The Gospel Of Grace

The gospel of grace is the end of religion, the final posting of the closed sign on the sweatshop of the human race's perpetual struggle to think well of itself. For that, at the bottom, is what religion is; man's well meant but dim-witted attempt to approve of his unapprovable condition by doing odd jobs, he thinks some important something will thank him for.

Religion, therefore is a loser, a strictly fallen activity. It has a failed past and a bankrupt future. There was no religion in Eden and there won't be any in Heaven; and in the meantime Jesus has died and risen to persuade us to knock it all off right now.

Good ole King James Version, lets take a look at the Greek text.

In verse 26 the Greek word translated as "religious" is threskos and in verse 27 the Greek word translated as "religion" is threskeia.

The Theological Dictionary Of New Testament Words defines threskos as pious and threskeia as worship of God.

The English word religion comes from the Latin word religio and it means to bind again or obligate.