Religion blinds..

"Over the years the Spirit has revealed the detrimental effects of religion. From a personal perspective, 30 years in Churches working hard for God and seeing great changes in myself and others is now seen as a carnal 30 years trying to please God. Yes God worked and the Holy Spirit was revealed at times but as far as life went, it was me trying to be better along with my peers and praising God as we moved forward.

     I have many old friends still stuck in the "Moses trap". They are sincerely trying to be 'good Christians' as they struggle to get or be better. It is simple to see now that this way of  life is not just foolishness but truly carnal.
Did not Christ take sin away? Did believers not die with Christ? Is our carnal (sin) nature not sinful? Is the Holy Spirit not Holy? By trying to change my carnal nature, (to please God?) all I am doing is mixing the laws of Moses with the freedom in Christ. It is the Law (sin) that has structured modern day religious groups (some call churches) by teaching that I need to be better, that I need to do something for God, that God loves me but...., that my group is more correct than that group, that marriage should be better, that finances can be better, that if I pray good things happen, that if I do not pray bad things happen, that I need a man to tell me about God, that I need to meet once or twice or three times or four times a week with other believers, etc. THIS IS SIMPLY THE LAW!
     There  are of course excuses to these 'criticisms' (I made them for over 10 years), but in Spirit life, all this comes together, there is no need to try to do something or not do something, miracles are life. meeting with others in Spirit happens daily with no planning! worries dissipate, marriage thrives, finances happen with no effort or stress, Godly works are something that is just passed through daily with no schedule or plan. There is no more trying to please God, no more trying not to sin, no more stress or worry over what others think or say.
Life just is! This is where Paul gets off saying things such as:

 ¹⁴ But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. ¹⁵ But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.¹⁶ Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. ¹⁷ Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Then chapter 4

     by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. ³ And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. ⁴ The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. ⁵ For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

         
      Sad but true, you (my friends) are stuck in religion, deep down you are flustered but you CANNOT SEE IT because you mix the Mosaic Law with Grace. YOU ARE BLINDED. 
     There is NO WAY for you to please God other than by allowing the Holy Spirit to reveal to you who you REALLY are. When this happens, you will not strive, you will not waste your time with knowledge, you will never be offended, you will not struggle with your hidden sin, you will not try to cover someone Else's sin, you will not try to see God working, you will live in freedom and be part of Spirit Life where miracles are life and your life ceases to be your own!

Please, "god fearing" good church going, bible reading, soul winner, faith preacher, grace lover, laborer, apostle, servant, pastor, teacher, prayer warrior, intercessor, 'apostle to the nation', tongue talker, interpreter, deacon, assistant pastor, lay pastor, pastor in training, evangelist, might man, good wife, loving husband.....; quit trying to live your life as if you have something to show or prove, quit trying to fit your life into a purpose, quit trying to be somebody. Allow the Spirit to reveal who you are, truly...quit living like an orphan!

FYI: when you quit, you will be abandoned, you will be ridiculed, you will be despised......by your (church going) friends. If you are able to withstand that carnal pressure, you will see the Holy Spirit like NEVER before.(because carnality will never allow that kind of abandonment to be willfully accepted)



PS: Who is perishing? The only people I see rejecting God are those trapped in self righteousness thinking that their works mean something to God; not the people in this world, they respond with life changing responses" 

This is a great Article of my friends.



Check out his blog here:  

http://actionsinacts.blogspot.ca/2014/12/religion-blinds.html?view=sidebar