by Arthur Jason

Created on: May 06, 2009

For ages we have been deceived to believe that Christianity is one of the "many religions" in the world that leads us to God and that it is among the many "paths"people can use to know God.This is very far from the truth.Christianity is not a religion and has never been.Christianity and religion are the opposite of each other.Religion is about what humanity does to please God(self works).Christianity is about what God does to

reconcile humanity to himself(John 3:16)Religion is centered on the self Christianity is centred on Jesus.Religion seeks to find its way to God.Christianity seeks to surrender obedient people to God so He can show them the way back to His paradise.Religion seeks to obey Gods standards by its own power Christians deny themselves and let God give them the power to obey His standards.

Religion and christianity:
The English word religion is derived from two latin words:Re:back and ligare:to bind hence bind back.Religion is mans attempts to "bind"themselves (by different man made creeds,rules,exercises and belief systems )back to what they think is God.
On the other hand, the english word "christian"from which christianity is derived is self explanatory.It means a follower of Christ.A Christian is someone who humbly accepts he doesnt know the way back to God(is blind)and asks Christ to lead him to God(John 14:6,John 9:41).He/she is someone who is well aware of the fact that nothing in his power can make him know God unless he/she surrenders to Jesus.He/she is someone who has
rejected the worlds "self seeking"system and has submitted to his/her maker(james 4:7)

The centre of Religion and all other cults and creeds is the self:
The distinguishing mark of any religion, path or belief system that is not Christian is that they either focus on what "the self" has to do in order to know God and be reconciled to Him or that the self is god and needs no God to save it:

Islam tells its adherents that sawm(fasting),zakat(giving),Hajj(pilgrimage),Salah(p rayers) and other "good works"will make them holier people and make their god pleased with them.It rejects the need for Jesus to die on the cross and considers his death as an "act of weakness" Buddhism teaches its adherents to strive against the self(in their own power) in order to be released from all bad karma so they can attain the state they call nirvana( be loosed from their karmas)and become bodhisattvas(enlightened people).Eckankar tells its adherents to perform some spiritual exercises to "awaken"

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