dhalltoyo
Veteran Expediter
There was a great deal of discussion and many comments on a recent post of mine.
I want to thank ALL who took the time to express their thoughts. Communication is the key to resolution in all things. I thought it prudent to allow folks to know me better and possibly prevent any confusion in the future. That said........
The religious want religious answers. The answers came directly from the very mouth of the Son of God and they did not satisfy the religious then; therefore, it will not satisfy the religious now.
Religion seeks but it never finds, because religion rejoices in its own activities, and in the search of itself. Religion wants prescriptions, and lists, and tasks. Religion wants a clear outline of “minimum standards”.
Religion desires a physical house of worship and a creed and an organization. Religion desires structure and rules.
Religion is never the answer, because religion exists only to perpetuate more structure, and more requirements, and sustains itself through order and repetition.
The religious want to do things religiously, which simply means doing something over and over to earn a feeling of absolution or worthiness.
The religions of the world exist by teaching that without their religious structure and adherence to their many requirements, no man can know God.
Religion is what people get.......when they get what they want.
Jesus Christ did not come to give what people want, but rather what they need, and what they must have if they would inherit eternal life with God the Father.
Religion kills. Religion imprisons. Religion deceives. Religion takes people to hell by the trainload. All man-made religious structures stand worthless and condemned since Jesus Christ.
The “ekklesia” of God, the Household of God, the Family of God, His Treasured Possession, is made up, not of those who seek religion or a religious experience, but those who believe in Jesus Christ with a saving belief, an empowered belief that comes when God the Father draws a person to Jesus Christ. Those who know Jesus’ voice will not follow religion, or any other shepherd.
If you list your religion as Christianity, and say you are a believer in Jesus Christ simply because you go to a Christian church building and participate in the activities and services, and sometimes read your Bible and even pray, and you believe that makes you a believer, then you may be entirely deceived, as the religious Jews were in their day. If you think you are saved because you believe in the “basic principles and precepts” of the Bible, and believe that Jesus is the Christ, please listen.
Perhaps your deep discontent, which you express to nobody but your own inner self, is because you know you are not truly experiencing the Christ-life, and abiding in Christ, but are just being a religious ‘Christian’!
Many of us have been raised in this religion. Many of us were caught in this religious trap. Many of us are hearing the voice of Christ, the Word of Christ, for the first time, calling us out from this empty life of observance and spectatorship.
Come with us on the only adventure worth having in this life, the Life of Christ lived in us, the fullness of Christ growing in us, the Way, the Truth, and the Life. "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6)
Remember, the Pharisees and the Scribes were the religious crowd during the time Jesus Christ walked on this earth and when the Roman governor asked what should be done with Jesus, they replied, “Crucify him!” Yes, it was the religious crowd that called out for him to be crucified. I want no part of religion. I am a Bible believer, plain and simple.
If you truly believe, your life will be Christ’s, and He will live in you, and His Spirit will empower you to live a life of love and sacrifice for others as Jesus did.
Remember, even the devils have religion!
I want to thank ALL who took the time to express their thoughts. Communication is the key to resolution in all things. I thought it prudent to allow folks to know me better and possibly prevent any confusion in the future. That said........
The religious want religious answers. The answers came directly from the very mouth of the Son of God and they did not satisfy the religious then; therefore, it will not satisfy the religious now.
Religion seeks but it never finds, because religion rejoices in its own activities, and in the search of itself. Religion wants prescriptions, and lists, and tasks. Religion wants a clear outline of “minimum standards”.
Religion desires a physical house of worship and a creed and an organization. Religion desires structure and rules.
Religion is never the answer, because religion exists only to perpetuate more structure, and more requirements, and sustains itself through order and repetition.
The religious want to do things religiously, which simply means doing something over and over to earn a feeling of absolution or worthiness.
The religions of the world exist by teaching that without their religious structure and adherence to their many requirements, no man can know God.
Religion is what people get.......when they get what they want.
Jesus Christ did not come to give what people want, but rather what they need, and what they must have if they would inherit eternal life with God the Father.
Religion kills. Religion imprisons. Religion deceives. Religion takes people to hell by the trainload. All man-made religious structures stand worthless and condemned since Jesus Christ.
The “ekklesia” of God, the Household of God, the Family of God, His Treasured Possession, is made up, not of those who seek religion or a religious experience, but those who believe in Jesus Christ with a saving belief, an empowered belief that comes when God the Father draws a person to Jesus Christ. Those who know Jesus’ voice will not follow religion, or any other shepherd.
If you list your religion as Christianity, and say you are a believer in Jesus Christ simply because you go to a Christian church building and participate in the activities and services, and sometimes read your Bible and even pray, and you believe that makes you a believer, then you may be entirely deceived, as the religious Jews were in their day. If you think you are saved because you believe in the “basic principles and precepts” of the Bible, and believe that Jesus is the Christ, please listen.
Perhaps your deep discontent, which you express to nobody but your own inner self, is because you know you are not truly experiencing the Christ-life, and abiding in Christ, but are just being a religious ‘Christian’!
Many of us have been raised in this religion. Many of us were caught in this religious trap. Many of us are hearing the voice of Christ, the Word of Christ, for the first time, calling us out from this empty life of observance and spectatorship.
Come with us on the only adventure worth having in this life, the Life of Christ lived in us, the fullness of Christ growing in us, the Way, the Truth, and the Life. "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6)
Remember, the Pharisees and the Scribes were the religious crowd during the time Jesus Christ walked on this earth and when the Roman governor asked what should be done with Jesus, they replied, “Crucify him!” Yes, it was the religious crowd that called out for him to be crucified. I want no part of religion. I am a Bible believer, plain and simple.
If you truly believe, your life will be Christ’s, and He will live in you, and His Spirit will empower you to live a life of love and sacrifice for others as Jesus did.
Remember, even the devils have religion!