Christianity Is A Real Life
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and
to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and
that they might have it more abundantly (John 10:10)
When we say Christianity isn’t a religion,
there’re those who wonder, “What exactly
is the difference?” There’s a great difference. Even
though there’s religion in Christianity, Christianity in
itself is a real life. Religion is about man’s belief in what
he assumes to be: some divine being or some form
of spirituality or spiritual consciousness to which he
devotes himself. In other words, it’s man’s exploration
of that which is spiritually unknown. In religion, man
tries to find out if there’s a God. He then hopes that
whatever he does will be pleasing to that “spiritual
being,” whoever it is, and that he might get some help
or recognition from him.
Another part of religion is that man realizes he’s
more than a physical body; he has the intuition that
he might be a spiritual being and purposes to find out
about it. Therefore, he starts dabbling into ideas and
activities that might give him some consciousness of
the spiritual. All that is religion, but still not even the
“Christian religion”; remember we said there’s religion
in Christianity, even though Christianity itself isn’t a
religion.
The Bible tells us the religion in Christianity:
“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” (James 1:27). But this won’t save you. As
Christians, we’re instructed to help the needy, but that’s
just one part of what Christians do. You could call
that the religious part of Christianity, but Christianity,
essentially, is God at work in a man; it’s divinity alive
in humanity. It’s the outworking or revelation of the
spiritual, in the message of Jesus Christ through human
vessels. It’s a living relationship, a fellowship with a
living God.
In Christianity, the divine life of Jesus Christ is
imparted to the believer’s. So, when you received Christ
into your heart, it was a real experience; something
actually happened: Christ took up His abode in you.
It’s not an assumption, a speculation, a conjecture or
a theory; it’s real. You received the pulsating life and
nature of God into your spirit. Blessed be God!
Prayer
Blessed Father, I thank you for the life of the risen Christ in me.
I’m forever grateful for making my heart your home. I walk in
the light of my transcendent life in Christ, exuding divine
excellence, manifesting power, righteousness, and dominion, in
Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further study:
John 17:3; 1 John 5:11-12
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
John 7:1-24
1 Kings 15-17
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Mark 10:23-31