The True religion is no part of the world




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James 4:4
Adulteresses, do you not know that friendship to the world is enmity to God?
so anyone who wishes to be a friend of the world becomes, as such, an enemy of God.

  2

John 17:16
They do not belong to the world just as I do not.

  3

John 18:36
Jesus answered “My kingship does not belong to this world.
If my kingship belonged to this world
my subordinates would be making a fight to keep me
from falling into the hands of the Jews;
but in fact my kingship is not in this sphere.”

  4

Mark 12:17
And Jesus said to them
“Pay what is Caesar’s to Caesar and what is God’s to God.”
And they admired him.

  5

Romans 13:1, 2
Let every soul be submissive to superior authorities;
for there is no authority except by God,
and those that there are are given their positions by God,
2 so that he who sets himself against authority
is opposing God’s institution;
and those who oppose it will have judgment passed on them.

The True Religion is Identified by:

not engaging in politics or rebelling against civil authorities.
Members respect the relative authority of the national leaders