So then, if Christ is merely a fairytale or a religious myth in the minds of people, Christ was not a fairytale or a religious myth in the minds of the scribes, Pharisees, and many others in Jerusalem 2000 years ago!
For after the resurrection of the Lord, they directed their evil minds and swords toward the disciples and apostles: and went after them with murder on their minds in the exact same manner as they went after Jesus.
If Christ was dead and not risen, why did murders of the followers of Christ, beginning in Jerusalem, continue for hundreds and hundreds of years? All because of a dead man?
If the people who killed Christ did not believe that the Lord arose from death, why did it bother them that a few people were preaching about a dead man?
Christians have been stalked and slaughtered as if we are no more than wild animals in the eyes of hunters on wild-game safaris.
Why would an educated and intelligent man, Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome, declare Christianity as the State Religion of the Roman Empire if Christ was a dead man?
Why did the people not think of Constantine as one who had gone insane? After all, did Rome need a State Religion named for a dead man?
And what interest did Rome have in elevating a Jewish carpenter, crucified in Jerusalem, at a time when Jews were subjects to Caesar? Jews were supposed to bow to Caesar---not to become as gods in Rome's religious shrines!
Would Germany elevate a Jew, burned in the ovens of Hitler, and create a religion in the dead man's honor?
No!
The purpose in Rome was to create a great Deception Center: the Vatican.
The root of religion is about control and domination: and, of course, money; and after money, power.
Rome's purpose: Control. Domination. Power. Money. And deception.
The truth of the whole matter is this:
Those evil-minded people, from the scribes and Pharisees forward, did believe that Jesus is the Christ, but because their minds were evil minds their duty was to their god, Satan, from which they could not let go. Knowing this, they began a work to keep people from knowing Christ, and, therefore, they began to establish religions that would become Deception Centers: "Yes. Come on in. Take a seat. Be baptized. Leave money."
If you leave your money, then you feel as though you have bought something and you now have an attachment. Then you can say: look what it did for me!
Deception Centers are as prostitutes. The buildings are wonderful pieces of work. They truly are! They have elegant cathedrals, temples, shrines. Clean. Attractive. Inviting. Just what you need. You are at the right place at the right time. If you are troubled, lost, and weary: come on in. We will comfort you and ease your pain. The leaders are intelligent and educated people. They are compassionate. They understand you. They know how you feel. They have the exact prescription for your happiness and contentment. And by the way: they accept cash, checks, or credit cards for services rendered.
Inside of these Deception Centers, however, is an invisible trapdoor: a snare for your soul.
But how can we say that the scribes, Pharisess, and many others know that Jesus is the Christ?
And when he (Jesus) was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, and coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that not many might pass by that way. And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? (Matthew 8: 28,29)
Do you see it? The demons spoke from the bodies of the men they had possessed. They knew Jesus. They called Him the Son of God.
Evil-minded people, such as the scribes and Pharisees, knew that Jesus is the Christ. But because their minds dwell in the tent of evil, they cannot think in words such as love, grace, mercy, and truth. They think in lies for lying is their nature. And even though they knew the truth of Christ, their responsibility was to their god, Satan, and they could not change their minds. To them, their reward is in this world and not in the world to come because Satan owned their souls as he owned their minds. For many of the religious leaders in the world today are demon-possessed people. This is not something that new!
This, then, is the danger of a person's involvement in religion. For if people stay there long enough, they will not want to come out.
One came out of the Pharisees, however, and his name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. Please listen to his words:
Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (John 3: 2,3)
And after the death of Jesus on the cross, two men came to take Jesus down from the cross and to bury the Lord in a tomb. One of the men was Joseph of Arimathaea, and the other man was Nicodemus.
No Pharisee could have done that except: God be with him. Nicodemus came out of religion and was saved by Christ the Lord.
When Jesus looked in the eyes of the scribes and Pharisees, the Lord was looking in the darkness of religion. Not only this, but the Lord was also looking at Satan, standing as lord and master of religion.
Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God broke down the wall of religion; but man, in his rebellion against God, rebuilt the wall. If you are not in Christ, you are still behind the wall of religion: and for salvation in Christ, you must come out: just as Nicodemus came out.
Amen.
For after the resurrection of the Lord, they directed their evil minds and swords toward the disciples and apostles: and went after them with murder on their minds in the exact same manner as they went after Jesus.
If Christ was dead and not risen, why did murders of the followers of Christ, beginning in Jerusalem, continue for hundreds and hundreds of years? All because of a dead man?
If the people who killed Christ did not believe that the Lord arose from death, why did it bother them that a few people were preaching about a dead man?
Christians have been stalked and slaughtered as if we are no more than wild animals in the eyes of hunters on wild-game safaris.
Why would an educated and intelligent man, Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome, declare Christianity as the State Religion of the Roman Empire if Christ was a dead man?
Why did the people not think of Constantine as one who had gone insane? After all, did Rome need a State Religion named for a dead man?
And what interest did Rome have in elevating a Jewish carpenter, crucified in Jerusalem, at a time when Jews were subjects to Caesar? Jews were supposed to bow to Caesar---not to become as gods in Rome's religious shrines!
Would Germany elevate a Jew, burned in the ovens of Hitler, and create a religion in the dead man's honor?
No!
The purpose in Rome was to create a great Deception Center: the Vatican.
The root of religion is about control and domination: and, of course, money; and after money, power.
Rome's purpose: Control. Domination. Power. Money. And deception.
The truth of the whole matter is this:
Those evil-minded people, from the scribes and Pharisees forward, did believe that Jesus is the Christ, but because their minds were evil minds their duty was to their god, Satan, from which they could not let go. Knowing this, they began a work to keep people from knowing Christ, and, therefore, they began to establish religions that would become Deception Centers: "Yes. Come on in. Take a seat. Be baptized. Leave money."
If you leave your money, then you feel as though you have bought something and you now have an attachment. Then you can say: look what it did for me!
Deception Centers are as prostitutes. The buildings are wonderful pieces of work. They truly are! They have elegant cathedrals, temples, shrines. Clean. Attractive. Inviting. Just what you need. You are at the right place at the right time. If you are troubled, lost, and weary: come on in. We will comfort you and ease your pain. The leaders are intelligent and educated people. They are compassionate. They understand you. They know how you feel. They have the exact prescription for your happiness and contentment. And by the way: they accept cash, checks, or credit cards for services rendered.
Inside of these Deception Centers, however, is an invisible trapdoor: a snare for your soul.
But how can we say that the scribes, Pharisess, and many others know that Jesus is the Christ?
And when he (Jesus) was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, and coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that not many might pass by that way. And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? (Matthew 8: 28,29)
Do you see it? The demons spoke from the bodies of the men they had possessed. They knew Jesus. They called Him the Son of God.
Evil-minded people, such as the scribes and Pharisees, knew that Jesus is the Christ. But because their minds dwell in the tent of evil, they cannot think in words such as love, grace, mercy, and truth. They think in lies for lying is their nature. And even though they knew the truth of Christ, their responsibility was to their god, Satan, and they could not change their minds. To them, their reward is in this world and not in the world to come because Satan owned their souls as he owned their minds. For many of the religious leaders in the world today are demon-possessed people. This is not something that new!
This, then, is the danger of a person's involvement in religion. For if people stay there long enough, they will not want to come out.
One came out of the Pharisees, however, and his name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. Please listen to his words:
Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (John 3: 2,3)
And after the death of Jesus on the cross, two men came to take Jesus down from the cross and to bury the Lord in a tomb. One of the men was Joseph of Arimathaea, and the other man was Nicodemus.
No Pharisee could have done that except: God be with him. Nicodemus came out of religion and was saved by Christ the Lord.
When Jesus looked in the eyes of the scribes and Pharisees, the Lord was looking in the darkness of religion. Not only this, but the Lord was also looking at Satan, standing as lord and master of religion.
Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God broke down the wall of religion; but man, in his rebellion against God, rebuilt the wall. If you are not in Christ, you are still behind the wall of religion: and for salvation in Christ, you must come out: just as Nicodemus came out.
Amen.
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