Why Is Christianity Not A Religion?

How you view a thing becomes how you relate with it. What’s my point? God created Adam and Eve for His pleasure, for a relationship. Adam and Eve were deceived and were separated from God. it is because of this Man since the fall has tried to get back to God. So the effort you put in pleasing God to get in good terms with Him is religion. This is my summary of what religion is.

Man tries to please God in everything, this has caused the emergence of several religion today due to the way they feel God could be impressed. But the point here is to know if Christianity falls under the term “religion” because many people today see Christianity as a religion, some claim it is not a religion, but have no indebt knowledge in defending their claim. Let’s take a look at the stand Christianity has taken.

Religion is about man trying to reach up to God, but Christianity is about God reaching down to man through Grace. God showed this by sending His Son Jesus to become the sacrifice; that is to die in our place, so that we could be free [ref. John 3:16, Romans 5:7-8]. It was God and not Man who made the effort. This is a sign of love and a relationship.

Again, religion has a set of rules and regulations or moral codes which must not be broken but Christianity want you to believe in what Jesus and what He did cross by accepting Him as Lord and saviour. This is a choice you would have to make yourself and you accept Jesus because you discovered the love He has for you and the Grace He has endowed us with. Some might say “but the law is in the bible, what about that?” Apostle Paul said in 2 Corinthians 3:7-8 that the law is the ministry of death and it brought condemnation but the new life in Spirit is more glorious [ref. 2 Corinthians 3:7-8, Romans 7:7]. Many of us don’t know that the law was meant for ONLY the Jews, so the Jews are expected to move from sin to law to Christ; while non Jew are to move from sin to Christ! The law came through Moses but Grace and Truth came by Jesus [ref. John1:17]

Religion condemns, Christianity doesn’t; religion is one sided, that is it requires your effort; on the other hand Christianity is “symbiotic” in nature that is we commune freely with God, calling Him Father and He communicates back to us as Sons, thus making it a relationship. This you can NEVER find in any religion, if you do then that is not a religion.

Religion is acting the script; Christianity is being the script. A typical example were the Jews (the children of Israel), they acted the law which wasn’t their life, so it became a struggle for them. But now we live the script because our new nature in Christ has God’s way of life engraved in our heart therefore making it our way of life [Hebrews 8:10-11]

Jesus didn’t come to establish another philosophy, rather He came to bring the whole world back to God, He did that, but we being free moral agents, this had to be a choice we had to make by ourselves. So, it happened that those who believed what Jesus did and accepted Him into their lives naturally started acted just like Christ. This made others call them Christians [ref. Acts 11:26]. There is freedom in relating with God which you can’t find in any religion.

So, we could say, Christians are the Sons of God who is their Father and being their Father implies they carry His genes and possess His Spirit. This is achieved when we are adopted as His Sons under the first born Son Jesus (who really is God). It’s all because of His love for us and this is the gospel truth.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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Are You Living Or Existing?

Hmmmmn… you’re born, you go through primary, secondary school and then you go to the university. You get a good job, later acquire wealth probably through investment; you get married, have children, grow old, retire, have grand children probably have great grand children and then go and see the Lord. This looks like a great life right? But is this what you were born for; to just repeat a routine of life and die? Nothing has been added!

Looking at the routine life, even if you choose to go to church and read the bible regularly but end up following the same sequence of life you just existed, that’s all. Now don’t get me wrong, going to school is wonderful; of course if you didn’t school, you probably won’t know how to read, not to talk of writing. These however are the basic things to be learnt. My point here is for you to know the reason for your existence here on earth. There is reason for your existence and it defers from another. It is not a routine created by man.

Jesus said in Matthew 5:13 “Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.” (Message). Ok, so our attitude is expected to reflect godliness, but let’s further look at the verses ahead, “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and [aa] recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14-16 AMP).

Our being salt and light is to reflect Jesus. As Jesus said He is the light of the world and those who follow Him shall have the light of life [ref. John 8:12]. This light is the same light as that of Matthew 5, we are to reflect Him. This implies when we accept Jesus as Lord and receiving the Holy Spirit after this, the mystery about our life is then revealed as we remain in Him [ref. Colossians 1:27]. We are to live the will of God for our lives and it can only be gotten in Jesus Christ.

So, how can we do this? The bible makes us understand that Christ is our life [ref. Colossians 3:4]. Therefore, our life itself should be Jesus personified every second of our life; that is being led by the Spirit at school, work or anywhere. People should notice the difference at the way you do things, and how successful you are, always portraying the fruit of the Spirit and would cause them to ask what you do differently from others. This is when you tell them how Jesus gave you a new life and He being your direction. This would cause them to praise God in heaven for such Grace He has given to men.

Your life should not be a rigid, religious way of doing things, like living your life and living Jesus’ life. You can’t mix the two; Christ is your life, you are breathing Him! All these is because of His love for us and this is the gospel truth.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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God Knows What He Is Doing

Do you think God doesn’t know what He is doing? Your answer would be “of course He does”. This might not be new to you but let me refresh your memory. The path in following God’s plans for your life doesn’t ever make sense. Why? This is because the world says so.

Let me give you a scenario; imagine you are in the midst of 20 smart people in a room seeing a fan for the first time. They all came to an agreement that the object in front of them is an aeroplane. But you receiving a revelation from God then tell them it is a fan and not an aeroplane. You will appear to be silly, mostly because they believe they are smarter than you because they have higher degree than you do. So because majority agreed to the wrong thing, whatever you say that is different from their view becomes irrelevant.

Some believers become intimidated by what people say. The bible says, the foolishness of God is greater than the wisdom of man. So, if you follow God, you’re sure not to make mistakes. If we analyse what God tells you to do, you will end up not doing anything. Stretching a rod toward a sea to split it in two; putting clay mixed with saliva on a blind man’s to make him see; shouting at the sun to stand still and expecting it to obey; all of which doesn’t make any sense but surprisingly they all came to pass and many more like those mentioned.

Why don’t you trust God today, lay aside your pride. The bible says, “...not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called...” (1^st Corinthians 1:26). This is because they trust the standard of man more than that of God. God cannot use people, who question His authority, but He uses those who the world considers foolish, the ones who do not have anything to hold on to; these are the people God uses. Apostle Paul, despite having all the knowledge He wanted, later had an encounter with Jesus who transformed his life counted all his achievement rubbish [ref. Philippians 3:8].

As the bible says in Proverbs 3:5-6, “Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.” (AMP). We attain such benefits because of His love for us and this is the gospel truth.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from King James Version (KJV)

A Life Full Of Luxury

The world is a place full of struggle and those born believe the world was meant to be like this, but NO! The world wasn’t like this at the beginning. Believers live a luxury full life, but don’t get me wrong, we have work to do. When I say luxury, I mean we don’t do the thinking; we just dwell in the presence of God and we follow His directions, as simple as ABC.

In the world, when we see a challenge, maybe an economic problem, it would be a normal thing for the best economists to find a solution using their theories, sweating until they arrive a breakthrough. But on the other hand believers get steps to follow in order to arrive at the final solution to the problem. So, we follow steps from the Holy Spirit. God told Isaac to remain in the land where he was during a famine while others ran to Egypt, and guess what happened? He prospered! [ref. Genesis 26:1-12].

Joseph is another man who didn’t allow his circumstance take over his life. He believed in God and because of that when Egypt had a severe famine, God used Him to save the world [ref. Genesis 41]. God knows the end from the beginning but we can’t see beyond our noses. So, why not trust the all knowing God to give you a luxury fill life. He has blessed us with all spiritual blessings. Jesus said, the Lord God knows everything we have need of.

Know the Son of who you are and stop giving yourself unnecessary stress by following the sad trend of the world. But prosperity and favour is from the Lord. All these are because of the love Jesus has for us and this is the gospel truth.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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God Has Taken Care Of All Your Needs

Christianity is not a changed life but an exchanged life. As we know, Jesus gave us a brand new life, which implies that our former life died.

Jesus talked about people worrying about what to eat; drink and put on. He said all these things are what the people of the world run after and should not be our target. Instead He said we should seek first the kingdom of God and its righteousness and all the things we really need would be added unto us, [ref. Matthew 6:33]. Our focus should be on His kingdom and not any other thing.

Let’s take a good look at a popular movie; the 007 James Bond. James Bond is usually sent on a mission (which for us is seeking the kingdom). He is told what to do and where to go. Everything he would need in achieving the mission is given to him by those who sent him and not himself worrying about where to get them.

We are just like James Bond, we need to ask God what He wants us to do. When we focus on His mission, everything we need in achieving the mission will be provided for you. Not everyone would be millionaires or billionaires, but one thing is a fact, when you work with God YOU WILL NEVER LACK!

We are a reflection of how good He is towards us because He loves us. When we turn to Him, He takes perfect care of us. All these is because of His love for us and this the gospel truth.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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How To Receive God's Direction

As we battle along as believers in faith, we need to be thoroughly equipped. This is because the devil is thoroughly equipped himself! But one thing is certain; he can’t defeat a thoroughly equipped believer. So, how can we be thoroughly equipped? Through the Word! (the bible); believers receive directions from the Holy Spirit in different ways such as, hearing Him directly; through dreams, vision, circumstances and so on, but with all these, they are all secondary to the major source of direction gotten from God Himself. The major source of direction from God is the Word of God (the bible).

We must note the fact that the secondary sources in gaining direction from God MUST correspond with the Word of God and not the other way round. This is because when you study and meditate on the Word, the secondary sources then explains what you studied for clarity in living our daily lives.

When we allow the secondary sources bring out the clarity of the Word, we become like person in Psalm 1; of whom whatever he does prospers. Now, prosperity also includes; not falling for the temptation of the devil; the Holy Spirit guides us as we live our daily lives. Can’t you see how easy things are? And this is because of the love God has for us and this is the gospel truth.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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Stay Alert In Christ

The devil is so cunning but he has been defeated before the creation of the world, but as I said yesterday, some believers focus on him and this is what he wants. Some might say, “If we don’t watch him, how do we know where he is coming from?” The question I’ll ask is “When you focus on him, what attention are you giving God Himself?” Jesus Himself said, “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation...” Matthew 26:41. But does the word “watch” mean?

The word “watch” in this context implies being alert; and the only way to be alert is in the Lord. As believers, you can’t focus on Jesus enough. Jesus focused on God while here on earth, that’s why He couldn’t fall for any temptation. When Jesus was on earth, He did what He saw His Father do, [ref. John 5:19]; this is “watching”.

When you focus on Jesus a lot, (I keep emphasising on this) the devil’s deceit is easily identified and with that you rebuke Him immediately. You wouldn’t have easily identified the devil if you didn’t focus on Jesus, you can achieve this without Him. We are completely helpless without Jesus; we are to live His life with the added advantage of having His spirit and His mind! [ref. 1^st Corinthians 2:16]. All these are because of His love for us and this is the gospel truth.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from King James Version (KJV)