God the Father and Jesus Christ the Son created man to have a personal relationship with,But Satan and man has founded religions and denominations to work there way into heaven God warning for all those who worship their religion and denominations. Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Jeremiah 23:29 Is not my word like fire, declares the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? John 12:48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day. You want to kicked out of group our lose friends. Stand on the truth of God and his word. People will line up to get rid of you because they do not want the truth. There is only one true Religion and the is Gospel of Jesus Christ. The true word of God that only comes from the word of God the Bible. There are many religious cult today, and you can see this by the way the people defend their religion and denominations. They will defend the teaching of their false church. Pentecostal, catholic, Islam, Hebrew root movement, Jehovah Witness, Mormons Seventh Day Adventist, New age movement etc. These group mix half truth with lies. These cultist do not want you to shed light on them. They know that they have twisted added to and took away from God word. They know they have taken God word out context. This why they will defend there religion and banned and defriend you. If you speak to most Charismatics, theyll give every impression that theyre true Christians. Many are aggressive witnesses for their religion. Yet something is VERY wrong with their doctrine ... VERY WRONG! The Jehovahs Witnesses are as aggressive as any religion in propagating their doctrines; yet they serve Satan by spreading devilish doctrines. Just because Pentecostals are aggressive to spread their doctrines doesnt mean that theyre of God. Charismatics PERVERT the Gospel of Jesus Christ by ADDING holy living as a requirement to keep ones salvation. This is utter self-righteousness, and a lack of faith in God. Pentecostal False teachings vs God word. Pentecostal believe in speaking unknown tongues. Mean you received the Holy Spirit. When the Apostles spoke in tongues they spoke in known tongues. The bible teach us that we receive the Holy Spirit the moment as our Savior. Acts 2:1-4 Shortly after Christ had risen into heaven, his disciples were observing the annual festival of Pentecost (Acts 2:1). Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them (verses 2-4). What kind of tongues were these? They were foreign languages. There were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. Utterly amazed, they asked: `Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language?... We hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues! (verses 5-8, 11). This is only as many twisted of the cult of Pentecostal. Just like the the Pentecostals the Catholics have a lot half truths and twisted teaching. They are very easy to expose because they will tell you they do not only believe in the bible. They will question as what parts are to believe in the Bible. Then go one to say that not everything is written in the Bible, which open the door for you to believe anything. Catholic false teaching vs God word: The catholic church claim to be the true church build by Peter in 30 AD. The bible states Jesus is the foundation and the Head of the church. The people true believers are body, Christ the Only Foundation 1 Corinthians 3:10-11 10. According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. 11.For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. The Supremacy of Christ. Colossians 1:15-19 15. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-- all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17.He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. 18.He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. 19. For it was the Fathers good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, If you study the Bible no where does it ever state Peter was in Rome. God Hates Religion A survey of the Scriptures reveals that there is one category that God hates above all others. God hates religion! Many will be confused, if not offended by such a statement, for they have identified God with religion. Religion, therefore, needs to be defined and differentiated from the Christian gospel. The English word religion is etymologically derived from the Latin word religo, meaning to bind up. Religion binds people up in rules and regulations or in ritualistic patterns of devotion. Christianity, on the other hand, was never meant to be a religion. Christianity is the dynamic spiritual life of the risen Lord Jesus indwelling the spirit of man so as to create functional behavior to the glory of God. Granted, men have attempted to force Christianity into the molds and forms of religion. That is evident by all the steeples and sanctuaries and ecclesiastical programs that dot the landscape of our society. It is the propensity of man to formulate religion to take that which is of the invisible God and attempt to make it visible, tangible and controllable. Man-made religion! The apostle Paul refers to it as self-made religion (Colossians 2:23), and goes on to indicate that it is of no value against fleshly indulgence. In essence, Paul is saying that religion is of no value against mans sinfulness. In fact, religion is a co-dependent enabler of the sins of mankind. It is itself an addiction. Religion is essentially idolatry. Men worship their man-made formations and structures their ideological idols formed in the concrete of inflexible minds. When the apostle Paul came to Athens (Acts 17:22), he observed their idols and exclaimed, Men of Athens, I observe that you are very religious in all respects. The Greek word that Paul used for religious literally means to have great respect for demons. To document that God hates religion, note the following passages of Scripture: ...every abominable act which the Lord hates they have done for their gods, for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods. (Deuteronomy 12:31) I have had enough of burnt offerings...Bring your worthless offerings no longer...I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts; they have become a burden to Me... So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you... I will not listen... (Isaiah 1:10-15) I hate, I reject your festivals; nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies...take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps. (Amos 5:21-24) These passages bear out the fact that God hates religion, and all of its procedures and programs; rituals and regulations. Religion is inevitably the result of man taking that which is of God and forming it, formulating it, in such a way that men end up playing God. Men can form idols out of wood or stone in an attempt to represent God, or they can formulate ideological idols (belief-systems, doctrinal definitions, theological theses). The men who thus form and formulate become the chief priests of the new religion because they are regarded as knowing the most about what God is like, and well they should for they formed it. There are three features which seem to be basic to all forms of man-made religion. Religion involves absolutism, authoritarianism and activism. Now there is nothing wrong with absolutes, authority or activity. God is absolute, authoritative and active. But when any man or group of men attempts to establish themselves as the arbiters or regulators of Gods absoluteness, authority or activity, they then begin to play god, and religion is the result as they impose their perspective of absolute, authority and activity on others. Absolutism God is absolute. All other absolutes are derived from His absolute character. But when any man, or grouping of men, think that they have determined the absolutes of God absolutely and set about to impose them absolutely on others, then you have the absolutism of religion. It is the natural propensity of man to want to get everything figured out. We have a lust for certainty. We want everything to be cut and dried, black and white, right and wrong, with no loose ends. We do not like paradox, antinomy or dialectic. Most men cannot accept that the Infinite God is bigger than their finite ability to understand. So we set about to reduce God to fit within our rationalistic and intellectual reasonings. We reduce God to fit within our mental box, then we nail it shut, construct our creed, and absolutely affirm that we have God figured out. We have reduced God to no bigger than our cranial cavity. Religion advocates the absolutism of a particular belief-system. We formulate our doctrine, our theology, and demand that others affirm it absolutely as we do no variation; no freedom of thought or opinion; no doubt (for doubt would indicate that one does not believe it absolutely.) Such absolutism is the basis of fundamentalism. Fundamentalism is a religious idolatry that tends to worship a particular formulation of fixed fundamentals of faith. These fundamentals usually include both the detailed doctrines of a belief-system, as well as the meticulously prescribed behavior patterns of an ethical-system. Religion employs the absolutism of a particular and prescribed moral law, a closed-system of ethics. These behavioral laws (judicial, theological or sociological) are comprised of dos and donts, thou shalts and thou shalt nots, rules and regulations, and codes of conduct. They are legalistically applied with rigid inflexibility and with perfectionistic expectations of absolute obedience. Such absolutism in belief and behavior leads to the absolutism of exclusivism: We are absolutely the only ones who have found truth; Ours is absolutely the only way. Thus religion begins to employ the rejective tests of fellowship which demand acceptance of their belief-system and conformity to their behavior patterns or else they will disallow you to be a part of their socialistic group identity. They disallow individualism and freedom of thought. Identity is found in the whole. Any deviations are met with condemnatory judgmentalism and guilt manipulation unto conformity. Severe forms of corrective social discipline are employed to keep people in line, subscribing to the absolutism. Threats of excommunication from the authorities in charge are used to create absolute conformity and absolute obedience. Authoritarianism God, because He is absolute, is authoritative. But when any man, or group of men, claim to be the designated instruments of Gods authority and attempt to express such authoritatively, especially in an autocratic or totalitarian way, you then have the authoritarianism of religion. The bulk of mankind are followers, who will follow a leader like sheep. There always have been and always will be some men, therefore, who set themselves up as leaders and authorities claiming to represent God and to speak authoritatively for God. They often claim to have a special in with God, a hot-line with God, or they claim to have a special vision, a special calling, a special understanding, or a superior spirituality. Some people inevitably follow such people and regard them as religious authorities – gurus. The well-known proverb states, Power corrupts; and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The selfish propensities within men cause them to abuse power and use people to their own ends as they lead. Such results in authoritarianism. It may be but a subtle emphasis on pastoral authority or the spiritual authority of an elder or a shepherd, or it may be a special esteem granted for those in exalted positions of so-called clergy or priests, ministers, preachers, presbyters, etc. These are then developed into an hierarchical order of ecclesiastical positioning and politicizing. These self-designated religious authorities often foster a dependency attitude of the people upon themselves. Directly or indirectly they encourage loyalty and commitment to the organization they lead, or to themselves. As incentive for such they often convey the idea that they hold the eternal fate or spiritual destiny of others in their hands, in their power. The sense of personal equality before God is lost. People are expected to learn their place and told not to get out of order. Do not ask questions; do as you are told. We will do the thinking and the feeling for you. We will do the Bible study and the praying – the relating to God. We speak for God, and we will tell you what is true. What is this but mind-control propaganda, advocating blind, unquestioning submission and obedience. It is an undemocratic system of non-equality wherein the religious authorities have no accountability to the people they serve. Such religious authoritarianism creates a fantasy-bond of the people toward their so-called priests. There is a projected idealization of the authorities as being especially close to God -- almost gods themselves. The religious authorities then exploit the people, utilizing superstition and fear to control peoples thinking and behavior by shame, guilt and threatened loss of identity or eternal destiny. Religious authorities must create a sense of direction and momentum for the people; a sense of doing something and going somewhere. There must be a program of activity that will keep people involved, feeling that they are meaningfully expending their lives and energy for Gods cause. This is also fueled by the self-serving purpose of financing and perpetuating the religious system. Activism God is an active God, and He wants to act in us by the expression of His character and ministry. But when any man, or group of men, claim that they are the directors of Gods activity and that they have discerned what God wants to do in you, how God wants you to act, beware of religious activism. Religion is perpetuated by the activism of the people. People want a sense of meaning, a sense of purpose, a sense of belonging, a sense of identity, a reason to be. These are God-given desires. Religion offers a false-fulfillment of these desires. Religion repeatedly encourages people to become more involved, more active. Involvement, commitment, dedication, consecration -- these are the hallmarks and the passwords of religion. Religion fosters a fixation, a compulsion, an obsession, an addiction to religious activities, explaining the absolute necessity to be thus engaged in the activities in order to please God, and for the good of the whole -- never admitting that it is primarily for the good of the religious authorities! Activism seems to become an end in itself within religion: the activism of financial giving, the activism of keeping all the rules, the activism of church attendance, the activism of participating in all the ordinances and rituals, the activism of recruiting others to the cause. Such activism is a not-so-subtle form of works salvation, which leads to physical fatigue and exhaustion and other forms of addiction. Religious activism sometimes takes the form of social protest. People are enjoined to stand up for Gods absolutes in political activism. Sometimes they go so far as to engage in criminal and terrorist activity even wars. In the midst of such they usually develop a persecution-complex: It is us, the good guys of Gods army, against them, the army of humanism or satan; and only by our ardent activism will God win! So often religion defines spirituality by the amount and intensity of ones activism. If you are really going to be spiritual and close to God, you must be doing what God wants you to do, i.e. our proscribed form of activism. Much of religious activism is perpetuated by people simply as an escape from reality, an escapism from the day-to-day functionality of life. It is much more difficult to stay right where you are and be the father or mother, husband or wife, employer or employee that God intends you to be, than to carry a sign and chant choruses or to busy oneself in the program of a religious organization. Religion results in dysfunctional socialization. It will never produce the functional loving community of mankind that God desires. Religion is unloving and self-serving. What religion offers is a pseudo-love, an addiction to the sense of belonging, an addiction to the sense of being cared for and sought after, an addiction to the sense of meaningful existence and purpose and identity. This expose of religion is in no way designed or intended to impinge upon the reality of Christianity. Careful distinction between religion and Christianity must be made. As stated in the beginning of this article, Christianity is the dynamic spiritual life of the risen Lord Jesus indwelling the spirit of man so as to create functional behavior unto the glory of God. Religion is the man-made aberration that attempts to impose absolutism, authoritarianism and activism upon other men.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:00:48 +0000
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