A Relationship, NOT a Religion
EarsToHear.net
He That Has Ears To Hear, Let Him Hear
(Matthew 11:15-30)
Challenging both secular wisdom and religious doctrines. - Will our descendants know moral virtue?
Home | About | Search | Newsletter | Contact | Store | Donate | Advertise | Sponsor | Webstats
Back to Kingdom Index
Last Updated
Saturday April 09, 2011 10:32 AM -0400
A Relationship, NOT a Religion
Victory is defeating or overcoming the "wiles of the devil" (Eph 6:11, 1 Tim 3:6-7, 2 Tim 2:26). However, for a Christian this means God requires a relationship of faith, NOT religion. And "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" Rom 10:17). And what exactly is the definition of eternal life? "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent" (John 17:3).
How do we "know" Him?
There is only One Way to KNOW the Father - by KNOWING Jesus. There is only One
Way to KNOW Jesus - by KNOWING the WORD. There is only One Way to KNOW the WORD
- by having the Spirit reveal the WORD. There is only One Way to HAVE the Spirit
- Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
Verily I say unto you, Among them
that are born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist:
notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffered
violence, and the violent take it by force. Matthew 11:11-12
John the Baptist only saw the Kingdom of Heaven but never
entered. As did all the prophets before him: Moses, Abraham, Samuel, David,
Solomon, etc.
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become
the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not
of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:12-13
"Religion is the
toil of mankind in his search for the Kingdom."
Myles Munroe, Rediscovering the Kingdom
Houses of worship, or "entering God's
house" does not satisfy the requirement of God dwelling in you.
"And what
agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living
God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be
their God, and they shall be my people." 2 Corinthians 6:16
But when the
Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of
truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me: John 15:26
Jesus answered and said unto her,
If you knew the gift of God, and Who it is that is saying
to you, Give me a drink; you would have asked of Him, that He would have given
you living water. ...Jesus answered and said unto her,
Whosoever drinks of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinks of the
water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give
him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
...But the hour comes, and now is, when the true
worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father
seeks such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto him, I know
that Messias comes which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all
things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am
He. John 4:10,13,14, 23-26
In the last day, that great day of the
feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst,
let him come unto me, and drink. He that believes on
me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
water. (But this spoke he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him
should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not
yet glorified.) John 7:37-39
The spirit of man
is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs 20:27
A Father-Son relationship with "kingdom" rule
or reign, dominion over the earth, animals, and environment, but not another
man. This was the original intent.
And now, O Father, glorify me with Your own self with the
glory which I had with You before the world was. I have manifested your name
unto the men which you gave me out of the world: Yours they were, and You gave
them to me; and they have kept Your word. John 17:5-6
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16
But you, when you pray, enter into
your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father which is in
secret; and your Father which sees in secret shall reward you openly. But when
you pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they
shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not like them: for your Father knows
what things you have need of, before you ask him.
Matthew 6:6-8
And he said unto them, When you
pray, say, Our Father which is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom
come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Luke 11:2
Home |
About
| Search |
Newsletter
| Contact |
Store |
Donate |
Advertise |
Sponsor |
Webstats
Religions are a
vain attempt to restore man's personal relationship to God.
And
he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of
the water of life freely. ...And he showed me a pure river of water of
life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
...And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And
let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life
freely. Revelation 21:6, 22:1, 22:17
Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that
goes downward to the earth? Ecclesiastes 3:21
The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, says the LORD, which stretches
forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of
man within him. Zechariah 12:1
For what man knows the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him?
even so the things of God knows no man, but the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 2:11
What
Name did Jesus "manifest?"
That you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for He makes His
sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the
unjust. Matthew 5:45
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how
much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask
him? Matthew 7:11
Not every one that says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 7:21
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knows the Son, but the
Father; neither knows any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the
Son will reveal him. Matthew 11:27
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my
brother, and sister, and mother. Matthew
12:50
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
Who has ears to hear, let him hear. Matthew
13:43
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father
knows that you have need of these things.
Luke 12:30
No man can serve two masters: for either he will
hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no
thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for
your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body
than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they
reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not
much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his
stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That
even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if
God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast
into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?
or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles
seek:) for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow:
for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:24-34