Neuropteron
Active Member
Most likely you've come across the advice Jesus gave in the gospel of Matthew and Luke to “go through a narrow gate”, leading to a road that is narrow and cramped. This parable mention another road, a broad, easy one, a road that the vast majority of mankind would take.
Accordingly it mentions only two roads, one used by only a few, the other by the majority of mankind. The first leads to life the latter to destruction.
How do we know which road we are on? Which road are you on ?
Some would say that this is a difficult question to answer since there are so many religions, even Christianity is divided into thousands of sects, with dozens of new terms to explain new doctrines.
I propose that it becomes easier when we remove the shackle’s of man made philosophy and stick closely to Jesus teachings.
For instance, did the disciples in Paul's day have to deal with the Metaphysical paradox of the Trinity ? Or terms such as Hypostatic Union, or Kenosis ? Of course not, these terms (and other similar ones) have been carefully honed over 1800 years by false prophets who have been straining to explain how to fit a square peg in a round hole.
These false prophets are clever, eloquent and experts in the art of social engineering, they give the appearance of reasonableness and wisdom, but it is an illusion, because it lacks the main ingredient, the pure unadulterated word of God, or in most cases, it adds man’s philosophy to it.
Let us go back to Jesus parable. Are these - difficult to explain mysteries- accepted by the majority of Christianity ? The answer is : Yes ! Definitely.
And there you have it. That is the broad road!
Most of Christendom beliefs today stem from the second century and were clarified and ratified as doctrines in the third century. Thus the man of lawlessness is revealed, not only by the timing of his appearance and his twisting of the scriptures, but ultimately by the fact that the majority is believing his teachings.
Accordingly it mentions only two roads, one used by only a few, the other by the majority of mankind. The first leads to life the latter to destruction.
How do we know which road we are on? Which road are you on ?
Some would say that this is a difficult question to answer since there are so many religions, even Christianity is divided into thousands of sects, with dozens of new terms to explain new doctrines.
I propose that it becomes easier when we remove the shackle’s of man made philosophy and stick closely to Jesus teachings.
For instance, did the disciples in Paul's day have to deal with the Metaphysical paradox of the Trinity ? Or terms such as Hypostatic Union, or Kenosis ? Of course not, these terms (and other similar ones) have been carefully honed over 1800 years by false prophets who have been straining to explain how to fit a square peg in a round hole.
These false prophets are clever, eloquent and experts in the art of social engineering, they give the appearance of reasonableness and wisdom, but it is an illusion, because it lacks the main ingredient, the pure unadulterated word of God, or in most cases, it adds man’s philosophy to it.
Let us go back to Jesus parable. Are these - difficult to explain mysteries- accepted by the majority of Christianity ? The answer is : Yes ! Definitely.
And there you have it. That is the broad road!
Most of Christendom beliefs today stem from the second century and were clarified and ratified as doctrines in the third century. Thus the man of lawlessness is revealed, not only by the timing of his appearance and his twisting of the scriptures, but ultimately by the fact that the majority is believing his teachings.