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What exactly is the rebellion? How is it seen? How is it manifested?
Rebellion against God is seen in sin -- which is "transgression of the Law of God" 1 John 3:4
War, abuse, anger, rage, lying, theft, cheating, deception, ignoring the Bible, refusing to worship God etc.
Christian faith is to be lived out primarily in with basic practice of charity and prayer ( see Matthew 6:1-15). This is for our basic daily needs and to share our resources to help those in need & in prayer for the well being & for the salvation of others ( 1 Timothy 2:1-3). These are the basic ways of keeping the Lord’s commandments ( see John 14:15-18, Romans 13:8-10).
While this is simple to understand at some basic level, it is not simple to live out. We must trust in the Lord ( see John 16:33) & remember His great commandments ( Matthew 22:36-40, Matthew 7:12, per Matthew 7:1-12 etc.).
If we are blessed to have things to enjoy then we should also give ( Acts of the Apostles 20:34-36). We should not even attempt to impress the Lord and in humility realize He is impressed only by those will give all without pretension ( Mark 12:41-44).
There is an ancient church manual ( called the Didache, about 100 AD) that sums up the basic Gospel preaching. See: Didache
Religion is the problem. When we talk about man being involved in some organization, rather than the fellowship we have with other believers, we've opened up the door to the world.
Why is it considered hard to live out?
Why is organization bad? Because it runs on money and love of money is the root of all evil? So it’s foundation is evil? Or you think because there’s power involved? Or peer pressure that people are so susceptible to? Maladaptive herding? Or counter-democratic dictatorial structure? Are all organizations bound to be bad or is there a chance for a pure good one?
You hit enough of them to prove my point. I don't think there is a chance for a good one this side of heaven, and I'm not sure you'd call that an organization, anyway.
I guess it comes down to our personal disposition. The Lord said those who are spiritually sick need Him as a physician ( see Mark 2:15-17 etc.) & the times needed for healing vary among us ( I have no idea how long I personally need but God knows).
What do you think? Does it make any sense?
I simply think that you missed out on the big picture, you made some valid points though.
The big picture is that humans exclusively rely on human testimonies to get to a truth, especially a historical truth that occurred long ago. God is a result of consistent human testimonies recorded down in
the Bible. Santa Claus on the contrary lacks valid testimonies from eyewitness accounts. You may be right that some people may blindly claim their own religion is the only one true. This however has nothing to do with whether the Bible recorded the truth or not. To put it another way, the Bible represents the only possible way how truth can convey to human beings throughout history, there's not a better way to do so. Whether humans treat their own religion as the only truth is completely irrelevant. This piece of human behavior has nothing to do with the truth of the Bible itself, that is, such a human behavior won't make the Bible more true or less true.
That said. The Church is yet another element of necessity for such a truth to convey, disregarding whether humans view it as an organized religion. You may need to ignore human behavior to a certain extent in order to have a clearer picture on what those elements are necessary in the case that the Bible is true.
Bible is the only truth as a human claim can be ignored, however, you may need to dig out those elements of necessity that can be reasoned to support why it is the only truth. To simply put, it is more or less a fallacy to say that because humans tend to claim their own religion to be true, such that their religions cannot be true or cannot be the only truth.
Hello.
I spend a lot of time among Christians and I notice that they abide in some wrong ideas and it’s hurting them and makes their faith so much less appealing especially to the younger generation who are taught to think independently and free.
What I mean is, they have ideas about God, spirituality and the world not how it’s actually observed to work. For whatever reasons. For example they think that if they live holy lives with fewer sins, they get automatic blessing.
Or they think if they pray enough or with the right heart, whatever they ask probably will happen.
Or that somehow the world around them will align so that because of their faith and kind of special place with God because of Jesus, they’re privileged: protected from sin and evil, have better and clearer understanding of things, all circumstances working for their good etc. This is not at all how things work.
Maybe I’m not explaining it well right now. It’s hard to pin point. They are full of very wrong ideas. Not that the Bible necessarily explains it that way. Maybe the way organized religion and theology have been developing, and with churches running basically on money, a kind of deceiving teaching that is attractive to people at some level is being offered. There’s something wrong on a fundamental level.
Also there’s a fixation on I’m true and you are not true. Kind of prejudice and arrogance.
The fact is, nobody understands and knows God,
So claim to absolute and final truth is a little too opinionated, I think.
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