How Organized Religion Interprets Ephesians 4:10-12
He (Jesus) who descended from heaven is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fulfill all things. And He Himself gave some to be popes, some cardinals, some bishops, and some priests and preachers, using the pulpit to fleece the flock, and for building up of their denomination.
Pagans in
the Pulpit is the story of how Christianity adopted pagan traditions brought in by the Roman Catholic Church. After centuries of observing these pagan practices, even the Protestant reformation "Christianized" these false doctrines. Preachers are hired, and keep their job, to only preach what that denomination believes and practices.
Three of the holidays practiced in modern Churchanity* are Easter, Halloween, and Christmas... none of which are in the Christian Bible.
*pretending to be a Christian all the while ignoring God's instructions. The difference between a Church member and a Disciple of Christ is: a
Church member follows the doctrines of their denomination, a Disciple follows Jesus Christ.. ~ 1 John 2:3-6
Jesus came preaching the Kingdom of Heaven. The
Gospel of the Kingdom cleanses, delivers, heals. The Word (seed) is
implanted into the soil (heart) and only takes root and flourishes once
the rocky parts, thorns and thistles (false doctrines) are removed.
Never once did Jesus command His disciples to observe His birthday or His resurrection day. Christmas and Easter are so popular that people have a hard time letting them go.
So
the first order of business is the removal of (unlearning, putting out of mind) all
previous ideas, traditions, and religious programming. When that is
done, the authors of the New Testament were positive you will connect
with the TRUE God and His Holy Days. (where the word "holiday" comes from)
One
reason people have a hard time believing the Gospel (Good News) is
because it seems too good to be true. A man named Jesus/Yahshua claims to
be the Son of God, comes down from heaven and is birthed of a virgin,
grows up like any other human, takes all the sins of the world on
Himself, dies on a cross, rises from the grave, promises to resurrect
all people from the dead, and offers them eternal life!? Yeah, right...
that's too good to be true.
So, organized religion created a "reasonable" Jesus. He loves you, but will send you to an ever-burning hell if you mess up. He will not resurrect you, He will "rapture" you. You must belong to the "right"
church or you will burn in hell forever. You must go through
certain rituals, wear your collar backwards, pray, light candles, give
10% of your income to a Church, celebrate His birthday, and hunt Easter
eggs to honor Him. Now that makes sense to the carnal mind. We can
handle that "truth."
The purpose of this post is to get people to think about what they believe and why they believe it, not debate who's right or wrong.
To
learn the revealed truth of God we must know and understand the true
meaning of the words God inspired to be written. Use Strong's
Concordance to check the original word before it was translated. Do your own research, make up your own mind, rely on the Holy Spirit to guide you.
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