From a friend
It has now been 35 years since I was 'introduced' to Jesus, and thankfully, He is as willing to teach me still, to this day, as He was at the first..
If I was to write this out as it happened the other day, I'd be here too long, and no one would read it, being so long....so I'm just going to stick to the basic ' Punchline '...
While listening to an audio message the other day, which was teaching people how to be a successful Christian, basically.........I became aware of things, I had taken on board, as facts, upon hearing it from whichever teacher or preacher, only to realize all this time later, that they had managed to turn the most precious gift I have ever come across in my life, into this ' Burdensome Gospel ', of ' must or must not ', and trying and trying to become more perfect for Him....
Matt. 11 : 28 - 30, has Jesus asking us to come to Him, all who are weary and HEAVY LADEN, and He will give us rest.....He describes the yoke we should now wear, and to learn from Him.
Instead, we have allowed men to put upon us an entirely different yoke......the yoke of
Catholicism.....the yoke of Protestantism......the yoke of, Jehovas Witnesses, 7th Day Adventists, Mormons and on and on.........On top of the yoke of their brand of religion, which of course MUST be obeyed, as well as their leaders, they then began adding ever more burdens to this yoke............Every law, precept, doctrine and such, varies from religion to religion, but some are quite close to one another, and some quite opposite to one another........One thing they do ALL have in common, is that they ALL demand that we accept, that THEY are the only ones, who are correct in their interpretation of the Bible....The 2nd. thing they have in common, is their outright disbelief in the resurrected , living Jesus, being able to be alive in us and with us.........they all kind of claim that they do believe that, but clearly, they don't.......
So, whichever weights religions try to add to people, who have come to Jesus, seeking Him and His gift of Salvation, through the Grace of God.....they need to be exposed and removed.
100% of Christians I have met over the years, are in this mind set of having to try and try and try some more, until we get ourselves right......That He will put 'hurdles' in our path and keep doing it, till we finally manage to not fall over it......Apparently Gods way of trying to perfect us
?
I won't go into every verse, the Bible and Bible teachers , present to us believers, as a means of adding burdens to believers, instead of allowing us what Jesus had in mind....
that we should be completely free indeed.
I have not included various scriptures, we use to justify that mentality, that there simply is no such thing as ' a free lunch '.....Therefore, no such thing as Salvation, which is purely a gift, with zero burdens added...........The ONLY 'burden' we are asked to supply, is our believing............
While I'm talking about Salvation here, we can basically apply this same mind set to everything........there is His Way ( the easy, peaceful way ) of seeing things and understanding things, and then there is ours..........somewhere along the line, human priests became convinced that their way, was the right way , completely ignoring the fact that the One telling us the Truth, is the Living Son of the Living God.
Sadly, this still goes on........how many people have we not come across over the years, on various forums, who claim to know more and have better information that Jesus Himself does.......those who try to limit
God in what He can or can't do,..........what these christians will allow Him to do or not to do.....then they preach it all, as if it is God Himself saying those things........Extremely foolish, to stand up and say you speak for
God , but in the same breath, denying The Living Christ, Jesus.
Sorry, this is rather a disorganized post...Can't seem to focus as I had hoped this morning, but at least, this time, I did at least manage to write it down lol.
So why don't we all just begin to reach for and enjoy the most Glorious Gospel of Peace, and kick the man made junk to the curb ?
Let us remember that the covenant God made, between Himself and Jesus ( who was representing mankind ), is 100% unbreakable......Even we silly sausages cannot stuff that up, nor nullify it.......Praise His Holy Name....So let us throw off these shackles of various religious demands and begin to enjoy out 'Life abundant ' in Him.....
It has now been 35 years since I was 'introduced' to Jesus, and thankfully, He is as willing to teach me still, to this day, as He was at the first..
If I was to write this out as it happened the other day, I'd be here too long, and no one would read it, being so long....so I'm just going to stick to the basic ' Punchline '...
While listening to an audio message the other day, which was teaching people how to be a successful Christian, basically.........I became aware of things, I had taken on board, as facts, upon hearing it from whichever teacher or preacher, only to realize all this time later, that they had managed to turn the most precious gift I have ever come across in my life, into this ' Burdensome Gospel ', of ' must or must not ', and trying and trying to become more perfect for Him....
Matt. 11 : 28 - 30, has Jesus asking us to come to Him, all who are weary and HEAVY LADEN, and He will give us rest.....He describes the yoke we should now wear, and to learn from Him.
Instead, we have allowed men to put upon us an entirely different yoke......the yoke of
Catholicism.....the yoke of Protestantism......the yoke of, Jehovas Witnesses, 7th Day Adventists, Mormons and on and on.........On top of the yoke of their brand of religion, which of course MUST be obeyed, as well as their leaders, they then began adding ever more burdens to this yoke............Every law, precept, doctrine and such, varies from religion to religion, but some are quite close to one another, and some quite opposite to one another........One thing they do ALL have in common, is that they ALL demand that we accept, that THEY are the only ones, who are correct in their interpretation of the Bible....The 2nd. thing they have in common, is their outright disbelief in the resurrected , living Jesus, being able to be alive in us and with us.........they all kind of claim that they do believe that, but clearly, they don't.......
So, whichever weights religions try to add to people, who have come to Jesus, seeking Him and His gift of Salvation, through the Grace of God.....they need to be exposed and removed.
100% of Christians I have met over the years, are in this mind set of having to try and try and try some more, until we get ourselves right......That He will put 'hurdles' in our path and keep doing it, till we finally manage to not fall over it......Apparently Gods way of trying to perfect us
I won't go into every verse, the Bible and Bible teachers , present to us believers, as a means of adding burdens to believers, instead of allowing us what Jesus had in mind....
that we should be completely free indeed.
I have not included various scriptures, we use to justify that mentality, that there simply is no such thing as ' a free lunch '.....Therefore, no such thing as Salvation, which is purely a gift, with zero burdens added...........The ONLY 'burden' we are asked to supply, is our believing............
While I'm talking about Salvation here, we can basically apply this same mind set to everything........there is His Way ( the easy, peaceful way ) of seeing things and understanding things, and then there is ours..........somewhere along the line, human priests became convinced that their way, was the right way , completely ignoring the fact that the One telling us the Truth, is the Living Son of the Living God.
Sadly, this still goes on........how many people have we not come across over the years, on various forums, who claim to know more and have better information that Jesus Himself does.......those who try to limit
God in what He can or can't do,..........what these christians will allow Him to do or not to do.....then they preach it all, as if it is God Himself saying those things........Extremely foolish, to stand up and say you speak for
God , but in the same breath, denying The Living Christ, Jesus.
Sorry, this is rather a disorganized post...Can't seem to focus as I had hoped this morning, but at least, this time, I did at least manage to write it down lol.
So why don't we all just begin to reach for and enjoy the most Glorious Gospel of Peace, and kick the man made junk to the curb ?
Let us remember that the covenant God made, between Himself and Jesus ( who was representing mankind ), is 100% unbreakable......Even we silly sausages cannot stuff that up, nor nullify it.......Praise His Holy Name....So let us throw off these shackles of various religious demands and begin to enjoy out 'Life abundant ' in Him.....
