This document discusses the differences between false religion and true religion. It states that false religion is deceptive, embracing empty rituals and rules, while true religion flows from a personal relationship with God. True religion is described as pure, practical, and persevering - involving caring for orphans and widows in their affliction and remaining unstained from the world. Specific Bible verses are referenced to support these points about the nature of false and true religion.

1. 1:19-27

2. First Point
False Religion is
deceptive.

3. Edmund Burke
“Man is, by his
constitution, a
religious animal”

4. False Religion is embraced
through a deceptive self-
dialogue.

5. Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in
his own eyes, but a wise
man listens to advice.

6. James 1
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers
only, deceiving yourselves.
παραλογίζομαι
paralogidzommai
Deceiving with words… a deceptive self-
dialogue.

7. False Religion is embraced
through deceptive lures.

8. James 1
26 If anyone thinks he is religious and
does not bridle his tongue but
deceives his heart, this
person's religion is worthless.

9. ἀπατάω/ apataō
•Occurs 3 times in the New Testament.
•Means to deceive, to cheat or to
trick.
•Used in Eph. 5:6 to refer to the
deception of Eve in the Garden.

10. False Religion is deeply
established through empty
rules and rituals.

11. Θρησκός/Thrayskos
Religious
•Only occurs once in the Bible in
James 1:26.
•Refers to someone who is ritualistic
in their faith and keeps the
“externals” of pious ceremony.

12. Isaiah 1
13Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
New moon and Sabbath and the
calling of convocations— I cannot
endure iniquity and solemn
assembly.

13. Isaiah 1
14Your new moons and your
appointed feasts my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.

14. Second Point
True Religion flows
out of a personal
relationship with God.

15. True Religion is pure.
True Religion

16. James 1
27 Religion that is pure and undefiled
before God the Father is this: to
visit orphans and widows in their
affliction, and to keep oneself
unstained from the world.

17. True Religion is practical.
True Religion

18. James 1
27a Religion that is pure and undefiled
before God the Father is this: to
visit orphans and widows in their
affliction…

19. Psalm 68:5
A father to the fatherless, a
defender of widows, is God
in his holy dwelling.

20. Luke 7
11 Soon afterward he went to a town
called Nain, and his disciples and a
great crowd went with him.

21. Luke 7
12 As he drew near to the gate of the
town, behold, a man who had died
was being carried out, the only son
of his mother, and she was a widow,
and a considerable crowd from the
town was with her.

22. Luke 7
13 And when the Lord saw her, he had
compassion on her and said to
her, “Do not weep.”

23. Luke 7
14 Then he came up and touched the
bier, and the bearers stood still. And
he said, “Young man, I say to
you, arise.” 15 And the dead man sat
up and began to speak, and
Jesus gave him to his mother.

24. Orphans in America –
Relevant Magazine
•The number of children waiting to
be adopted out of the U.S. foster
care system has held steady around
100,000.
•There are more than 300,000
churches in the country.

25. “If just one family in every
third church would
welcome home one of
these kids, we would have
no more orphans in foster
care; it would be the most
powerful witness ever to
the love of Christ.”
Kelly Rosati
Focus on
the Family

26. Practical Pro-Life
“It is time for the pro-life
movement to embrace the
natural extension of the
argument, and I think
they’re ready to do that.”Randy
Bohlender

27. True Religion is
persevering.
True Religion

28. James 1
27b …and to keep oneself
unstained from the world.

29. 1:19-27