Many Christians here now say: "I have no religion; I have Jesus" It that good or bad practice and Theology ?

Question

First consider the definitions of "true religion".

On the 3rd or 4th day of my question, I will list here some good definitions of "true religion". On the last day of this question, I will state my views here on this as a Jesusonian Christian Truthist and Evangelist for over 31 years.

Thank you for all sincere answers. Thank you for the stars too.
Peace and progress in and with our Living Master Jesus Christ here ! John 16:7-16

TRUE RELIGION IS: (a few good statements of many)

True religion is to know God as your Father and each human as your brother.

True religion is the revelation to man of his divine and eternal destiny.

True religion is a living, personal faith experience in God's Spirit - a sacred insight into Reality.

True religion is the act of an individual soul in its self-conscious relations with our loving Creator Father

Thus, religion is real and good ! But being a member of a religious church denomination may often not be a true personal relationship with God in Jesus Christ and One in Spirit. You can have a real personal religion as a son of God without being a church member. "Priesthood of all believers in Jesus."

TRUE CHRISTIAN RELIGION is knowing that our Sovereign God-Man Savior Jesus Christ has you and me and all humans secure in Himself fully here in His Spirit of God ! He is the "Master Potter", we are the ever perfecting "clay". True religion in and with Jesus is good ! Present Christians divided up into over 38,000 different church beliefs worldwide is not good. Joining a church is not true religion; memorizing their partly defective creeds/traditions is not true religion.

If you only have "Jesus within you", He would not be big enough to elevate, transform and perfect you ! If God were SMALL enough for our human understanding; He would not be BIG enough for our real needs.

True religion with and under Jesus Christ is Eternal; mere churches and creeds come and go, and are continually being upstepped by ever higher Epochal- and auto-Revelations and ever more God-conscious humans.

Peace and progress in Jesus into His all Truth of God !

Answer 1

I assume that they are stating that they believe in Jesus as the Christ but don't want to be involved with organized religion. My father was of that mindset after WWII. He saw way too much lack of faith from priests and ministers. He believed in God and felt more comfortable talking to Him directly. As he communed with God frequently and had a strong personal testimony this worked for him.

For many, however it is important to have the fellowship of others. This gives them the opportunity to serve when they may not seek it out on their own. Also as stated in Matthew 18:20 For where two of three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Answer 2

Life is so much a process of growing, physically, to a point and continuing on inside, emotionally, intellectually with more information and spiritually. Every answer seems to bring more question. Life is such a pleasure because of ever finding new information and new insights. Some try to freeze it and say this is science or this is religion, a body of facts. The first thing my chemistry teacher said is that science is a process of seeking truth and methods for doing that. "Seek and you shall find", "Know the truth and the truth will set you free." Know can be thought of as present progressive as in keep on knowing the truth. In each experience, see the truth and how it relates to you, what you are doing and is it what you want to be doing. Life seems to be in the process. Fundamentalism in religion and science seems to be freeze. What the police tell you when they arrest you. Some would arrest us. Even fundamentalist atheist would say believe the way we do. Don't look into the difficult, I am satisfied were I am. Satisfaction is important. More important than progress for the individual for a time, but I'm not to happy with that idea for society as a whole necessarily. Let everyone move at the pace they require at this time, but staying in one position can get pretty uncomfortable after a while also. We all must move sooner or later. I can't stay in one church and hear one or two preachers' views forever. What sense can that make? Jesus sent his disciples out into all the world like a parent sends a child out into life, but if you're comfortable at home, hey, do what you like. That may be just the thing for you, your base, but to make no progress wherever you are, well, I can't stand that. Judaism was a nurturing position for religion. I suspect it's all supposed to grow to overtake the whole earth as spirituality is doing now, even science is studying it. In Joel he said, "I will pour out my spirit on all flesh." In some ways a 31 AD view of the world is inappropriate as the world turns.

Answer 3

It's not even about religion it's about our spiritual re-birth unto Jesus Christ. Jesus was not a religious man, he was a spiritual man with the one and only true sayings of God. The religious men were those that believed in God the Father yet they denied Jesus is the son. I personally believe religion is the anti-christ, trying to trip up the followers of Christ. And yes Satan and his followers know Gods words are true and faithful. Liars are intelligent people, there minds are always at work scheming up a new lie to cover the last one untill eventually the whole story is almost completely false but it sure sounds convincing. Religion is false doctrine. The bible clearly states that the anti-christ was already and will continue to come into the world with false doctrines.

Answer 4

The New Testament says that true religion is to help widows and orphans and stay unstained from the world. I am not into religion, I'm into a relationship with Jesus Christ. I love Him, read the Word of God, worship with other believers and do what pleases Him. It pleases Jesus for us to help those who are poor and need help, especially old people and children who've been abandoned. It pleases Jesus when I live like Him and don't let the world squeeze me into its mold. (mold: selfishness, me first, worship money, overdoing alcohol, sex, food, money, anything,- loving things and using people)

I will not put any religious group higher than Jesus Christ. I have met so-called believers who worship the variety of church denomination that they are in more than they care for Jesus - that is wrong!!

The Word of God says to worship with other believers and not to be a lone ranger type Christian. Never does the Word espouse any one variety of Christian practice over another. God puts up with denominations because He knows we all don't see things quite the same, so He is patient with us in our differences and weaknesses.

Answer 5

True religion is to care for the widows and orphans ~

religion is works and rules and regulations of man
having a relationship with Jesus on a personal level with daily fellowship is a whole different thing because religious rituals and works have nothing to do with living for Jesus
it is a one on one walk with God almighty being led by Him to minister to the poor and needy

Answer 6

re·li·gion
–noun 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.

What makes Christians say that they don't have a religion, but a relationship is the fact that we don't need to do anything specific to believe in Jesus. We don't have to attend a certain type of church or participate in certain rituals. We don't have to obey doctrines set down by a church. We obey the word of God as it is given to us in the Bible and we honor Jesus withou our lives, not rituals in church.

That being said, Christianity would definately fall into the "religion" catagory.

Answer 7

I guess I am one of these "Christians on here that now say", I have no religion, I have Jesus. I can't say if it is good or bad for theology, I just know what I believe in my heart and I know that God know it as well. I don't think I have to belong to a certain Church group or division in order to be considered a Christian.

Answer 8

The Bible uses the word religion.

James 1:26, 27, "If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his [own] heart, this man's religion is worthless. Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of [our] God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world."

Answer 9

not all Christians do this. As somebody who used to stick to that philosophy, i could desire to be waiting to furnish you an answer, however. i could say those good issues because of the fact of each and every of the changes i could locate in church homes i could circulate to. i could grow to be so annoyed with attempting to make certain what i became into "meant" to believe, i ultimately gave up. I grabbed my Bible and began interpreting. I do have a private courting with Jesus, and by the Bible I found out the way He needed me to stay. for this reason, i did not perceive myself with any specific denomination of Christianity. I merely lived because of the fact the Bible informed me I could.

Answer 10

Christians, myself included, see Christianity more as a relationship rather than a religion. Yes we go to church and there are elements of religion. However you can have all the ceremony you want if there is no relationship it is pointless.