Christ's Body -

[ColleenLovesMischief]

All considered themselves to be "of God" I see no mention of an organized religion that was real. The religion b4 Jesus was born was very messed up and those men who wrote the Bible followed the Law. After Jesus died the Christians cam into being. Who would want to be part of a religion when all you need is to be a Christian.

[Douay]

All considered themselves to be "of God" I see no mention of an organized religion that was real. The religion b4 Jesus was born was very messed up and those men who wrote the Bible followed the Law. After Jesus died the Christians cam into being. Who would want to be part of a religion when all you need is to be a Christian.

So, what you are telling me is that Jesus Christ came here to die for our sins in the most terrible of fashions and leave some haphazard disorganized religion behind? Whars dat in der Bible?

Douay

[Guest yod]

All considered themselves to be "of God"  I see no mention of an organized religion that was real.  The religion b4 Jesus was born was very messed up and those men who wrote the Bible followed the Law.  After Jesus died the Christians cam into being.  Who would want to be part of a religion when all you need is to be a Christian.

So, what you are telling me is that Jesus Christ came here to die for our sins in the most terrible of fashions and leave some haphazard disorganized religion behind? Whars dat in der Bible?

Douay

"Religion" crucified Jesus on a cross....

No doubt about it....He hates religion.

True religion is taking care of orphans and widows.....not setting up an institutional power structure whereby the elitist rulers can perform rituals to save (or deny salvation) to those who will submit to their self-proclaimed"authority".

Can't you see that this was also the leaven of the Pharisees?

[Bill]

True religion is taking care of orphans and widows.....not setting up an institutional power structure whereby the elitist rulers can perform rituals to save (or deny salvation) to those who will submit to their self-proclaimed"authority".

Can't you see that this was also the leaven of the Pharisees?

Beautiful point, yod.

[sagz4Christ]

amen yod.....even cowboy fans can say the right things!! *hehehehehe*

But really, that is true, brother.

Jesus came to expose the "religion" as what it was. A stumbling block between the choosen people of God and God. When God choose Israel, He did so out of love, grace, and mercy. The LAW He gave was born out of the same. Israel HAD to be set apart from the other people groups around so as to be a living witness for the living God. The commandments were nothing more than that. They are essential to being set apart. What happened was similar to what happened in the garden with Adam and Eve. God gave a direct and specific command. "Don't eat from that tree."

Somewhere along the way, Eve understood it to mean that she could not even TOUCH IT! But that isn't what God had said. So we see the first instance of God's word being added to.

Fast-forward to the Mosaic Law.

God gave commands...eventually, they were added to, misunderstood, or even changed to suit the leaders. That is why Jesus called the Pharacees white-washed tombs. They were practicing a religion, not living a relationship.

God is to be loved more than He is to be feared.

Matthew 23:37

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing."

We need to fear God because He can divide soul and spirit. But even our fear needs to be born out of love!

Are we concerned about following a bunch of rules? Or do we sit down in a chair, on the bed, in the car or at work and tell God that we love Him? How do you relate to the Lord?

Is He a Father?

Is He an abstract set of rules and regulations?

Some personal questions to ponder in our hearts....

~your servant in Christ

[ColleenLovesMischief]

So, what you are telling me is that Jesus Christ came here to die for our sins in the most terrible of fashions and leave some haphazard disorganized religion behind? Whars dat in der Bible?

Jesus died for salvation. He didn't leave behind disorginazation or religion. He left behind forgiveness salvation and grace.

[Tyler]

I don't know if this has been posted already...

RELIGION WORKS TO MODIFY BEHAVIOUR FROM THE OUTSIDE. Thinking it will modify the sin nature is like expecting a just wash pig never to return to the mud!

Scrubbing the pigs exterior may give you a clean pig for awhile, but it will NEVER CHANGE IT'S BASIC NATURE.

That is why you must be "Born Again"! Why would God want a "nice new" clay pot for his mantle, when it is filled with Horse manure on the inside???

Without the Holy Spirit in you, you cannot be pleasing to God!!!

ONLY CHRIST SAVES