Jimmy,
Which is why I don't like to use the word religion as it
applies to Christianity. Religion is a belief system - a set of
rules - a doctrine to follow. Christianity is the following of
Jesus the Christ - period.
Christianity is NOT a religion...it's a relationship with Jesus
Christ.
Other "religions" require all these "works" to "please the deity",
and yet you never know if "it's good enough". God's Standard Is Perfection....totally, moral, and otherwise. If you've broken His
Law just once in motive, thought, word, or deed, you've broken all
of it. In short, no one on Earth can pay.
The One Individual who walked on Earth without a single sin was
The Lord Jesus Christ Himself, God In The Flesh. He didn't have to
leave the Glory Of Heaven to come to Earth, to be born of a Virgin,
then be humiliated, scourged, and crucified as common criminal...
but as Romans 5:8 notes "God commanded His Love toward us, in that
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us". He sealed the
victory over death and sin with His Resurrection, and defeated
Satan's kingdom. It notes in Scripture that "If the powers of
darkness had known Christ was going to rise from the dead, they
never would have crucified The Lord Of Glory".
Several years ago when I was working in silkscreen printing, we
did a one color T-shirt, black on gray...with a graphic of The
Crucifixion. Above it, were the words "Thank You, Jesus!!", and
below it, Romans 5:8, as noted above.
One of the over 1000 poems that The Lord has given me, notes
"the words are so inadequate", just to tell The Lord "Thank You".
It's like the story of the 10 lepers that Christ cleansed...9 of
the 10 didn't even thank him.
Daryl
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