Yes I would certainly agree that a true Christian has to believe all that. But what do you say about the 10 Commandments and God's Holy days ? There is never any mention of these.
In the first instance I was shown a supernatural event in my mind and I believed and realized the Bible is a true work. This happened in about 5 seconds and less intense occurrences continued over 3 years.
Yes, when I first began to go to Church the idea attracted me that a few rules set a standard to be followed. And also the Holy days were events showing salvation etc. Those Churches following such practices were full of sincere people but there was a lack of depth in their conviction. The rebellious nature was apparent.
In comparison to what I had received in the beginning there wasn't a lot of Spirit. When I left it took me me several years to get free because instead of simple spirit lead belief I had become indoctrinated and now thought it was all about those calender events and the commandments. Setting a day for the sabbath burdened the family up and it was not a rest day at all.
All this left me in a very dry place for about 10 years. A fast was started, more for health reasons than anything, but I did pick up the Bible and listened to a Christian radio station. Some of the initial spirit was regained progressively over the days. The fast was eventually continued for three weeks. I had a dream that the fifth angel was about to sound his trumpet. This was 2weeks before Iraq invaded Kuwait. The sixth angel sounds and the four Spirits that bound the great river Euphrates are released to kill a third of mankind. I am not a Bible scholar. This happened before I was completely in the renewed mind.
Over that time I began to get a sense that there were changes within me. Any preachers that were listened to on the radio revealed a hardness off their hearts and couldn't be listened to. The best and most enlightened though was Derek Prince but even he was limited. These changes lead me all the way to a new perfect nature and being powerfully energized in my body, heart and mind. My own flesh nature was covered completely. The conclusions are that the events depicted in the old Testament are actually about the transformation in the mind. Jesus led captivity captive, disarming the powers that bond humans. Every instance was fulfilled in Him.
Modern science is showing the bonding and how it works. It is all to do with chemicals and hormones. Psychology shows that men with deep voices and woman with high voices were thought by others to be more prone to adultery. This involves the hormone estrogen. Everyone is captured in a sensory experience with body language facial expression and voice all clues from out of the mind. These clues stir up a response because there is a similar chemical combination that produces feelings that are read in the mind. These show the inner person. Mind induced brain chemicals and hormones drive every one along in all behavior.
The Churches are no different. The story may be but it is still human bonding. Keeping behavior in check and suppressed by own mental ability is only having some composure at the most. What happens when the pressure comes on and that may just be a pointed remark that is verbally retaliated to or even in thought only.
I know and have been shown that everything we see and live in is relevant to what the scriptures are talking about, but man has turned the scriptures into a religion.
The scriptures are about escaping the kingdom of Satan. This is the active Spirit behind all personality and is in own mind. All mankind is deceived by this power.
There is a way of being transformed in the mind and then the chemicals and hormones are not a key player in responses. These are reduced and then in an act of breaking inwardly in full belief a new perfect nature is revealed and God's spirit indwells powerfully.
I now tend to have the day off on Saturday, doing nothing but just reflecting and trying to keep all own personal things to one side to rest my mind. I pick it up a bit on Sunday. I have to say, my mind is continually on scriptures there is never a let up most other work which is technical is a distraction. General chores are not a bother.
But there is a time of dedication that is required in fasting, prayer and speaking out to experience the renewed mind and be fulled with the spirit of God, the Eternal. From the new perspective there is no law that can be broken.
I would not suggest any one break one of the commandments purposely but the whole answer isn't there but it is in the renewed mind and heart and this is by the power of God.
Mar 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Joh 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Joh 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Luk 6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Rom 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
1Jn 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Rom 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
2Co 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
The Spirit of God gives life.
