Religion vs. Relationship

It is possible to sit near the things of God for a lifetime and never know Him. These lessons take up the difference between keeping a religion and knowing the Lord — and how to tell which one you are holding.

Lesson 3 — A Sign For All Time

Raised in Church… Still Lost?

Matthew 12:41–42

Nineveh received one reluctant sermon and repented; the queen of the south crossed a great distance to hear Solomon's wisdom. Jesus set their response beside people who possessed abundant religious privilege yet still refused the One greater than Jonah and Solomon. This lesson asks whether nearness to church and Scripture has quietly taken the place of actually knowing Christ. Religious activity is not proof that a relationship ever existed.