Posted by Lou Pilder on March 27, 2010, at 10:48:00
In reply to Re: no one claims to have seen God, posted by Buckeye Fan on March 26, 2010, at 10:31:02
> I totally agree with your comments on religion.
>
> God hates Religion too...He always has.
>
> I believe "religion" is the devil's counterfiet to what God really desires..."relationship".
> The Bible is clear that developing a personal relationship with our Creator is of unequivical importance to..and in fact one of the main reasons for Life itself:
>
> John 3:16
> For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish , but have everlasting life.
>
> NOTHING about religion in that verse.
>
> Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
>
> Only faith is required to earn God's unmerited favor
>
> When Jesus was here on earth in the flesh...He reaffirmed what God had said centuries earlier to Israel
>
> Mark 12:30 KJV
> And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
>
> Luke 10:27 KJV
> And he answering said , Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
>
> Unlike all other teachers, leaders and wise men...Jesu Christ stands alone as one who conquered Death, Hell and the Grave.
> He literally rose from the dead...thus proving beyond any doubt that his miraculous Birth and Life for truly different from anyone else that had ever lived.
>
> Im glad I dont serve religion...I have a relationship with my Maker...and have seen Him faithful in my life for 50 years!
>
> BFBF,
You have cited a Bible verse regarding faith as part of being saved. Does that faith include abiding by the commandments of that God? If so, is there a description in that Bible that states that the Spirit of God lives in a person's body and that one is not to defile that body which is the temple of that Spirit? And then is there the prescription in that Bible that those that defile their body will be cast into the Lake of Fire?
Lou
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:940243
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faith/20080809/msgs/941090.html