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    The Common Christianity: God's Undefiled True Religion: The Common Christianity, #1
    The Common Christianity: God's Undefiled True Religion: The Common Christianity, #1
    The Common Christianity: God's Undefiled True Religion: The Common Christianity, #1
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    The Common Christianity: God's Undefiled True Religion: The Common Christianity, #1

    By Paul A. Lynch

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    Christianity is the largest religion in the world today with over 2 billion followers all calling themselves Christians.  Christianity in the past suffered violence and a lot of wars were fought in the name of Christianity. Although Jesus Christ name brings peace, we have seen where the name Christianity only brought chaos. Is there really a difference between the religion that men have made versus that Jesus has formed?  We, in truth, need to ask ourselves some serious questions though such as "Did Jesus Christ really form the religion Christianity? Where in the entire Bible did Jesus Christ call his disciples Christians?" We can ask a lot of philosophical questions but unless we get the answers we'll still be left in the dark. I know that there are many Christian churches worldwide all claiming to have a relationship with Jesus Christ but are we sure Jesus has established all these places of worship? How many churches did Jesus form? Didn't Jesus say "Upon this Rock will I build my Church and the gates of Hell will not prevail?" Didn't He say these things? The truth is Jesus Christ said these things and more. He has the words of Eternal Life. The Bible doesn't speak of Christianity or even vain religion, but rather it speaks of the Living Jesus Christ. Do you want to understand and learn the truth of Jesus Christ and not the vain religion called Christianity? 
     
    How often do we go to church? Are the lovely cathedrals on earth the Church of Jesus Christ? Is a nice building the Church of Jesus Christ? In fact, how can we identify the Church of Jesus Christ? With so many fake churches and religions in the world, how can we know for certain that we serve the Jesus Christ of the Bible? Do we dwell among people who just so-called "love Jesus" but have no actions of His love in their lives and to others? The saying goes: "Go to church and find Jesus." But where in the Holy Bible is such a thing written?  Didn't the Holy Bible say to come out of her My people? Didn't Jesus say come out of Babylon? So how's it we are still sitting and living comfortably in the plains of Babylon? 
     
    And how about the different titles for Jesus Christ. Do you know them? Do you also know the different names of Satan? What do you know about ancient gods, goddesses, and strong men? Are you familiar with the gods of ancient Egypt and Greece? Do you know about Pan, Amun, Amunra, and the Goat of Mendes? If you want to learn more about these things then read this

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGrowing World Inc
    Release dateApr 18, 2018
    ISBN9781386028222
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      The Common Christianity - Paul A. Lynch

      The Common Christianity

      God’s Undefiled True Religion

      Written by Paul A. Lynch

      Copyright ©2018 by Paul A. Lynch. All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any way by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the author.

      Original Book design Copyright © 2018 by Paul A. Lynch. All rights reserved.

      Printed in the United States of America.

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      All Scripture texts used throughout this work are taken from the ESV-English Standard Version of the Bible, KJV- King James Version, and the New International Version- NIV

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Jesus: The Words to Eternal Life

      The Way to Eternal Life

      The Oneness of Christ Jesus

      Jesus the Revealer of Secrets

      Temptation in the Wilderness

      The Words of Truth

      Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

      Who Art Thou Lord?

      The Bride of Christ

      The Anti- Christ and the Real Christ

      The Baphomet Known as Satan or the Devil

      The Cross of Christ

      Message to the Believers in Christ

      Scriptures about Who Jesus Christ Really Is

      Extra Words

      Other Books By The Author

      Acknowledgment  

      First of all, I must thank God the Father without whom this work would not be possible. Thanks be to Jesus Christ the Son of God who has given me the victory over the evil one. Last but not least, thanks to everyone who will read this book and believe its message in entirety, and walk in the light and truth of God’s word.

      Introduction

      CHRISTIANITY HAS BEEN around as a major world religion for many centuries and it is on every continent in today’s world. Many wars have been fought based on world religions, particularly Christianity. Christianity had undergone constant challenges and persecution in the past, and many persons were killed or martyred because of their faith or belief in Christianity or Christ. And even in our present-day Christians are facing constant persecution from other groups in the world who are anti-Christ.  From the world’s history books one can see that this is a documented fact.  In the past Christianity was real to those who truly believed in Jesus Christ as their only Savior and Lord. Now it is a different story that you have heard because people don’t have to believe in Jesus’ words anymore to become a Christian today. That’s right! At least that is what they choose to believe. Many have the concept that once they have been born into the religion they automatically are born into God’s Heaven. In other words, they’re just an associate of Christ who has no real sustainable relationship with the Savior. Sin’s deception is great but God’s never-ending love is greater than condemnation. God is greater than our fears. Jesus Christ had nothing to do with the name Christianity, although many think that the word ‘Christ’ and ‘Christianity’ mean the same thing. Christ means Anointed one of Israel, but Christianity is a religion which causes many to be deceived. The Bible talks about true religion. The Bible doesn’t talk about Christianity, but rather pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father. Look at 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. If the apostle James doesn’t sum it up beautifully for us I don’t know who will. The religion of man is controversial. In other words, it’s wrapped in controversy and fault. However, the religion of God through Christ is perfect, without error or flaw. It’s life everlasting, righteous, true and faithful.  Are you still not convince that God’s religion is neither Jewish, Christian, Muslim, nor Orthodox? Well, let’s look at Micah. Micah 6:8 states, "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? The prophet Micah here declares to us the religion that God commands us to fulfill, accept, and follow. This Scripture text is similar to James 1:27. On earth in religions people will always be guided by some leader, and also to do some stuff to be good so that they may have good life and good things. That’s what fake religion teaches you to do. It teaches that you must be good first for ‘God’ to accept you, or that you must practice a set of traditions, culture, rules, and regulations, in order to please God. We must be baffled by such vain sayings like, ‘change yourself then come before God.’ God’s religion which is once again, pure, holy, and undefiled teaches us that we must come to Christ no matter how we are because we can’t change ourselves. It’s fascinating to see how many fake religions the world is following to the shadowy pits of Hell. If man could have changed or saved himself, then God wouldn’t have come to earth. God looked on the earth to see if one did good or righteousness, and He found none (see Psalm 14:2-3). None seek after God’s laws, righteousness, and statues. As long as people on earth hold true to fables, then God can’t work as how He would have desired to. All those who hold to vain Christianity are truly holding on to fables. If you hold on to Judaism you are holding on to fables. If you are holding on to Islam you are in truth holding on to fables. If you hold on to any man-made belief system or tradition you are holding on to fables. This sounds really harsh but it’s the truth. Jesus Christ said, Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.  I’m not advocating world religions nor Christianity here, but rather Christ Jesus the only wise God having dominion and power. In truth, let’s all strive to hold on to Christ’s unchanging religion of truth, holiness, and righteousness.

      Christ called the people of his day and even presently ‘Children’, Children meaning of God or of the Devil (see Luke 6:35). Christ called no one Christian. Christ called none of His disciples servants, but rather son or friends (see John 15:15). The only place in Scripture where servant is used is in the Gospels as either profitable servant or unprofitable. In truth, no Christian knows the will of God the Father. What am I saying? Please understand that Jesus Christ called His disciples friends after He revealed the will of the Father to them. Think of it this way: If you are just a mere employee at a company, would the Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O.) reveal anything to you about the company’s financial records or the plans he or she has for it in terms of development? Absolutely not. The C.E.O. wouldn’t think you are that important to give explanations on what he may or may not do. Probably you might even work half your life at the company without ever seeing the C.E.O. At first, Jesus didn’t reveal much to His disciples. However, later we saw Jesus who said, We are now friends. You are not just the mere workers now, but you are joint-partner with me or joint-heirs. So it is when we call ourselves Christians, we don’t know anything about the company we work for (God in Christ). In other words, we are just hired servants with little knowledge. However, when we are Children of God, then we are not just mere workers or hired guns, but we are friends of the C.E.O. Jesus Christ. This means anything the C.E.O. may do he’ll tell you since you’re now a partner of the company and not just a mere worker.  The Christian who just accepts he’s a Christian or follower of Christ can never be truly one with God. The Christian has to become a Child of God or a joint-heir with Christ to understand the mystery of God. Without the knowledge of who one is in Christ, then he can’t be called a Son of God. Isn’t it a bit ironic that throughout the Bible none of Jesus’ disciples, prophets, and apostles called each other a Christian? Why then, do 2.3 billion people or more worldwide call each other Christian? The truth is that man from the very beginning of existence always wanted to develop their own concepts that differ from Jesus’ faith. God said to Adam don’t eat from the tree, but his wife persuaded him otherwise. Here we see that the serpent’s religion seemed to be more delightful to Eve than God’s religion. It is the same thing today in this world. There are billions of people serving God like how they feel He should be served. Jesus Christ prophesied of this great apostasy (see 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12). In the last days terrible times shall come (see 2 Timothy 3). How can earth endure this terrible time without having true religion before God from within? Being a mere Christian just will not cut it. Satan and his followers are Christians, but are they Children of God or Sons of God? No! When Jesus was on earth He often had confrontations with the Sadducees, Scribes, and Pharisees because His religion was different from their own. The Sadducees, Scribes, and Pharisees said they practiced the religion of their ancestors such as Moses, Abraham, Joshua, and Jacob, however, Jesus Christ declared that was a lie (see John 10:22-39; Luke 20:45-47; 17:20). There are many other instances of these encounters in Scripture. All true prophets of God practice righteousness in Jesus Christ and not some rules of people. When we look at Christianity today do we see anything that God had ordain from the beginning in it? No! What we see are leaders, believers, and teachers walking according to their own lusts just as how their forefathers did. The question can be asked to the unfaithful Pharisees, Sadducees, and Scribes, Which of the Holy prophets of God didn’t your fathers persecute? The Scripture speaks about the love of money, however, money isn’t the problem, but in man there will always be a struggle to walk in the flesh versus in the Spirit. Religion of men and people can’t stop the lusts of the flesh, rather only Jesus’ salvation can. False religion can’t forgive you of sins, but Jesus’ salvation can. We need to create a table or chart and list and see the differences between Jesus’ religion to that of our ancestors. Is it the same God that we are worshipping? Is God the epicenter of Sunday or Sabbath worship? Is your calling being fulfilled in Christ? When you are in a fake religious group you can never discover your true calling because you’re walking in error. The Scripture reminds us to turn from the errors of our ways and fathers and turn to God. However, many still cling to the teachings of men who divert to other means and ways to tell them of good things. The true religion or Church can’t be found in the traditions and cultures of men or denominations of earth, but it can only be found in Jesus Christ. Denominations and creeds can’t save you, only Jesus Christ can. Satan has blinded people’s eyes for centuries to think that their denomination or church group was or still is the only truth. Jesus’ religion isn’t about denominations or social clubs, rather it’s about righteousness in God by walking and living in His words and truth. Denominations teach you to adhere to their rules, laws, regulations, philosophies, code of ethics, and the list goes on.  However, Jesus teaches us not to be deceived by unscrupulous men because many are in this world.

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