matthew S4E5• Jesus Is Greater Than Religion - Deepen with Pastor Joby Martin: Matthew S4E5• Legalism Kills: Where’s Your Faith?- Old to New - Matthew S4E5 (Full Service)• Matthew Season 4 About The Church of Eleven22 The Church of Eleven22® is a movement for all people to discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ. Eleven22 is led by Pastor Joby Martin and based in Jacksonville, Florida, with multiple campuses throughout Jacksonville and the surrounding areas. To support this…

People in this episode

Host: Pastor Joby Martin

Topics covered

• religion vs gospel
• legalism
• spiritual pride
• grace of Jesus
• mercy
• relationship with God

Keywords

• Jesus
• religion
• gospel
• legalism
• spiritual pride
• grace
• mercy
• repentance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Church of Eleven22

Books & works: Matthew, Legalism Kills: Where’s Your Faith?- Old to New, Jesus Is Greater Than Religion

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