the gospel

You may have seen this video from Jefferson Bethke. His main point is that Jesus came to abolish religion. Are some of his points in this video true? Sure enough. Are some of his points totally against Scripture and Christ’s teaching? Sure enough.

Bethke is speaking against hypocrisy and legalism. The Bible teaches that an external formalism with no faith in God and no love to God is no good. However, Bethke does not stop at denouncing hypocrisy and legalism. He throws the baby out with the bath water when he gets to talking about his hatred of religion...