Some time ago I heard someone talk about religious convictions and yesterday especially I was thinking again about religious people.

When thinking about religious people the seven woes of the Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 23 come to my mind. Please listen to the first woe in Matthew 23:13+14:

“‘WOE TO YOU, TEACHERS OF THE LAW AND PHARISEES, YOU HYPOCRITES! YOU SHUT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IN MEN’S FACES. YOU YOURSELVES DO NOT ENTER, NOR WILL YOU LET THOSE ENTER WHO ARE TRYING TO.'”

In John chapter three Jesus talks to the Pharisee Nicodemus and tells him that he must be born again.

Are you born again or just religious?