I agree with the similarity Christianity vs religion going back to the Jesus age when he challenged the perspectives of the churches, rather setting them straight on truth to topic.
So, I blogged that, and this:
Today, the sam ed sense now , people have no problem repenting to Christ, rather the difficulty is not excepting the ministry focus and the church councils positions on topics.
More people are probably turned off by the churches high ego over the peoples liberal freedoms, proving to those people only that God must be different than they say, and, they have many educated friends and collegic educated professionals in the social system to reinforce their freedom , when they suffer.
...and turn away from churches.
Many churches e dose the modern sins to welcome to their su]ort groups.
Many churches avoid most of all that and pi reach a message avoiding politics and freedoms .
They don't turn people away by order
they order more influences to drive that drive Christians away.
Is the epidemic the sun or the denial or ignoring topics of epidemic, or some combination?
One problem could still be that ed very educated individual is so well grounded that they not only would not ask God for an answer without dictating to God what the problems are ; and likewise , to grounded to recognize Gods answers, to mich so to believe any words that could come to their mind(could be Him), to discern signs, to even wonder... other than to turn over the dictation to God and wait in hope; and their chance to say they told us so, or, their chance to assume their own control by our submitNce.
Thise are not examples of "understanding" nor proofs of God's deliverance although I know Gods presence is always dear to us all.
Did discerne, can't say the scriptures below answer all I have asressed, but they cam help us think, hope, wonder, pray, and rely in confidence.
I liked these two messages
RELIGION VERSUS CHRISTIANITY
"The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone." - Psalm 118:22
The number-one enemy of Christianity today is religion, not unrepentant sinners. It was so from the very beginning. Jesus did not offend sinners…He offended the religious men of His day. He was the cornerstone rejected not by the passers-by, but by the builders themselves.
In the person of Jesus, religion and Christianity are tackled head-on. How can you distinguish religion from authentic Christianity? Here are a few clues.
- First, religion loves ritual. Religion delights in the status quo. Change makes it uncomfortable. Religion is a commitment to a system of beliefs, attitudes and practices. Second, religion responds to challenge with intimidation. Challenge religion, and it will attempt to intimidate you into submission. What does an attorney do when he suspects that truth may not be on his side? He buys time, attacks procedure and assassinates character. Religion is defended the same way.
- What about Christianity? Well, Christianity loves the truth. Aristotle defined the truth, as "saying of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not." In other words, truth has a standard, and is not relative. Also, Christianity responds to challenge with boldness. Why? Because knowing the truth and embracing it gives us courage.
- When religion and Christianity clash, what happens? Many times, people come to know Christ. When Peter and John were arrested for the first time (Acts 3-4), five thousand people were saved!
Don't be afraid when your faith is challenged by religion. When this happens, the stage is set for blessing, not for defeat.
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God's Ways: Ordinary and Miraculous
In Isaiah 55:8, God declared, "My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways." And in fact, one of the biggest frustrations of the Christian life stems from a lack of understanding about God's ways. There are times when we could really use a miracle, but He does not come through for us the way we think He should. Our unmet expectations lead to confusion, disappointment, and even anger. We might think, Why did the Lord let me down?
Some people don't believe God performs big miracles at all, while others are convinced that if He's not doing the miraculous every day, then something is wrong with their faith. Neither belief is true. We need a balanced perspective, which we find in the Bible.
God works in both supernatural and ordinary ways, and He determines the method. Elijah ate food miraculously delivered by ravens, but his water supply from a brook was completely natural. When the water dried up, the Lord could have made more spring from the ground, but He didn't.
Sometimes God uses ordinary means to move us in a new direction. The curtailment of Elijah's water supply opened the door for his next assignment. When the Lord withholds miraculous intervention and lets your brook dry up, He has something else planned for you.
Seeing the work of God in the miraculous is easy. But He's just as involved in the everyday aspects of life as He is in any supernatural event. Look for His fingerprint in the day's mundane activities. He is there, opening and closing doors, drying up one opportunity but initiating another.
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