
Please remember this statement: Everything that a man does outside the Kingdom of God is motivated by the drive to meet personal needs. Man, in his never-ending struggle for survival and significance, has separated himself from the Lord God who created him. He has invented religion as a vehicle in his attempt to find the lost kingdom state of rulership and control earth's resources to meet his needs. King Jesus made this statement while He was on planet earth: And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. The Lord God promised, a restored government, never a religion called Christianity. He promised us a Kingdom. By the way, it is here. “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” He stated that the Kingdom of Heaven was here not Christianity or another religion.
Now a careful study of all forms of religion reveals that all religions are designed and built on the promise of meeting needs. Here are just some: Islam, Spiritualism, Baha'i, Hinduism, Humanism, Judaism, etc. To this list you must add institutional Christianity. Christianity in its most rigid, regulated, ritualistic and legalistic form is a religion run and controlled by men. When it comes to finances, in some cases, I would refer to them as crooks. It all boils down to one thing. They are seeking the wrong priorities.
Another common characteristic of religion is that all religions are motivated by the pleasing of deity in order to secure their basic needs (crops, weather, protection, preservation, etc). After man became separated from the Lord God because of his disobedience, he began to fear that his needs wouldn't be met. So he began to worship gods of his own invention. Man-made deities that were at best only the faintest shadow of the loving God that Adam and Eve knew in the Garden of Eden. This is why human history is so full of gods. The sun god, moon god, rain god, ocean god, god of fire, god of war, the god of sex and fertility--which saturates American culture. Man invented religion in an effort to appease fearful and unknown deities into giving him what he needed for daily life. In a religious mindset, people are afraid of dying, but those who have embraced the Kingdom concept, leaving this "dirt body" is just going back home. I remember the word of encouragement from the ambassador: So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Remember, your faith in the Lord God's Word is your greatest asset in the Kingdom of God.
Matthew 11:12-13 Mark 1:15 I Corinthians 15:54-57
~~W.R. Luchie
Now a careful study of all forms of religion reveals that all religions are designed and built on the promise of meeting needs. Here are just some: Islam, Spiritualism, Baha'i, Hinduism, Humanism, Judaism, etc. To this list you must add institutional Christianity. Christianity in its most rigid, regulated, ritualistic and legalistic form is a religion run and controlled by men. When it comes to finances, in some cases, I would refer to them as crooks. It all boils down to one thing. They are seeking the wrong priorities.
Another common characteristic of religion is that all religions are motivated by the pleasing of deity in order to secure their basic needs (crops, weather, protection, preservation, etc). After man became separated from the Lord God because of his disobedience, he began to fear that his needs wouldn't be met. So he began to worship gods of his own invention. Man-made deities that were at best only the faintest shadow of the loving God that Adam and Eve knew in the Garden of Eden. This is why human history is so full of gods. The sun god, moon god, rain god, ocean god, god of fire, god of war, the god of sex and fertility--which saturates American culture. Man invented religion in an effort to appease fearful and unknown deities into giving him what he needed for daily life. In a religious mindset, people are afraid of dying, but those who have embraced the Kingdom concept, leaving this "dirt body" is just going back home. I remember the word of encouragement from the ambassador: So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Remember, your faith in the Lord God's Word is your greatest asset in the Kingdom of God.
Matthew 11:12-13 Mark 1:15 I Corinthians 15:54-57
~~W.R. Luchie