A SELF-MADE IMAGE

   As people adapt their minds to religion, with all of its dogmas and doctrines, rites and rituals, they also adapt their personalities:  so that they, and their religion, become one entity.  And because religion is a world of hypocrisy, the people become walking and talking hypocrites, for they are presenting their religion through their lives---not knowing God, but knowing the god of their religion, while not knowing the difference.
   Moreover, because they believe their religion is everything, then they also believe that they are everything that others should strive to be as they present themselves before others, so that others will give them praises for being so good at being good in their performance of good deeds.
   Thus, as people adapt their minds and personalities to religion, they create an image of themselves in their own minds, and it is this image that they present as they present themselves in the presence of others, that says:  Look at me.  Look at what I have become.  Look how good I am, and look at all the good I can do.  For there is none other like me, polished and spit-shined.
   Their religion has enabled them to create a self-made image of themselves in their own minds, so then, not only do their worship the god of their religion, they can also worship the image of themselves!
   Religion, therefore, has the power to transform the minds and personalities of people to be the images of religious mind control, by deception and manipulation.  Not only do they believe in the image of the god of their religion, but they also believe in the image of themselves in their own minds.  Not only this, but because they believe their salvation has come from the image of a god, they also believe in the image of themselves as sinless, which means:  why do they need Christ for salvation if their religion has provided their salvation, added to their own good works to keep their image polished and spit-shined?
   The Bible, however, says this: 
        And be ye not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.  (Romans 12: 2)
   By this renewal of the mind, Christians conform their minds and their personalities to God; whereas people of religion remain conformed to religion as well as to the god, or gods, or goddesses of their religion.
   The Bible is the knowledge of God, and if people will seek this knowledge, God will give unto them more knowledge through the Holy Spirit of God, and He will show you things to come (John 16: 13), so that things to come will not be a mystery, nor will they be unexpected events:  for God wants us to know the truth. 
   People of religion, unfortunately, do not know this knowledge of God, which is why they remain hypocrites, or pretenders of truth:  for they have the minds of their ministers and priests, who have transformed themselves as apostles and disciples of Christ.
      For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.  (2 Corinthians 11: 13-15)
   Satan is in this world to deceive this world from knowing God, and Satan's ministers are also in this world to deceive people from knowing Christ, and to deceive people to remain in religion; for religion does not want its people to know the future of events coming upon the earth;  instead, religion wants is people to remain in the knowledge of darkness:  while the people do not know the difference between the Light of Christ and the darkness of Satan.
   Therefore, in order for people of religion to gain the knowledge of God, the Holy Spirit of God must convince and convict them of the truth that is in Christ Jesus the Lord. 
      For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due season.  (I Timothy 2: 5-6)
      


  

A BIG, FAT ZERO

       In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.  (Genesis 1: 1)
   In the beginning, God did NOT create religion; instead, God issued His first commandment to discourage people from meddling in religion:
      Thou shalt have no other gods before me.  Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:  Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:  for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and four generations of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands that love me, and keep my commandments.  (Exodus 20: 3-6)
   The 11th chapter of the book of Genesis tells us the story of man's first religion, created by Nimrod at the tower of Babel in ancient Mesopotamia; and men, upon departing Mesopotamia, have created religions all over the earth, even to this day.
   By this biblical fact, we should be able to see and believe that all religions of the earth have a starting point, or a date of birth, and an earthly founder, or inventor:  that men have invented religions out of his imaginations, and men have also invented all of the dogmas and doctrines, rites and rituals, of all religions on the face of the earth.
   By this biblical fact, we should also be able to see and understand that Babylon is the mother of all religions upon the face of the earth, for the DNA of all religions can be traced to Nimrod and the tower of Babel:  for there is no other way for the genealogy of religion to flow except from Babylon.
   Therefore, we should be able to see and know that the sum total---or net value---of any and all religions is no more than a big, fat zero.  For religion has no value in the lives of people as they live upon the earth, and religion has no value for people after death.  For all religions are nothing more than fantasy and make-believe in the minds of people because of the power of deception and manipulation, which means that religion is the greatest method of mind control that man has been able to create on the face of the earth. 
   But beyond the secular religions we see upon the earth, the DNA of Babylon also includes the occult religions of Witchcraft, Wicca, Satanism, Luciferism, Voodoo, Sorcery, and necromancy, the worship of the souls of dead people.
   All secret societies also have their roots in Babylonianism, for the people of secret societies are workers of evil because their minds and their hearts dwell upon evil, which is why they abide in places of darkness to conceive their evil plans as well as to worship the devil.  These are children of darkness because they do not want people to know about their activities, nor of their secretive meeting places. 
   By now, and with the help of Almighty God, people should be able to see and understand that the men and women of religions, occult religions, and secret societies adorn their bodies in fancy suits and priestly garments, for all of them are liars and deceivers, which means that all of them have the same characteristics of their daddy, Satan, for all of them are against God, against Christ, and against the Holy Bible. 
      Then Jesus said to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.  (John 8: 32)
   God wants us to know the truth, and if we will continue to study the Word of the Lord, which is the Holy Bible, we will also know the truth and the truth shall make us free.
   By this exploration of truth, then we should be able to see and understand that Babylon is the mother of all religions on the earth, the mother of all occult beliefs and practices, and the mother of all secret societies.  And by this truth we should be able to see and understand why men of religion killed Jesus as well as understand why men of religion have been working for two thousand years to keep the knowledge of God, the knowledge of Christ, and the knowledge of the Bible from reaching the minds of people.
   Therefore, if you are to be a disciple of Christ,
      Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.  (2 Timothy 2: 15)
   By this study of God's Word, we should be able to admit that all religions, occult beliefs and practices, and secret societies can be bundled and dropped in a sewer, for their value---or net worth--is no more than a big, fat zero.
       

IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE

   Religion preys on ignorant minds.
   Ignorant minds can be educated people in this world's systems of education, but ignorant minds can also be uneducated people.
   In order for a religious empire to arise and rule over people, it must control the knowledge of its people, and, as much as possible, prevent people from becoming educated.  By keeping people uneducated, the religion can also keep people living in poverty.  By keeping people uneducated as well as living in poverty, the religion keeps people living in a state of dependence on the religion and its leadership.  Without education and without wealth, the people become prisoners of religion.
   In order to control the knowledge of its people, a religion can create its own network of colleges and universities, high schools, elementary schools, kindergartens, and seminaries.  And when the educational process begins with toddlers, the religion can maintain control of people all the days of their lives.  Thus the people are being educated in the way the religion wants them to learn, and from keeping them isolated from outside interference, they become walking-talking textbooks of their own religious beliefs and practices, and their behaviors become robotic because they are living in a world of mind control.
   As such, the people do not think for themselves, or make their own decisions, because they rely on their religious leaders do their thinking for them as well as to make their decisions for them:  for they are now as obedient as puppy dogs.  They have been spoon-fed religion since they were toddlers, they have been spoon-fed education to adulthood, and now they are prisoners of the religion.  Now they must ask for permission concerning marriage partners and other objectives, just as they asked for permission to go to the bathroom when they were toddlers.
   Knowledge is powerful; knowledge is strong.  And the people in control of the world today control knowledge.
   The Bible is the knowledge of God; but in order for people in government and people in religion to control the world, they must keep the Bible locked in chains to prevent people from gaining the knowledge of God.
   Religion is an educational system that does not include the knowledge of God.
   Religion is a military system, for it is at war against God, against Christ, and against the Bible.
   Religion is a childish thing, for it keeps people living and believing as children all the days of their lives, for they are prisoners of kindergarten knowledge.
   As believers in Christ, however, it is good for us to be reminded of the words Jesus spoke to His disciples before His crucifixion and resurrection in Jerusalem, when He said,
      I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.  Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth:  for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:  and he will show you things to come.  He shall glorify me:  for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.  All things that the Father hath are mine:  therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.  A little while, and ye shall not see me:  and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.  (John 16: 12-16)
   By these words of Christ, we are enabled to believe in the words of the Bible because of the revelation of truth from God by the Holy Spirit, which is a supernatural event from God to us; for God created us to be His children, and therefore it is not the desire of God's heart that people should be the children of religion and the servants of strange gods, or gods of man's imaginations.
   The Holy Bible contains the knowledge of God and this is the educational system that God desires for the people who will believe in Him; and the knowledge of God is not contained, nor is it controlled, by the religious institutions of man.
      Let not your heart be troubled:  ye believe in God, believe also in me.
      In my Father's house are many mansions:  if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.
      And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.  (John 14: 1-3)

RELIGIONISM

   
   We are living under a worldwide web of deception by a global network of people seeking control of people in every nation. 
   By illusion and manipulation, men have tricked people to believe in those things that we see with our eyes and hear with our ears as if the world we live in is no more than a movie in front of our eyes:  a world transformed by the power of Satan, operating through the minds of evil men, and thereby causing people to focus on the many systems of this world instead of focusing our attention on Almighty God; for God has a better plan for people, but people, blinded by Satan through this world's systems, do not see God, or His plan for us:  and therefore people hunger and thirst for the things of this world, and not for the things of God.
   Karl Marx said, "Religion is the opiate of people."
   Karl Marx is correct, for religion is a spiritual drug, injected in the minds of people by ministers, priests, and family members from man's various religious institutions located all over the world.
   Therefore as a drug, religion is just as powerful and addictive as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or alcohol.
   Religion is contagious and easily transmitted from person to person, from family to family, from parents to children, through a simple system we call words and conditional reinforcement.
   Religion is addictive as people are in constant need of its fixations from its many pharmaceutical stations located all over the world---shrines, temples, synagogues, and even cathedrals.
   Religion creates hallucinations as people adore and worship things of the earth and things of the heavens, believing that these elements of nature have supernatural powers, that certain people of the earth are as gods with supernatural power, and that the souls of dead people become as gods with supernatural power:  as well as hallucinate about a place called heaven, or paradise, with imaginary ways to get there.
   It is therefore necessary that we must be reminded that men of religion killed Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, and men of religion have been working for two thousand years to keep the news of the Lord's resurrection from death hidden from their minds as well as to keep the Bible locked in chains. 
      But if our gospel of Christ be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:  in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.  (2 Corinthians 4: 3-4)
   The crucifix of Christ is an outward symbol to remind people of religion's victory over Christ; for as people look at the crucifix, they are being told that Jesus is still dead, that His body is still in a tomb, and that religion supplies the fix people need to survive in this world and to prepare them for life after death.
   Religionism is a creation from the imaginations of men, under the influence of Satan's invisible power operating in the minds of sinful men.  These men know that religion is contagious, they know that religion is addictive, and they know it produces hallucinations, which is why they administer it in small doses, beginning with children.  To catch it, all people need to do is open their minds and say, "Ahhhh", which contaminates their minds with evil, and which turns the minds of people against God.  For men of religion know that Christ is alive, but, as ministers of Satan, they do not want people to know that Jesus is alive.
   Religionism is a disease of human minds, or a mental disorder, and just as powerful as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or alcohol, and the only cure, the only hope for deliverance, is Christ the Lord. 
      That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.  (Philippians 2: 10-11)

BABYLON IS FALLEN

   The America I know today is not the same as the America I remember as early as forty years ago.
   Changes have come across this land quickly, and more changes are on the way.
   These future changes will come at us quickly, and they will not be good for us: for there will be dreadful days ahead, and they will be terrible.
   Neither is the whole world the same as I remember as early as forty years ago.
   Changes have come upon the world quickly, and more changes are on the way.
   These future changes will come upon the world quickly, and they will not be good for people: for there will be dreadful days ahead, and they will be terrible.
   The future of the United States is now as sand in the hour glass, and the future of the whole world is also as sand in the hour glass:  as the days of freedom in the United States are numbered, the days of freedom for any and all nations are also numbered.
   Even now, the two fastest growing religions in the United States are Witchcraft and Islam as the United States is quickly becoming a pagan land:  as the whole world is also becoming global paganism:  for we are watching the rise of Babylon upon America, and we are also watching the rise of Babylon all over the world.
   Even now and for many years, the Vatican has been planning to move the papal throne from Rome to Jerusalem, at which time the religions of Islam, Catholicism, and Judaism will merge and become one religion.  At that time, too, all religions of the earth will merge with this one religion.  Yet this religion is not new, for it is as old as Babylon of ancient days, which is Witchcraft, headed by the high priest of Satan.
   As Babylon rises to rule over the earth for a season, Babylon will also experience a great fall.
      And after these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.  And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
      Rejoice over her, thou heavens, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
      And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.  (Revelation 18: 1-2; 20; 24)

SOMETHING BORROWED

   It is UNNATURAL for people to believe in God, to believe in Christ, and to believe in the Holy Bible; therefore, in order for people to believe in these three, something SUPERNATURAL must happen.
   To believe in religion, however, is NATURAL for people because religion is of man and not of God; therefore, to believe in religion, nothing SUPERNATURAL needs to happen.
   Religion is like a baseball field:  built it, and people will come to satisfy their natural curiosity in a natural habitat built by natural man.
   In truth, people are born without religion; so then, religion is like a pair of shoes that is given to people when they are children, or even when they are babies, and usually from the parents:  which means that children inherit hand-me-down religion, just as children inherit hand-me-down shoes and clothes.  This, then, is how people make family religions, which can extend across hundreds of years because religion is a natural fit for natural minds.
   Religion is not tailor made; instead, one size fits all.  And children in families are taught to wear it well because the family name is on the garment, which needs to go to the next generation.
   Many people, however, are not born in families that have a family religion; but, when they grow up and see how popular religion is, they want one.  So they go shopping:  church to church, religion to religion, philosophy to philosophy:  until, at last, they find the store that has the garment of their liking.  They like the feel, and they like the look they see in the mirror.  They sign the register, pay the fees, buy the books, and off they go.  Now all they need is an audience to see them in their religion, in their latest fashion garment:  which, to  them, is NATURAL and not SUPERNATURAL.
   Obviously, religion is something borrowed:  as people of religion die, they leave their garment behind, for it will not fit in the SUPERNATURAL world beyond the grave.
   The Holy Spirit of God is the witness to the events in the Holy Bible, and the words of the Bible are SUPERNATURAL:
      This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.  (Matthew 17: 5)

TURNING POINT

   Knowing, then, that the temples of our minds are designed and designated to be the seat of the Holy Spirit of God in us through Christ Jesus, let us therefore cast away all knowledge of religion and let it not have dominion over our minds; for the purpose of religion, invented and designed by men, is to control and dominate the minds of people, and not for the purpose of true worship of God, but a place for the worship of the gods of men, as well as a place for substitute salvation:  for everything that is in religion is ungodly and unholy, whose ministers and messengers are also ungodly and unholy men. 
   In times past, we were all ignorant of the Gospel of Christ, but now, being saved from our sins through Him, we are no longer ignorant; therefore we should flee from religion and leave it behind us.  For God has given us a sound mind in which we can understand the things we understand, with the knowledge of knowing that we can seek God in our prayers to understand the things that we do not understand:  for man's religion is an institution of war against God as it is also an institution of war against us.  For as people come to know Christ and turn away from religion, religion loses a slave and a soldier for Satan. 
   When the Pharoah of Egypt finally agreed with Moses to let the children of Israel go, Pharoah quickly changed his mind and mounted his chariot to recapture the children of Israel to bring them back to his slave camp in order to resume his dominion over them. 
   In like manner, when we unite with Christ and flee religion, the devil will mount his chariot to recapture us, through discouragement and deceit, to bring us back to the slave camp of religion to resume his dominion over us by his ministers and messengers in priestly garments.  For the devil does not want us to be free, but to be prisoners under the dome or religion, living in a cell, as in solitary confinement, being force-fed by religious wardens as if we are in hospitals on artificial life support as brain-dead patients.
   What helps us, then, in our journey with Christ, is to stop living as though we are religious people, and cease from trying to be, or act, religious, for we are not.  Christ saved us from the slave ship of religion, and now we are free to walk by ourselves for the first time---not being led by a mother's hand, but walking hand in hand with the Lord.
   Moreover, we should read and study the Bible, the Word of the Lord, which enables us to learn the words of God, to learn from the mind of God, so that, in time, we begin to think in the thoughts of God instead of thinking in the thoughts of religion:  from which begins a new educational process of flushing out old and useless knowledge and saturating our minds with the knowledge of God, for we are now the children of God, and thereby free to walk and talk with Almighty God. 
   Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he:  before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.  I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no savior.  (Isaiah 43: 10-11)
   Knowing Christ, therefore, is the turning point:  the point where we turn around from the systems of this world and walk in newness of life with Him.  For as Christ was resurrected from death, we are also resurrected from spiritual death by placing our faith in Him, which enables us to grab hold of the hands of Him whose hands were nailed to a cross for our sins.