Man often substitutes a religious life for a righteous life. There is a vast difference! Being religious is of man; being righteous is of God. Both man and churches fail to live righteous lives, so they live religious lives. God doesn’t judge man by his outward appearance (religious actions), but by the heart (righteous life). When man’s heart is righteous, then all phases of man’s life will be righteous. I. THE CHURCH—v. 1 A. Place. Sardis was forty miles east
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