Co-founder of the South African Satanic Church, Riaan Swiegelaar, has resigned from the church after he was shown unconditional love and had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ....
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He mentions near the end the thousands and thousands of applicants to the Satanic church stated they were hurt by Christians and thus hate god. He is very clear that he doesn't believe in any religions, including Christianity, and that the message and experience of Christ and God do not come from a book, church or religion. Something to think about if you consider yourself a member of the religion of Christianity.
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He's saying that members of organized Christian religions are pushing people to the Satanic church because they are being harsh, mean spirited, and conditional in their acceptance criteria. He believes Jesus will accept and love you unconditionally and so should the organized religions. Something to consider.
Jesus will love you unconditionally but he won't accept you unconditionally.
Jesus is very clear on this in scripture. He says the path to heaven is a narrow one few will enter in.
There are actual "Christians" who deny the existence of hell because 'Jesus loves me too much for that bro' yeah sorry, no. You actually need to follow His teachings in order for Him to accept you. He loves you no matter what.
Churches are their own worst enemy half the time but the idea that you don't need to do anything different to be saved and Christian contradicts scripture.
The scriptures are part of the Bible which is a product of the religion. That's the whole point. It seems he's saying from his experiences with Jesus, what's written in the scriptures isn't completely true; that there is no "hell" to fear, etc. That Jesus will both love and accept you unconditionally. I've also heard this same type of story from both religious and non-religious people that claimed to have met or experienced god/jesus in near death experiences.
This is his story, not mine. I'm not religious and based on my research, this is more believable to me than scriptures.