Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Christianity is not a religion.



Several months ago, I was at a church picnic – the Lighthouse Christian Fellowship in Alfred had invited my family to their church picnic, which was held at Pastor Rogers home.

They hold their church picnic right after the students return to Alfred, and it’s an opportunity for them to come out also, and meet some church folk. So it’s a great invitation for students, as well as a great fellowship opportunity for the church members.

While at the party I noticed a student that was wearing a great T-shirt – it said on the front, CHRISTIANITY is not a religion. That really caught my eye, so I looked at the back, RELIGION IS HUMANS trying to work their way to God. CHRISTIANITY IS GOD coming to men and women through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Scripture tells us that it is God that us to Him. No one comes to Him without being first drawn to Him. In fact, Henry Blackaby, in his book, Experiencing God, tells us that the primary way to know if God is at work in an unbeliever is seeing if that person is open to the message, is that person seeking more information. They wouldn’t know enough to do that without God already working on them.

We can’t have a true relationship with God if we are the ones pursuing Him – that’s just religion. That’s just like all the other religions in the world, and it can’t save your soul.

We can only have a true relationship with God when we acknowledge that He is calling us, drawing us to Himself. We surrender to that calling, giving ourselves in this relationship. That’s what saves our soul...




PS. The t-shirt is available from Christian Book Distributors

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