MANY ARE CONFUSED as to which of the RELIGIONS IN THE WORLD TODAY THEY SHOULD JOIN, for all of these use divergent bases in claiming TO BE THE TRUE ONE.
2006-11-10 00:54:05 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Bible contains these truths. One must search as for hidden treasure. (Prov 2:1-6) Now is the time for sincere people to identify the TRUE RELIGION.
......use these 3 keys to unlocking Bible truth....
1- Pray sincerely to God to find the truth of any spiritual matter and be humble enough to accept his answer, even if it is not the answer you necessarily want.
2- never pull a thought from a scripture which is taken out of context. Know the circumstances....who is talking....who are they talking to....etc
3- whatever thought or understanding you draw from scripture MUST be in complete harmony with the rest of the Bible. If something seems to contradict your conclusion, then something is not understood correctly. One then needs to rethink matters.
A SHORT_CUT to finding truth and true religion:
It helps weed out a lot of untruth by looking at the "fruits" of any religion.
Jesus said a rotton tree produces rotton fruit. There is a lot of rotton fruit from the "trees" of religion found today. If you see rotton fruit, don't look there for absolute truth.
Finally....Jesus said his true followers would be identified by the LOVE they show. (John 13: 34,35) This was a special kind of love called Agape in the greek. This is not based on emotion. It comes from self-discipline and can be most quickly defined as selflessness. People who have Agape, do things to benefit other people even when they do not know or like those people.....they do it because they want to please their heavenly father.
2006-11-10 02:25:10 · answer #1 · answered by fasteddie 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The true religion must also honor God's name. (Matthew 6:9) Jesus made God's name, Jehovah, known to others. True Christians must do the same. (John 17:6, 26; Romans 10:13, 14) Who are the people in your community that tell others about God's name?
True Christians must preach about God's Kingdom. Jesus did so. He always talked about the Kingdom. (Luke 8:1) He commanded his disciples to preach this same message in all the earth. (Matthew 24:14; 28:19, 20) True Christians believe that only God's Kingdom will bring true peace and security to this earth.—Psalm 146:3-5.
Jesus' disciples must be no part of this wicked world. (John 17:16) They do not get involved in the world's political affairs and social controversies. They avoid the harmful conduct, practices, and attitudes that are common in the world. (James 1:27; 4:4) Can you identify a religious group in your community that has these marks of true Christianity?
2006-11-10 09:53:07 · answer #2 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
True Religion is guidance to live a life of character and virtue. There are 2 simple rules.
1. Believe in the supreme intelligence (GOD)
2. Love and Respect others as you expect others to do unto you.
May Jesus be your guide to apply these simple principles.
2006-11-10 09:00:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
To say that a religion can be true shows you to be a cultist. Either Mormon or JW. There are a few others but true Christians know that a relationship with Jesus Christ is the truth while religions are man made and therefor imperfect. So confess Jesus and except life through the blood He shed for you on Calvary's cross.... Jim
2006-11-10 09:23:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Isa 8:20 To the law and to the prophecy: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
1 TIMOTHY 3:15
But if I am delayed, I write so that you may know the right and proper way to conduct yourself in THE HOUSE OF YAHWEH, who are the called out ones of the living Father, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Psa 119:142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your LAW IS THE TRUTH!!!
Isa 8:20 To the law and to the prophecy: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Prov 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light.
John 1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.
John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Prov 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light.
Romans 2:13—
For not the hearers of the Law are the righteous in the sight of Yahweh, but the doers of the Law are the righteous.
Gen 28:17 And he was amazed, and said, How awsome is this place! this is none other then the House of Yahweh, and this is the gateway to the Kingdom of Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 12:5-8--
5 But YOU ARE TO SEEK THE HABITATION OF YOUR FATHER; THE HOUSE OF YAHWEH--the place which Yahweh your Father shall choose out of all your tribes to establish His Name--and THERE YOU MUST GO.
ISAYAH 2:2-6
2. It will come to pass in the last days, that the mountain; promotion, of THE HOUSE OF YAHWEH will be established (CAUSING HIS NAME TO DWELL THERE) in the chief of the nations (THE UNITED STATES IS THE CHIEF OF THE NATIONS RIGHT NOW), and will be raised above all congregations; and all nations will eventually flow to it.
3. And many people will go and say; Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the House of the Father of Yaaqob, and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths. For the Law will depart from Zion, and the word of Yahweh will depart from Yerusalem.
4. He will judge among the nations, and will rebuke many people; they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore.
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2006-11-10 09:01:31 · answer #5 · answered by YUHATEME 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Why not join Judaism? It's like the oldest! But they're awaiting their Messiah...the Christians have already received Him! There aint no need to join any religion, the most important thing is to have a relationship with God Almighty!
2006-11-10 08:57:11 · answer #6 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Catholic faith biblical, Catholicism is Bible Christianity par excellence.
Because the Old and New Testament Scriptures are the divinely-revealed, written Word of God, Catholics venerate the Scriptures as they venerate the Lord's body. But Catholics do not believe that God has given us His divine Revelation in Christ exclusively through Scripture. Catholics also believe that God's Revelation comes to us through the Apostolic Tradition and teaching authority of the Church.
What Church? Scripture reveals this Church to be the one Jesus Christ built upon the rock of Saint Peter (Matt. 16:18). By giving Peter the keys of authority (Matt. 16:19), Jesus appointed Peter as the chief steward over His earthly kingdom (cf. Isaiah. 22:19-22). Jesus also charged Peter to be the source of strength for the rest of the apostles (Luke 22:32) and the earthly shepherd of Jesus' flock (John 21:15-17). Jesus further gave Peter, and the apostles and elders in union with him, the power to bind and loose in heaven what they bound and loosed on earth. (Matt. 16:19; 18:18). This teaching authority did not die with Peter and the apostles, but was transferred to future bishops through the laying on of hands (e.g., Acts 1:20; 6:6; 13:3; 8:18; 9:17; 1 Tim. 4:14; 5:22; 2 Tim. 1:6).
By virtue of this divinely-appointed authority, the Catholic Church determined the canon of Scripture (what books belong in the Bible) at the end of the fourth century. We therefore believe in the Scriptures on the authority of the Catholic Church. After all, nothing in Scripture tells us what Scriptures are inspired, what books belong in the Bible, or that Scripture is the final authority on questions concerning the Christian faith. Instead, the Bible says that the Church, not the Scriptures, is the pinnacle and foundation of the truth (1 Tim. 3:15) and the final arbiter on questions of the Christian faith (Matt. 18:17). It is through the teaching authority and Apostolic Tradition (2 Thess. 2:15; 3:6; 1 Cor. 11:2) of this Church, who is guided by the Holy Spirit (John 14:16,26; 16:13), that we know of the divine inspiration of the Scriptures, and the manifold wisdom of God. (cf. Ephesians 3:10).
2006-11-10 08:59:56 · answer #7 · answered by Gods child 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
PROV.1:7 = "THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE: BUT FOOLS DESPISE WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION."
PROV.3:5 = "TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART: AND LEAN NOT UNTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING."
PSALM 86:11 = "TEACH ME THY WAY, O LORD; I WILL WALK IN THY TRUTH: UNITE MY HEART TO FEAR THY NAME."
TRUTH is:
1. "Sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth." = JN.17:17
The word in the Holy Bible from Genesis to Revelation is truth
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2. Jesus is the way, truth and life = JOHN 14:6; COL.2:6; 1PET.2:21; REV.14:12.
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3.. all commandments are truth = PSALM 119:151 (EXOD.20:1-17)
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4. The last is knowing good and evil: both sides of religion = HEB.5:14.
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{JAMES 1:5 = "IF ANY OF YOU LACK WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD, THAT GIVETH TO ALL MEN LIBERALLY, AND UPBRAIDETH NOT; AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN HIM."}
{PROV.8:17 = "I LOVE THEM THAT LOVE ME; AND THOSE THAT SEEK ME EARLY SHALL FIND ME."}
2006-11-10 12:29:56 · answer #8 · answered by KNOWBIBLE 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, since religion is based on the ideas of a church it does not make any True. They are all just ideas and opinions. They are a theory. And a theory is neither true or false.
2006-11-10 08:57:40 · answer #9 · answered by Reported for insulting my belief 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Gods child's answer is mostly correct. Orthodox was the first Christian church. Built on the scriptures and apostolic tradition. The Catholics split off from Orthodox.
2006-11-10 09:29:01 · answer #10 · answered by travelguruette 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋