Do You Have To Be Religious To Believe In God?

 

The Most High God Summons Every Person To Say They Are Sorry

God is fully pure devoid of even the slightest tint of bad in His actions or thoughts.
God is the designer of patience, honesty, purity, love, holiness and much, much more. And that is just how He made our planet.

Exactly Who Is The Most High God

This is not an idea that God simply decided to do, to make life harder for us, it IS who He is. God Most High, cannot ever become something else, or do anything else. All His laws are there to protect His holy nature and to safeguard us.
These governing laws were instituted INTO the whole universe, and also, formulated into the human race.
He is unable to do anything that opposes His Integrity. You could consider it the 'durable laws of the cosmos.'
And so, the Sovereign God of the Bible is the Great Builder God of the whole universe, as well as the creator of the littlest element of a proton, which is unseen by us. Now this is what God's Word tells us of God Most-Holy:

My name is the LORD! I won't let idols or humans share my glory and praise. (Isaiah 42:8) For Jehovah thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. (Deuteronomy 4:24)
Jehovah is high above all nations, born? His glory is above the heavens. (Psalm 113:4)
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O LORD, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things. (1 Chronicles 29:11)
And all the angels stood around the throne...and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God, (Revelation 7:11)
"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand... (Job 38:4)
Knewest thou? for shalt thou then be born, and the number of thy days great?..... (Job 38:21)
Can you bind the cluster of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?..... (Job 38:31)
Then the LORD answered Job: Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who argues with God give an answer. Then Job answered the LORD and said, I am so insignificant. How can I answer you? I place my hand over my mouth. Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.?..... Are you trying to prove that I am unjust--to put me in the wrong and yourself in the right? And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His? (Job 40:1-5, 8,9)
Then Job answered and said to the Lord, I know that you can do anything and no plan of yours can be thwarted. For who is he that hides counsel from thee? or who keeps back his words, and thinks to hide them from thee? and who will tell me what I knew not, great and wonderful things which I understood not? Please hear, and I speak; You said, I ask you, and you cause Me to know. ?I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You; Wherefore I abhor myself , And repent in dust and ashes. (Job 42:1-6)
Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:3)


Most people nowadays, have only heard about God, they are yet to actually encountered Him.
Then for what reason, do we arrogantly insist on explanations from God, to pretty much everything we differ with? Obviously, the significant questions we have of the crimes against the innocent and of universal justice are good, yet not to the degree where we can demand that the Supremely powerful Creator God to give humans an explanation of His so-called inept handling of things.

Each Created Creature Is Legally Owned By The Designer

Holy God not only owns the universe, but He also owns us too, and what He would like is what belongs to Him. His command is to love and serve Him in turn. It usually is hard to swallow, but this world is His program, and He is able to construct it how He wishes. If we built it, we would make the rules. But, Almighty God states:

'You must love the LORD your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength. These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.' (Deuteronomy 6:5-6)

If Sovereign God Wished For Bots He Might Well Have Created Human Beings As Robotic Machines

The Creator God may possibly have removed the danger from this life, to make our life more comfier, but only by making absolutely everyone as subservient robotic machines. However, that is absolutely not what the Creator God wanted.
God Most High desired an individual that enjoyed free will and are able to voluntarily choose to love Him.
A being somewhat similar to His being.

There Is Danger Of Granting Humans Independent Choice

Yet, the danger with giving your created being their own capacity to choose how they lived, is that they may possibly rebel against the creator, and that is definitely what we have done.
This is a problem, think about all of the occasions we do or think about think about or do that are bad, often known as wickedness in the Holy Bible, they entirely trample on God's character and holiness, and once again, you may possibly say violating the Changeless Laws of the universe - the structured universe He put together. These transgressions have divorced us from Holy God.

'The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it?' (Jeremiah 17:9)

'Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.' (Psalm 19:12)

Visualize it like this dreadful comparison. A new sterile and clean wipe removed from a brand new unopened packing to clean your badly bleeding gash, in comparison with a previously used, dirty wipe which has been stepped and sat upon for a few months off the doctor's area seating or flooring. So how are you feeling? Eww, revolting. But, that is merely a touch of how Almighty God feels about the things we do bad, which involves the so-called unimportant stuff we do bad and bad thoughts, that offend His holiness, and goes against the unalterable laws of the cosmos.
Even the bad things we consider unimportant, for instance: being a blasphemer, refusing to forgive somebody that insulted us, arrogance, bitterness and neglecting God our Creator, etc....

Sin Needs To Be Paid In Full And The God Of Heaven Is The Debt Collector

Our sins are debts to God:
'and forgive us our debts, as we have also forgiven our debtors.' (Matthew 6:12)

Every one of these wrong things are an offence against the sheer pureness, honor and rule of the Most High God. For any instance we perpetrate them, it is to give God a smack in the face. In the Scriptures, contained in His Law, The Lord says that it is bad to thieve, have you at some time, thieved anything ever? The Lord tells us that we respect our father and mother. Did you ever talkback to your parents? The Lord says not to speak His Holy name in vain or disrespectfully. At any time, have you ever blasphemed His Name? The Lord says do not long for things that belong to others. Have you at some time, had a strong desire to have another person's life circumstances, home, partner or belongings?

Sovereign God knows about everything. And, each and every evil MUST be put right. A day is coming when every evil MUST be convicted and judged, or it could be said, clear the account to heal and be one with the changeless laws of the universe. Or as the Bible describes it; to satisfy the anger of Holy God. This will shock nearly everybody, as they have been told that the Sovereign God really loves everybody endlessly, that they have the idea that The Holy God would never be wrathful with any person due to some wrong they have done.

Frequently I hear people, blind to these fundamentals, asking ?How can a loving God be like that? What is this added necessity on purity??

And I reply, "Sure, God Most High actually does love people, but still humans are not able to receive the love aspect of God Most High and take no notice of the purity aspect. It's not possible. It is plainly expressed in the Bible, but you are rarely told about such things. Sad to say, these days preachers mostly just tell the pleasant things, rather than the whole unpleasant teaching.
You will never comprehend the Heavenly God by means of our worldly objectives, calculations and conduct. Sovereign God actually is ?out of this world? and He informs humans just who, He really is and about how He operates in his book. Expecting Him to follow our system, just gives us a useless faith in a belief that is not true and is going to end in the near future.
Human beings mistakenly fault God for the evils in life, but it is not God?s failing. He made it all flawlessly, The first man botch it and we continue to screw up. They trample on God's character and holiness; the 'durable laws of the cosmos.' God could not simply come along and make everything perfect for humankind. The pattern or progression of the world that Sovereign God set in motion, has to be concluded.
Our sin debts must be paid for.

Having said that, God provided a way for our evil to be punished, to pay the spiritually legal demands of God's unshakable Law, the uncompromising law of the cosmos. And that wondrous way, was the nailing to a cross, death, burial and the resurrecting of His Son, Jesus. And, this wondrous strategy was achieved for everyone to see in front of the audience of all creation in the universe ? mankind, angels and Satan.
Jesus Christ was the flawless sacrifice that can pay for your wrong; conduct, thoughts and attitudes. No other way is able to pay for all our evil.
The Bible says:

'for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God'' (Romans 3:23)
So, merely being a 'really good boy or girl? and doing many 'good' things can't save us from the serious consequence of the evil conduct, thoughts and attitudes, just Jesus can. If all we do in our lives is to be the perfect man or woman and that can include going to church, that doesn't save anybody and won't permit any person to enter into heaven. Meaning, going to hell, often known as everlasting anguish:

'For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.' (Romans 6:23)

No, it is not being good that will save you us, you must repent of all the bad things you did, and be a servant of Almighty God. I shall explain this with more detail shortly.

Due to this I find that going to a funeral of one that is not a follower of Jesus Christ genuinely bothers me. Which is also why my central focus in my life is informing people about who the Creator God really is. To inform people who do not go to church, and more than that, to others who do go to church but do not correctly fully understood what it was about. The false impression of the Creator God is common, and is due to the fact that the message they heard was not clear or it was weakened by the incorrect traditions of modern political correctness, from pastors relentlessly trying to cause the Everlasting, immutable Almighty God to seem as if He is simply a lovable, warm grandaddy type god, without His serious holiness and the judging of sinnful things. That is definitely a fake god a creation of their own fantasies.
Constantly I hear agnostics argue ?How could God act like this, I thought He was a God of great love?? Yes, but you cannot deny God's judging of sinnful things, because His Holy Scriptures pronounces significantly more in relation to His righteousness and judging of sinnful things, than His great love.
You cannot grasp the truth of the Creator God through the use of our perceptions and principles. Sovereign God is absolutely is ?out of this world? and He teaches humans who He really is and how He governs in the Holy Bible. Wanting Him to conform to human standards, merely offers us a hazardously mistaken picture of Sovereign God.
But, consider, there's no possible way to trick God into thinking you truly belong to Him when you do not truly mean it. God knows our each and every thought on your mind.

The Most High God Made Available The Payment For Absolutely All Sin, Yet...

The only way to have your own personal sins discharged and avoid hell, is to recognise how wicked we actually are in front of a Righteous God, and to say that we are really sorry for our wrongdoing. And next to completely give up your own being to Him, and follow His rule as our administrator for the remainder of our lives. Fundamentally this, is the right model of things on the earth He formed for His enjoyment:

'And He was saying to them all, ?If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.' (Luke 9:23)

God did not say ?Simply be a good or pleasant person, achieve some good works for others, and you will live with me in our heavenly home .?
No, this is what the Creator God proclaimed as regards how to be forgiven of your transgression:

'And to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others, he spoke also this parable:
"Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: ?I thank you, God, that I am not like other people?cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I?m certainly not like that tax collector! 'I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.' But the publican stood afar off, and he would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote his breast, saying, O God, be merciful to me, I am a sinner.
I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.?' (Luke 18:9-14)

The Teacher of the law in this parable is not doing the supposedly ?really bad' sins like child abuse, as we say, yet he was not forgiven by God.
Yet, the collector of taxes does do ?really bad' wrong things yet was forgiven by God, due to the fact that he really regretted his conduct.
It is a humiliating step to acknowledge we have been and are, evil and to surrender our life absolutely to the Creator God. However, without it we would not be saved from our transgressions, we have got to come to Almighty God humble and helpless. Jesus Christ said :

'Jesus invited a little child to stand among them. And said, Verily I say to you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.' (Matthew 18:2-3)

Being Protected From Hellish Torment Will Not Be By Being Good

'for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.' (Ephesians 2:8)

Will You Prefer Anguish Or Yield Always To God?

'And He was saying to them all, ?If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.' (Luke 9:23)

To ?Take up our cross on a daily basis? signifies, we have got to obey in a self-giving fashion daily for God.
The Bible also says:

'Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice--alive, holy, and pleasing to God--which is your reasonable service. (Romans 12:1)

'But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord, always ready for a defense to everyone asking you an account concerning the hope in you; yet with gentleness and fear.' (1Peter 3:15)

To sum up: God will become your boss. Permanently. And as His Book instructs, we live for Jesus Christ, studying the Scriptures, praying each day, informing others who God is, and serving some others as we are guided to. The Creator God, is our mission and ambition for the whole of our future.

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