Following up on my last post on my religious search struggles, when will I know when I have found the correct religion for me? Will I just know in my heart? Will I have some kind of epiphany? Because, in the moment, I'm feeling really drawn to Christianity... but I feel like I ought to wait. Perhaps for a few months before I make a decision.
I'm not sure. Your thoughts?
There is only one way to truly have life in religion (being both enlightened and free), and that requires that we always know what God expects of us so that we do not become a person enslaved to the desires that put us at odds with God's plan. The result of sinners enslaved is chaos, whereas
the result of those overcoming sin is love.
A study of sin and love reveals that they are opposed to each other -
love is perfect morality, whereas sin is immorality (serving self at the expense of others). All religions arise as an original leader has encountered some means of addressing that issue, and seeing as sin is rooted in fear, the common human fear of death is central in religion too.
As you see that all religions have some common ground, they are also bound to have chaos. This is because every person who has grown beyond childhood is determined to trust their own knowledge by default if there is ever any disagreement. This is why it is vital that there is an arbiter, and when we discuss religious matters, we include a spiritual arbiter that is common in the Abrahamic religions - named repectively "HaShem", "Jehovah", and "Allah". The ones who are not spiritual trust in man-made systems of arbitration, usually of a pyramid shape, sometimes with a council or a single elected head (consider Mark 10:42-45).
When we come to recognise that He reigns from the heavens and we recognise that His Word speaks in a divine way with power to convict our heart, then we acknowledge Him as the universal arbiter regardless of our faith construct. In this way we find that God does not show favouritism (Amos 7:7-9).
We can never escape the issue of Jesus Christ because He is the one who was anointed for Messianic duty, and did no wrong deserving of death yet was cut off before His Messianic duty was completed. Through this sacrifice, He has achieved the right to continue His office without end (Hebrews 7:23-25).
I remember you mentioned some Judaic roots, so you will know that the history of the people was perpetually incapable of perfection, therefore the corruption of the faith by way of human reasoning (Proverbs 3:5-6) became so intense among them over time that they eventually lost favour with God so severely that the Romans overtook them.
It is not as though Jesus has rejected them, but their long held culture of belief against Jesus has prevented them from trusting that He does serve as High Priest in the heavens to save them - and this is also aggravated by the fact that Christendom is largely a demonic exercise where the Christians themselves have long believed false doctrines that cause them to believe in opposition to Him and therefore when Jewish people look at Christians they do not see the image of Christ let alone any resemblance of Judaism (Christianity rightly implemented is the ultimate implementation of Judaism).
When a person is born into a culture that is so far away from Christian knowledge, yet they are obedient to The Holy Spirit, it can be a large distance to travel before they are able to recognise that it is Him whom they follow (John 10:16). Yet, given the right combination of contrition and messengers, they can eventually come to that knowledge.
In this way we see that there is only two types of religion in the world: the children of light and the children of darkness. One is described by John 3:20, the other John 3:21. However, despite that Jews and Muslims fight for the same God and the same purpose (to establish God's kingdom in earth), the fact is that no other can ever be more righteous than Jesus Christ (the cost is blood to the death - and that must also come by being opposed to Him while being holy according to Torah
). In this way we see that there is no other name in heaven and earth by which man must be saved, for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Colossians 1:16).
Therefore thus says
Adonai Elohim:
‘Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a tested stone,
a costly cornerstone, a firm foundation—
whoever trusts will not flee in haste.
17 But I will make justice the measuring line
and righteousness the plumb line.
Hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and water will overflow the hiding place.
Isaiah 28:16-17
It can be laborious (and damaging - Romans 12:1) to gain the right perspective of Christianity, so I have put together this little booklet just to help with that:
www.adonai-reigns.life/the-gospel .