19 Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,
Acts 3:19 (CSB)
1. Characteristics of the Religiously Lost.
2 because they were annoyed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
Acts 4:2 (CSB)
3 So they seized them and took them into custody until the next day since it was already evening.
Acts 4:3 (CSB)
13 When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.
Acts 4:13 (CSB)
14 And since they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in opposition.
Acts 4:14 (CSB)
15 After they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, they conferred among themselves, 16 saying, “What should we do with these men? For an obvious sign has been done through them, clear to everyone living in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. 17 But so that this does not spread any further among the people, let’s threaten them against speaking to anyone in this name again.” 18 So they called for them and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
Acts 4:15-18 (CSB)
28 One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which command is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.,, 31 The second is, Love your neighbor as yourself., There is no other command greater than these.”
Mark 12:28-31 (CSB)
32 Then the scribe said to him, “You are right, teacher. You have correctly said that he is one, and there is no one else except him. 33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.” Mark 12:32-33 (CSB)
33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.” Mark 12:33 (CSB)
2. How do we know that we are too religious?
7 After they had Peter and John stand before them, they began to question them: “By what power or in what name have you done this?” 8 Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders:, 9 If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man, by what means he was healed, 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing here before you healthy
Acts 4:7-10 (CSB)
15 After they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, they conferred among themselves
Acts 4:15 (CSB)
12 There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:12 (ESV)
8 Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders:, 9 If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man, by what means he was healed, 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing here before you healthy. 11 This Jesus is the stone rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone., 12 There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:8-12 (CSB)
12 There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:12 (CSB)
9 For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow—in heaven and on earth and under the earth—11 and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Phil. 2:9-11 (CSB)