I wanted to share this with all of you here,
A preacher called Charles Price said this, There are three levels you can know about God. One is by looking at his creation. We see sky, earth, mountains, ocean, animals, people etc and you come to conclusion that, there must be someone somewhere who created this. Whether you call him/her God, this is an indication that, who ever is, can not be one of us, or anything among the created. It has to be powerful than all. Anotherway people recognize got is through religions.
Everywhere on earth, people have a form of worship. They feel that void in them, incompleteness that has to be filled with something higher than them. Some may imagine that higher source as mountain, cow, or their ancestors who died and they will make a figure as their representative to convey their worship and sacrifices. It is an indication that people realize something more powerful that them exist and why show desire to connect with it. If you read history you will realize that, religion have always been there allover the world. These two ways are GENERAL WAYS of knowing God. Jesus came to show us one and streight way to connect to and reach God and that is by following Jesus teachings. Even Jesus Christ talked about religions sometimes, and he didn’t like them, because religious have one thing in common. They imagined God by using forms that were familiar in their society, they have fixed ways and rules to reach to their God. But God is not fixed or cannot be represented by something. God is reveiled to us by holly spirit. Jesus said “ I am the only truth and way to God. No one will see my father except through me” With this Jesus meant understanding his ways of life, how we conduct our lives. How we abide to the ways of this world or avoid evil and lien to God, in his word which we know through Jesus-his teachings. According to Mr. Price, this is third way (which I think is the better way to know God) is personal way of knowing God. We have to experience him in our lives.
We can’t rely on what we are told by others. Otherwise, we will know God shallowly and in general way. and no one can form a good relationship with someone if we know them in general. That is why is critical to read about God on our own. It is our duty to try to find a way to know God, enough for you to know him and form a personal relationship, through a book or teachings that talks about him better. In our case, Jesus has layed down everything we need to know, in the bible. We need to remember that, in the end, it is for your own benefit in knowing God. God is there to welcome anyone who seeks him. Knowing God is personal. It can’t be universal or for category of people, however, all of those who know God in same matter, belong to same group although they may not know each other for they may be allover the world. They are children of God And it doesn’t matter which religion you attend Friday, Saturday or Sunday. It is about what is in your heart what you practice in your daily life.
You see, Michael was very critical. They say that he used to ask a lot of questions while he was attending Jehovah witness. And I think this the best way to learn. Every one can agree that most of good students, who end up discover things in specific subject, are those who are critical
Jesus brought us the best way to see, understand and experience God because he teaches us HOW. He told his disciples that he will send them a holly spirit who will reveal all he said, the word of God to them and to us. And I do agree very much because there is no way we can avoid the evil, the temptation of this world that surround us. Religions were trying to make sense of it, who is this higher source. And each society, had their own interpretation. Today, we are still struggling to make sense of it. Jesus defined who God is and what God expect of us. When you understand this, you will also know that Jesus is son of God because of all the details he knew about God. It is God himself in SON and he reveil himself to us in the form of HOLLY SPIRIT who reside in us. So when we abide in word of God, the teachings of Jesus, we are in God through Jesus Christ who is the word of God.
By the way, Jesus baptized in holly spirit and not in water and we read in the bible Peter asking some of those who were had just started following Jesus ways. He asked them if they received baptism in holly spirit and they answered no. Many believers are failing because they lack the most important part of being Christian-meaning, those who follow Jesus ways, not Christian as religion.
Does this mean that other religion don’t follow Jesus teachings? I don’t think so. It is up to the individual what you understand and how you put it in practice
