Beyond Religion
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new
(2 Corinthians 5:17).
Being a Christian is much more than reading
the Bible and praying to God; it’s living the
transcendent life, the God-life, here on earth. This
is beyond religion. Those who don’t know what
Christianity is call it a religion.
What the Bible refers to as religion is found in
James 1:27: “Pure religion and undefiled before
God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless
and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself
unspotted from the world.” Christianity, by its very
nature and definition is heaven alive in you, divinity
at work in humanity.
The Christian is by all means a superman. He’s
one with whom anything is possible, because he has
the life and nature of God; He has authority over all
the powers of darkness. Jesus said in Mark 16:17-18,
“And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my
name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with
new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they
drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they
shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”
He was referring to the believing ones: Christians.
Then in Luke 10:19, He said “…nothing shall by
any means hurt you!” It doesn’t matter how harmful,
poisonous or evil that thing is, it doesn’t have the
power to hurt you. You’re not ordinary. You’re not of
this world. You’re of God, which means your origin is
in God; you’re born of Him. This is Christianity. Eternal
life has been imparted to your spirit; you’ve received
the life of God that dispels darkness, sickness, disease,
poverty, failure and death. You’ve become an associate
of the God-kind. This is beyond religion.
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for the working of your Word in my
spirit. My life is the expression of your glory, beauty, and grace.
You’ve made me a life-giver, an associate of the God-kind,
manifesting the divine life to my world, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further Study
John 16:33; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:11-12
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Hebrews 8
Jeremiah 52
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
John 10:33-42
1 Chronicles 8