To be free from religion is to be free from the law and sin.
The words law and religion mean the same thing. When one is doing their religion they are doing the law. When one is doing the law they are doing their religion. The law or religion is what people do to make themselves pleasing to God or to please God.
Here is the problem for those that are living by religion. God does not accept the works or the obedience of sinners, Which we are all one of, Romans 3:10. God only accepts the works and the obedience of Jesus Christ, we are accepted only in him and because of his merit. If you want to go to heaven you will have to accept the works and the person of Jesus Christ and be saved by his merit and not your own.
Jesus has victoriously fulfilled the law and has abolished it for the Christian, Ephesians 2:15. The Christian is not subject to the law, nor does he live by it. He lives by the Spirit of Christ and not the letter of the law, Paul wrote, "The letter (law) kills, but the Spirit gives life" 2 Corinthians 3:6. Paul also said that the law made him want to sin, "For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came sin revived and I died" Romans 7:9. The law made Paul want to sin. There is something in human nature that when we are told not to do something, we want to do it.
If Jesus has atoned for our sins and the sins of the whole world, 1 John 2:2 also 1 John 4:14. And if Jesus has fulfilled and has abolished the law for believers and we have been Made perfect and complete "In Christ" Colossians 2:10, then why would anyone need religion? What good is Calvinism if God sees us as perfect and complete "In Christ"? What good is Catholicism If the law has been fulfilled and abolished and sin has been atoned for? All religions are worthless. Spiritually, we who are believers, "Have been raised up and have been made to sit together in heavenly places in Jesus Christ" Ephesians 2:6.
By faith we are "In Christ" and Christ is in heaven. No religion needed.
The words law and religion mean the same thing. When one is doing their religion they are doing the law. When one is doing the law they are doing their religion. The law or religion is what people do to make themselves pleasing to God or to please God.
Here is the problem for those that are living by religion. God does not accept the works or the obedience of sinners, Which we are all one of, Romans 3:10. God only accepts the works and the obedience of Jesus Christ, we are accepted only in him and because of his merit. If you want to go to heaven you will have to accept the works and the person of Jesus Christ and be saved by his merit and not your own.
Jesus has victoriously fulfilled the law and has abolished it for the Christian, Ephesians 2:15. The Christian is not subject to the law, nor does he live by it. He lives by the Spirit of Christ and not the letter of the law, Paul wrote, "The letter (law) kills, but the Spirit gives life" 2 Corinthians 3:6. Paul also said that the law made him want to sin, "For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came sin revived and I died" Romans 7:9. The law made Paul want to sin. There is something in human nature that when we are told not to do something, we want to do it.
If Jesus has atoned for our sins and the sins of the whole world, 1 John 2:2 also 1 John 4:14. And if Jesus has fulfilled and has abolished the law for believers and we have been Made perfect and complete "In Christ" Colossians 2:10, then why would anyone need religion? What good is Calvinism if God sees us as perfect and complete "In Christ"? What good is Catholicism If the law has been fulfilled and abolished and sin has been atoned for? All religions are worthless. Spiritually, we who are believers, "Have been raised up and have been made to sit together in heavenly places in Jesus Christ" Ephesians 2:6.
By faith we are "In Christ" and Christ is in heaven. No religion needed.
