Religion: Impure (Vain)
Religion vs Pure Religion
Of Two Religions in James 1:26,27 Choose One Only: Law or Grace:
Impure religion: this man's religion is vain religion or Pure religion.
James 3: notes pure is first pure wisdom from
above, of two wisdoms.
Grace unto you, and peace,
from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
As it seems to be a trendy fad to bash religion in general,
and not just by atheists who dare to ask challenging questions to
hunted down believers, but also by so-called grace and truth web sites
like JesusReligion.com, GospelRevolution.com, and GospeLogic.com (to
name a few I know) who have jumped on this bandwagon of branding all religion bad; And since
such a childish
fad is causing ever more
division (not peace) to both those involved and not involved
in religion;
I thought it
time to bring biblical clarity to the subject of religion: there are only two sorts
of religion allegory compared
in the
Bible: Impure and Pure, the impure sort being
called vain,
and also having the vain glory of what's "all vanity and vexation of
spirit"
x7: Law. Furthermore vain glory of vain religion involves the tongue of such
a sounding brass bandwagon which puts itself down by
putting down all religion,
instead of comparing impure and pure for awareness sake, not
condemnation: John 3:17, lest such inexcusable
behavior condemn you, and bring Romans 2 consequences,
along with Christ
being no effect to you of ye/you in Galatians
5:4. Such Humpty Dumpty fall may be great <-- greater <--
greatest, and involve a double filled cup, as given to twice fallen
Baby-lon the great <-- greater <-- greatest, as noted for you in
Revelation 18. Selah to all who adhere to full filling law and jumping
on a bandwagon having an unbridled tongue.
Galatians 5:26
Let us not be desirous of vain glory,
provoking one another, envying one another.
only law [before name] provokes: combats,
contests, irritates; and envies
Religion has been said to
cause more wars and sorrows than
anything
else. While this is true, clarity about religion should be made that
only vain religion is the
cause of
division and not peace, which Jesus brought:
Matthew 10:34; Luke 12:51; John 7:43; Hebrews 4:8. Pure religion
is about peace and not division, which Christ brought by being the end
of the law, and thereby ending all law vs law and laws vs grace divisions. Pure religion notably arrived
undefiled and
remained unspotted in a come and go visit to those afflicted with a bad
case of life + death, is a dead end. So rather than jumping on
the religion
bashing bandwagon with sounding brass atheists and tinkling cymbal
xians, we who claim to be Christ-ian should make the effort to learn
the difference
between
impure and pure religion: this
man's religion is vain religion, but pure religion isn't vain. The two
religions are allegory compared throughout the Bible, but
most clearly in James 1:26 vs 27:
James 1: 26 -vs- 27
If any man among you
seem to be religious, and bridleth not
his tongue,
but deceiveth his own heart, this
man's religion [is] vain.
-vs-
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.
So pure religion is
not about defiling yourself with your
own mouth as Jesus obviously did by law imputing sin to make "sinners",
and thereby also condemned himself according to Romans 2 (see
also Job
15:6; Matthew 15:11; Mark 7:22; Luke 6:45; James 3:10). Nor is
pure religion about getting
spotted, by being "numbered with the
transgressors": Isaiah 53:12 ... Mark 15:28. Nor is pure religion about
becoming a sacrificial scape goat to ransom sinners. Rather pure religion is about grace
and truth arriving undefiled and also remaining
unspotted in a come and go visit to those afflicted with law imputed
sin and death; And about abolishing law, thereby abolishing law imputed
sin, unpardonable sin in this world and the to come, and any need for
sacrifice to law also imputes death. For bloodshed does not purge all
sin, only "almost all", as noted for you in Hebrews 9. Only abolition
of law (which also abolishes sacrifice) purges all sin, including heart
and
conscience.
That is why "eternal
salvation"
is notably "through Jesus-->Christ",
and "reconciling
the world" to "that
God" is notably done "in Christ" (not
Jesus), and it's notably done by "not imputing sin to them":
2Corinthians 5:19. Jesus even noted if you're not reconciling, then
you're alienating: Mt
12:30. So there is no middle ground in either
good or corrupt, nor any
lukewarm in either hot or cold, nor any partiality in there is no respect of
persons with God, nor any hypocrisy in pure wisdom, nor any Humpty
Dumpty wall sitting nor any great fall in "nothing wavering", nor any
compromise in God
doesn't compromise: no man is justified by the law in the sight of
God, not even Jesus. So then, the salvation many think they have in
Jesus's sacrifice
is neither eternal salvation nor impartial, but rather it's temporal
salvation having partiality: vain religion: vain glory. God will have mercy, and not
sacrifice; Not then, not now, not ever. So James 2 says to
brethren: have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ with respect of
persons. For getting high
on sacrificial partiality of vain glory of vain religion gets you that
and this: Bravo and
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee (Revelation 2: 2-4). Against
thee? It's how with or against ends, as it did for Jesus (forsaken),
Gandhi (killed by violence in public), and G.W. Bush (hall of shame).
Pure religion is not with or
against, but
only with you all. Against such there is no law.
In James chapter 3, James also compares the two wisdoms
of the two
religions of James 1; Noting first
pure wisdom from above is also firstly peaceable of seven things grace unto
you from God our Father is: 1)peaceable 2)gentle 3)easy to be entreated
4)full of mercy 5)full of good fruit 6)without partiality 7)without
hypocrisy. On the contrary, the other wise
of two wisdoms (two religions) is notably earthy, sensual, and
devilish. So impure religion
is vain religion and has vain glory
thereof earthy sensual and devilish wisdom of impure religion. Pure religion also has glory that's not
vain. Angels are allegorically defined as stars in Revelation 1:20.
Stars notably differ in glory in 1Corinthians 15: 40,41; where three
glories are mentioned, one x1 and another x2. So vain glory of vain religion seems to have a twain
aspect, of plural stars, the sun being a singular star. So be not
mooned by plural stars, especially if they're called "another" star.
Sadly, modern christianity would by and large qualify as impure religion,
especially since "a little leaven
leaveneth the whole lump", along with judaism (jews) and islam
(muslims): three groups making up what's deemed the Abrahamic religion;
And not just Roman Catholics, but also Protestants having 24,000
flavors of such a popsicle, and the Independents who promote ever more
partiality. Perhaps the worst of these is the Salvation Army with a War Cry
instead of a focus on Christ is our peace who abolished the law,
thereby
ending all law vs law and laws vs grace divisions (dividing asunders).
As James says in chapter 2: brethren, have not the faith of our Lord
Jesus Christ with respect of persons. In other words don't be religious
with partiality; It doesn't fit a constant biblical theme of Godly
wisdom has no
partiality at all.
In fact all major
religions of the world (off site link) are impure since any pollutant pollutes the
whole, and "there is no respect of persons
with God", only against God. So, as far as God is concerned, it's
either all are unrighteous sinners by law or all are righteous saints
by grace, with no middle ground nor lukewarmness on the matter being
acceptable to God, whether God be deemed Grace or Law, not both is an
oxy-moron with a bad
ending. For contrary
things
cannot co-exist in peace; And God is not [the author] of confusion, but
[the author] of peace. But to clarify that further, His Grace is the
author of true peace, not
false peace. So let us not desire any peace that passeth all
understanding, but rather let us get the understanding that brings
internal and eternal peace to you and all the kingdom of God within
you. For "reconciling
the world"
to God isn't a partial matter, but a globe-all matter; So not to Jesus
nor to Christ, but "be ye reconciled to God" , which is notably done "in Christ" of through Jesus -->
Christ, by and unto "that God", which is not
God our Destroyer: Law, but is God our Saviour:
Grace. But Noahic grace + law is not the same as JC grace + truth, so
the end written to endure unto also clarifies what sort of grace is
with you all:
The grace
of our Lord Jesus
Christ with you all. Amen.
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