Faith is admitting that we don’t have what it takes to work for our salvation. It is simply by putting our confidence in the work of Jesus through the cross that we are saved. It’s that easy!
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Studies have shown that the hippocampus of one’s brain, which is responsible for short-term memory, shrinks when one is under stress. In other words, the more stressed you become, the more forgetful you become. Further studies have shown that religious people tend to have short-term memory lapses, indicating that their hippocampi have become reduced. The researchers put this down to the stresses involved in following the precepts of religious rites.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast.
As Christians, we do follow the precepts of our scriptures. However, true Christianity is not a set of rules; it’s a relationship. The essence of salvation for a Christian is not religious works but a submissive faith in God’s grace – and grace is God’s doing. He did it by sending Jesus, his righteous son, to die for sin in our place (because the wages of sin is death) and then, by his resurrection, to create a way for us to be forgiven of sin. Jesus became sin for us so that, in him, we might become God’s righteousness. The Law of the Spirit of life in Christ has set us free from the requirements of dead religious rites. Faith is admitting that we don’t have what it takes to work for our salvation. It is simply by putting our confidence in the work of Jesus through the cross that we are saved. It’s that easy!
Kathryn Khulman said, “Christianity is not a religion; Christianity is a supernatural revelation.” Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest,” and “my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Religion is bearing up under the yoke of religious rites, while true Christianity is simply tracking your life track by faith, arm in arm with Jesus.
God-tracking is not a religious rite; it’s a stress-free walk of faith.
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Matthew 11:28-30
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