4 Sermons Tagged "Natural Religion"

In our scripture text Jesus said, "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest," but then immediately after that he said, "Take my yoke upon you." Did he contradict himself? After all, how can taking up a yoke—which is used for pulling something very heavy—possibly be considered rest?

When Jesus entered Jerusalem a few days before he would be crucified, the crowd laid down their cloaks and palm branches to welcome him and glorify him as their king. However, many of them mistakenly thought he would be their Earthly king. Pastor Schurman helps us learn, using that crowd as an example, the ways in which we can properly glorify Jesus.

When comparing natural religion to God's religion, we see that natural religion simplifies sin (like "cooties") when our sinful nature is in fact a mortal disease that only God can cure. Natural religion also follows human traditions instead of using God's word without modification. Finally, natural religion focuses on the external consequences of sin instead of the internal new man we have been given.