This has always been my brick wall to religion. Soo much control is begot via religion. I feel i can be a good person and do right. Should be good. I have to experience something tangible to go any further
Religion is giving to God what is owed. It is the original social justice. Your reverence and respect and adoration are owed to the Father. Keep the Sabbath day holy.
I believe the Bible IS the word of God. I believe God inspired men to write it. Therefore, it is HIS word to us.
I tried reading the bible when I was younger but it never made much sense to me.
... Forward to my 50's and I became Born Again Roman Catholic. I still consider myself a baby Christian But it wasn't until I was saved that I was able to understand the Bible when I read it. There are multiple meanings in the Bible and so much to discover behind the words.
You may only truly understand it if you have the Holy Spirit within you. He is our guide here in earth, our interpreter and the one who calls out to God when we pray
FWIW the more one reads the bible with the Spirit within in them, the more the Spirit will reveal..
To be saved all one need do is to apologize for their sins and mean it and accept Christ as their Personal Savior. Nothing else is required of you. Once you do that His Spirit will become your guide here on earth.
Deeds of goodwill will alone will NOT save you. You need God INSIDE your heart. When we meet God in Heaven He will RECOGNIZE His Spirit within you. He will welcome you into Heaven. Without His spirit within you He will say "Depart from me, I never knew you."
Just remember this is man's interpretation of God's intentions.
But yeah, my bible teacher had a hard time explaining that one, too. He got around it by saying it applied to those who KNEW and still refused to believe it. I was pretty much quoting his words.
In my heart I know that God will judge everyone justly. My thoughts are those who were in backward countries with no exposure to the Bible or His words would have some means of salvation.
The Bible. It is infallible. All of it is true or none of it is. I have a friend that says "not every story is true, but some are". But which ones then...so it has to be an all or nothing proposition.
Do you know any Information Theory? Think of the Bible as a communication channel modulated with the Word of GOD. GOD's Truth saturates it. Therefore, problems caused by translations of language and culture can be overcome by correlation.
The Holy Spirit bares witnesses to the truth in the Bible. GOD's Word saturates it. Even if there are issues of translation in language and culture, the Truth shines through. Remember that a relationship is a spiritual matter. Believe in GOD, ask Him to open your eyes. As you read the Gospels, the Truth will resonate with your spirit. Don't over think things. The Truth is pretty simple. When you are talking with your best friend, you know things without really thinking about it, you just know. That's your spirit resonating with his. Jesus wants to have a relationship with you. The Holy Spirit will guide you.
All it takes is the tiniest amount of belief to open the flood gate.
Religion is man-made and because of that is easily and often corrupted
This is MORE about a Relationship with God. Not about a religion.
This has always been my brick wall to religion. Soo much control is begot via religion. I feel i can be a good person and do right. Should be good. I have to experience something tangible to go any further
Thr whole organized deal turns me off.
I don't care for the hierarchy, either.
You want to experience something tangible?
Read the New Testament and talk to Christ.
Personally.
BTW, Christ was a kundalini master.
John the Baptist said so: that Christ baptizes with the Holy Spirit and with Fire.
That's what he meant.
Ask Christ to do that for you. See if you feel something tangible.
Religion is giving to God what is owed. It is the original social justice. Your reverence and respect and adoration are owed to the Father. Keep the Sabbath day holy.
I believe the Bible IS the word of God. I believe God inspired men to write it. Therefore, it is HIS word to us.
I tried reading the bible when I was younger but it never made much sense to me.
... Forward to my 50's and I became Born Again Roman Catholic. I still consider myself a baby Christian But it wasn't until I was saved that I was able to understand the Bible when I read it. There are multiple meanings in the Bible and so much to discover behind the words.
You may only truly understand it if you have the Holy Spirit within you. He is our guide here in earth, our interpreter and the one who calls out to God when we pray
FWIW the more one reads the bible with the Spirit within in them, the more the Spirit will reveal..
To be saved all one need do is to apologize for their sins and mean it and accept Christ as their Personal Savior. Nothing else is required of you. Once you do that His Spirit will become your guide here on earth.
Deeds of goodwill will alone will NOT save you. You need God INSIDE your heart. When we meet God in Heaven He will RECOGNIZE His Spirit within you. He will welcome you into Heaven. Without His spirit within you He will say "Depart from me, I never knew you."
You described the Spirit's aid in helping us read the bible so much better than I.
Just remember this is man's interpretation of God's intentions.
But yeah, my bible teacher had a hard time explaining that one, too. He got around it by saying it applied to those who KNEW and still refused to believe it. I was pretty much quoting his words.
In my heart I know that God will judge everyone justly. My thoughts are those who were in backward countries with no exposure to the Bible or His words would have some means of salvation.
The Bible. It is infallible. All of it is true or none of it is. I have a friend that says "not every story is true, but some are". But which ones then...so it has to be an all or nothing proposition.
Do you know any Information Theory? Think of the Bible as a communication channel modulated with the Word of GOD. GOD's Truth saturates it. Therefore, problems caused by translations of language and culture can be overcome by correlation.
The Holy Spirit bares witnesses to the truth in the Bible. GOD's Word saturates it. Even if there are issues of translation in language and culture, the Truth shines through. Remember that a relationship is a spiritual matter. Believe in GOD, ask Him to open your eyes. As you read the Gospels, the Truth will resonate with your spirit. Don't over think things. The Truth is pretty simple. When you are talking with your best friend, you know things without really thinking about it, you just know. That's your spirit resonating with his. Jesus wants to have a relationship with you. The Holy Spirit will guide you.
All it takes is the tiniest amount of belief to open the flood gate.