I hope your 2018 started well :)
Let’s get right away to the point.
Many of you have probably heard this statement: „I hate religion but love relationship“ (relationship in the meaning of a relationship with God) or something like that. Well I have heard this like so many times!
Personally I don’t really like it. So today I’m going to explain this.
People say this because often when we think of religion, we think of rules, regulations and maybe even „old“ stuff. But that isn’t the truth. Religion, in this case christianity, is actually based on a relationship to God that we have in wich God grants us grace when we are not able to keep his rules (because we are human). There still are rules (even in the relationship) that we need to keep. They are not to harm us or annoy us but simply to make our lives easier (/to take care of us).
So you can’t divide religion and relationship.
In order to call yourself a „true“ christian you need to have that relationship with God.
It doesn’t matter if you are Catholic, Protestant, Lutheran, Evangelical,... we are all christians and need that personal relationship to God. It doesn’t matter what other differences we have in our believes.
This brings us to my next point. We are often so strong in our own believes that we forget that every christian is equal. You can be catholic or protestant but the base stays always the same: you need a relationship to God.
We often look at all those details and even try to change peoples minds just because we forget the most important. Isn’t that a little crazy? It’s like celling a cake but only giving the plate.
What we need to do is to embrace that relationship and not so much the religion that we believe in.
But we still can’t divide them from each other. Because as soon as you have that relationship you are automatically a christian!
Here are some verses for you:
•Revelation 3:20•
•1 Timothy 5:4•
•James 1:27•
Have a blessed weekend!!!
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