Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away;behold, all things are become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
Being a Christian is much more than reading the Bible and praying to God; it's living the transcendent life, the God-life, here on earth. This is beyond religion. Those who don't know what Christianity is call it a religion.
Religion is any cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, ethics, or organizations, that relate humanity to the supernatural or transcendental. (I found this in Wikipedia Guys)
But look at what the Bible refers to as religion. It is found in James 1:27: " 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."
The Christian is by all means a superman. He's one with whom anything is possible, because he has the life and nature of God; He has authority over all the powers of darkness. Jesus said i Mark 16:17-18, " And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."
Then in Luke 10:19, he said " nothing shall by any means hurt you!" It doesn't matter how harmful, poisonous or evil that thing is, it doesn't have the power to hurt you. You're of God, which means your origin is in God; you are born of Him. This is Christianity. Eternal Life has been imparted to your spirit; you've received the life of God that dispels darkness, sickness, disease, poverty, failure and death.
You've become an associate of the God-kind. This is beyond religion.
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for the
working of your Word in my
spirit. My life is the expression
of your glory, beauty, and grace.
You've made me a life-giver,
an associate of the God-kind,
manifesting the divine life to my
world, in Jesus' Name. Amen.
