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Very often people mix up faith (Biblical faith) and religiousness to mean the same thing, although they are totally different things. The faith and religion are two different things. On this writing, I shortly bring out few matters that how the faith and religion differ from each other. I also write about a certain branch of science, which is very similar as the religion. My intention is not to offend or insult anyone, but bring out very outspoken about the truth of the Bible.

Behavior models and features of the religion

Many people have born into religious family as Jehovah's witnesses and Mormons. Jehovah's witnesses and Mormons are not inside of the Biblical faith, but they are religious people practicing religious deeds and believe in the religious teaching, not teaching of the Bible. Many people have been raised as the religious people, in which consequence their world view is accordance with religious teaching.

For example, own thinking and testing of teachings are forbidden in Jehovah's witnesses, which means that you can't question or test Jehovah's witnesses teachings. If you are Jehovah's witnesses and question their teachings, so they act in a way that you are going through oppressive accusations as that you are a bad person. If you question Jehovah's witnesses, so they put pressure on you and put the blame on you.

The religion is a such institution, in which some cases people are connected to religion without their own acceptance. For example, the majority of members of Roman Catholic Church will be joined to the church through water baptism as the church baptize them as infants. No one ask their permission, and the water baptism is like coercion for infants, when the church joins infants as the member of the church, not asking their permission. Roman Catholic Church doesn't represent the Biblical faith, but religious beliefs.

Children of Jehovah's witnesses family attend regularly in the meetings, where they study matters through Jehovah's witnesses materials. You can come as Jehovah's witnesses when you have studied their material and when you have convinced their teachings and want to go water baptism, and then you have become officially Jehovah's witness. Children of Jehovah's witnesses family go through the same customs. At this point, Jehovah's witnesses actions differ from the action of Roman Catholic Church, which mainly baptizes infants as members of their church.

The situation of Jehovah's witnesses children aren't better as children who have been joined as infants' members of the church. Jehovah's witnesses children must participate few times within the week at the meetings of Jehovah's witnesses. In that way, those children go through religious material force-feeding and for that consequence, they embrace Jehovah's witnesses world view and religious teachings and beliefs. As the consequence of this manipulation, most children of Jehovah's witnesses agreed identity of Jehovah's witness. In many cases, children have no other option as join to Jehovah's witnesses, because manipulation and fears conduct their behavior and choices.

The religion manipulates its members, giving completed answers to you, which you can't question. To the religion is always connected fear and punishment, which have tied you up into the religion and religious beliefs. The religion doesn't base on the love of God, but continuous practice of religious deeds, in which a man earns the reward promised by his religion. The religion shackles and dominates your life, blaming you to do more and more according to religious beliefs. Practicing of the religion is a such kind in which a man performs religious rules and orders like a machine. Many people get exhausted and will be disappointed, because the religion doesn't lead a man to live the true life, but into religious life, which is exhausting and tiring, for the sake of continuous practicing of religious deeds. Some people will continue religious life, living the live of hypocrisy. Some religious people will be disappointed and leave their religion. Those who have been disappointed erroneously and wrongly have thought they believed on God, but He isn't existed and is not the love. Their belief was wrong and erroneous, because Almight God exists as loving and merciful God, but god of religions is actually satan.

At this point, it is very good to bring out a certain matter that many people don't notice. The world view that based on scientific evolution theory has similar features as the religion. Teaching of evolution theory is based on manipulation, where a man believes that evolution theory is true. The most passionate and eager supporters of evolution theory accuse and blame people who believe that the Bible is the truth and the word of God. They said that Christians couldn't think independently, but they must believe on the Bible.

A supporter of evolution theory doesn't notice that he doesn't study and read things independently thinking, but he believes researches of other people who say that evolution theory is true. He doesn't notice that he believes to evolution theory for the reason of manipulated information. He doesn't either notice that he is guilty for the things that he accuses other people. The connection of evolution theory and the religion is there that both manipulate people and arouse fear, which holds them loyalty to their beliefs. The connection of evolution theory to the religion is also that evolution theory is a belief, not the fact that has been proven undisputable.

The Biblical faith

The Bible teaches to avoid religions and believing on the God of the Bible by the Lord Jesus. Believing (faith) on the Lord Jesus and religion are two totally different things. When question is the Biblical faith, so in there is not manipulation, or it is not the matter in which people are joined forcibly to the church without their acceptance, because God of the Bible affects the faith to heart of the people who repent theirs sin and believe on the Lord Jesus. You can't raise a man to turn the Biblical faith, because it is the work of God that a man believes on the Lord Jesus. By believing on the Lord Jesus a man receives forgiveness of sins and eternal life.

According to the teaching of the Bible, all activity and teachings in the church must be tested and discerned by the word of God. A believer who is on Biblical faith can't manipulate, because he has to independently study and test (by the word of God in the Holy Spirit) that is the teaching accordance with the Bible. Testing and discerning of the teaching don't bring bad conscience, but emancipate the mind and bring full assurance of the faith that what is right and wrong.

A believer who is on Biblical faith doesn't have bad conscience and not blame himself, because he understands that God loves him by eternal love. The teaching of the Bible doesn't blame on him and not pressure on him, but all the time trains him to live more deeply according to the will of God. A believer who is on the Biblical faith knows in his heart that God loves him.

A believer who is on the Biblical faith doesn't live in fear of punishment, because God loves him. The Biblical faith based on and is focused God's love in the truth, not fear of the hell. A believer believes to God of the Bible because God loves him, and atonement of the Lord Jesus removes judgement and punishment from his life.

Living by the Biblical faith is the genuine and real life. The Biblical faith doesn't exhaust and tire, but gives the power (in the Holy Spirit), eagerness and desire to live according to the will of God. When you are on the Biblical faith, so in your heart is assurance of the goodness, grace and love of God and for this consequence your heart fulfills with the joy. Therefore, a believer lives the life of abundance by the heavenly riches according to the love, grace and truth of God.

A believer who is on the Biblical faith doesn't put his trust to the deeds of men and tradition of men, but atonement and resurrection of the Lord Jesus, mercy of God and the love and truth of God.  A man who is on the Biblical faith makes works of faith by the power and mercy of God, not on his own power. Reward of the Biblical faith is received from the mercy of God by the atonement of the Lord Jesus. 

Reject lies and choose the truth

If you recognized yourself that you are representative of religion, and you are acting according to religious beliefs, so you are not in the Biblical faith, but a prison of lies in the deception of religion beliefs. Religion and Biblical faith are two totally different things. Religion is the slavery demanding for you to do all the time works and more works. Biblical faith makes the works of faith from the love of God by the power of the God. The true and right God exists, and He works on by the Lord Jesus of the Bible. I understand you, because you are disappointed, but remember that religion deceived you, not the real God of the Bible. The Lord Jesus loves you and wants to save you and very tenderly take care your deep wounds that religion has broken you down.

If you are an atheist and supporter of evolution theory, so you are brainwashed and manipulated to believe in the things, which have similar features that are in religions. Evolutionists don't understand that Biblical faith and religions are two totally different things, but they think that in many cases, religions represent Biblical faith. Very ironic in this is that evolutionist is similar victims as victims of religions, because they both have been manipulated to believe to their beliefs by the wrong and deceitful information. Brainwash and manipulation are very strong expressions, but large part of people who believe in evolution theory don't question or doubt this theory, but they believe all false information of evolution theory. This brainwash and manipulation begins in the school, and it has spread its wings all over layers of the society. When you can't question or doubt the matter, so it is question purposely manipulation.

The Biblical faith doesn't base on manipulation, because you must test all actions and teaching and so on in the church. The truth of the Bible doesn't change, but the science is changing all the time, that what is the "truth" today can be changed when the people find the new "truth." People who are on the Biblical faith are the only ones whom can't be under the manipulation. Every man has based on his life, belief, faith, thought, understanding, opinion and world view to research, knowledge and study of other people or beliefs of some religion or the word of God (the Bible). Every man has been subject to information that had been influenced in this world. No man isn't fully independent, but he has and must choose that what he believes and what kind of choices he shall make in his life. An atheist believes to evolution theory or that God doesn't exist. He makes his conclusion based on the information what he has studied, heard or read. When he has chosen his way and view, he must stand on the information he has read or heard. He is not fully independent of other people, because the information that he has heard shall shape his opinions. You can call this also some kind of manipulation.

When a man believes to God of the Bible, so he has heard or read the Bible, he has been under the influence and information to the word of God. Biblical believing in the Lord Jesus and adoption of Biblical information differs from any other information, because God testifies and announces for the truth of the Bible by the Holy Spirit. In Biblical faith, a man gets assurance and testimony for the truth from the Almighty God. An atheist gets assurance to his beliefs and thoughts from the other people, whom comprehension and understanding will be changed all the time.

An atheist and evolutionist both believe to the information that is based on self-guided and randomly events without intelligent maker and creator. You can compare this to the belief which would believe self-made houses without carpenters and makers intelligent. Everybody knows that it impossible and as impossible is the birth of life without intelligent Creator. He who believes on the Bible has his foundation in Almighty God who has created polymorphic life of the earth by His super intelligence. It is very clear that to whom is wiser to believe.

If you are an atheist, evolutionist, godless or religious individual, so you have a chance to find the truth and loving God. The gospel from the Lord Jesus shall save a man who repents his sins and believes on the Lord Jesus.

 

Petri Paavola

Sources:
33/38 Raamattu
Biblia 1776
King James Version 1769
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