Sunday, February 6, 2011
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Do not confuse faith and religion :
Faith is relationship with God who is love.
Religion is a system born of the flesh (old man).
They are religious who had crucified Jesus, man of faith, not religion - but ... those who fight against religions shows that they are of the same kind they fight, they live the old man, so crucify the new man (Christ), then it's the old man (Adam) to be crucified, when they saw the new man (Romans Reread ).
Fighting religious spirit, yes - fight of religions, no.
For example, the two beasts of the Book of Apocalypse represent including the alliance of politics and religion, what is traditionally called the Caesaropapism (it's usually the religious alliance with anything in the world, the flesh and the devil - that the Bible calls prostitution - and that is divorce / apostasy from God).
The role of the Christian is not to be opposed to this system, but to be out of this system: "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God's."
other hand, fear of a religious system whatever, do not proceed from faith, because faith comes from love of God and love casts out fear.
We therefore neither to fear nor to fight the system on the human terrain: the battle is spiritual - it happens in the sky.
Another example: Ephesians 5:27, Paul speaks no Church impeccable, but Church blameless - that God does not blame him, because it is in the Blood of Jesus. It is holy, ie: outside world (called out of church means). All the converts who are "out" are the Church, even if they do not go to worship. I would even say that those who are outside the official church - which is the world - are part of the real Church. Forget
on a lighter (quoique. ..): how's the old man to understand what the Holy Spirit sends us is sometimes comic ... take the end of the verse from I Timothy 6:18: "they are Liberals, with the liberality" (Darby, Dove, Crampon, NASB, Geneva, Living Word) - "ready to share" (French Current Chouraqui NIV) - "willing to generously sharing their possessions" (Sword, Jerusalem, Ostervald, Word of Life, International Version).
Basically, the first 6 tell us: be liberal!
The original Greek text tells us (yes!): ... Are communists! do not tell anyone: it would not be appropriate ...! :-)
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