ikaw yata ang ****
insidious kasi Salvation ang pinaglalaban mo. Di ko sinasabi na need ang Religion sa SALVATION. Oo totoo na di tayo maliligtas ng relihiyon. Pero CHRISTIANITY is a RELIGION.
Why?
ESSENTIAL TO CHRISTIANITY.
IT’S THAT LAST BIT—“ON MY OWN”—THAT IS THE STICKING POINT BECAUSE CHURCH IS ABOUT MORE THAN DOING ALL THESE INDIVIDUAL ACTS. IT’S ABOUT DOING THEM TOGETHER, IN COMMUNITY.
IT’S TRUE THAT OUR FAITH IS FUNDAMENTALLY BASED IN RELATIONSHIP, BUT IT ISN’T JUST A ME-AND-JESUS THING. WE NEED OTHER PEOPLE TOO, AND THEY NEED US.
COMMUNITY IS VITAL NOT SIMPLY BECAUSE WE’RE COMMANDED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT TO KEEP GETTING TOGETHER, THOUGH WE ARE. THAT INSTRUCTION IS THERE FOR A GOOD REASON BECAUSE WE AREN’T MADE TO LIVE OUT OUR FAITH INDEPENDENTLY. WE RUN AWRY WHEN THERE IS NO COMMUNITY TO CARRY OUR BURDENS, AMPLIFY OUR JOYS, CALL OUT OUR NONSENSE AND INCREASE OUR SELF-AWARENESS WHEN OUR OWN REFLECTION IS OBSCURED.
AGAIN UULITIN KO DAHIL ANG KALIGTASAN AY DI NAKABASE SA GAWA NATIN. DI MO MAAALIS NA ANG CHRISTIAN CHURCH TALAGA AY RELIGION. KASI IT HAS BELIEFS, RITUALS, TEACHING, WE MEET TOGETHER EVERY SUNDAY. Iniuutos sa atin ang Ordinances na Baptism at Lords Supper.
If Christianity is not a religion but just relationship. Eh di sana wala tayong Bible. Di tayo nagchuchurch, walang prayer meeting, walang Bible study kasi nga ITS NOT A RELIGION, ITS A RELATIONSHIP.
If CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A RELIGION, wag ka na magchurch at umatteng ng church activities. WAG KA NANG GUMAWA NG MABUTI sa kapwa kasi nga di ba sabi mo CHRISTIANITY IS JUST A RELATIONSHIP.
CHRISTIANITY IS A RELIGION AND A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. WHY? He commanded us to LOVE GOD and LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS. So di lang siya RELATIONSHIP ITS ALSO A RELIGION.
Again baka ma-misinterpert mo ako. DI TAYO MALILIGTAS NG RELIGION, PERO GOD COMMANDED US THINGS TO DO THINGS. At yan ang nagpapatunay that CHRISTINITY IS A RELIGION.
pag-isipan mo.
Baka di mo din alam even ATHEISM IS A RELIGION kasi may mga practices and beliefs din sila.