Published by myth: god will give you……if you come to him
BUST: Becoming a Christian is not about the benefits (material things) that you can get from God in prayer. This is not a master and genie relationship, nor does God become your cosmic bellhop. This is a father child relationship; and like any living father/child relationship you have no need to worry anymore, because your father will provide; like wise there are times that your father will chastise you. You may not understand why at the time but eventually you will; and there will be rules you have to live by to remain under your father’s roof and in good graces. Not because he is a morose egomaniac, but because your father loves you and knows what is best, things that you can not see or understand at the time.
myth: escaping the eternal damnation of hell
BUST: Becoming a Christian is not about jumping out of the line going to hell and jump into the line going to Heaven.
Yes, Heaven is a benefit of becoming a Christian, but that is not the entire essence; if so ,we’d all be caught in rapture immediately we made our decision for Christ.
Christianity should not be see as fire insurance(from Hell), because in viewing it this way, one day you would forget to pay your premium or simply ignore it because you no longer consider it essential.
myth: Christianity is a lot of “thou shalt & thou shalt not”
BUSTER: For any society to function sanely there have to be rules as guidelines. These standards hold everyone, to a code of conduct, to prevent a state of anarchy. As a Christian you become a citizen of The Kingdom of Heaven. This Kingdom has God as King. As a citizen of the Kingdom you are entitled to certain benefits that comes, as a result of citizenship. Keeping that in mind, there are certain laws that enable the Kingdom to function the way that allows you get those benefits.
The King is the supreme ruler and his word is law. A Kingdom is not a democracy; there is no deliberation about the law that a King makes. These laws are put in place so that the citizens can benefit from everything the Kingdom has to offer. You cannot expect to ignore, belittle, abuse or disobey those laws that are meant to protect you; and then expect to receive benefits of full citizenship. It does not happen in the physical world and should not happen in the physical.
If you choose to see Christianity through “guilt inducing tinted shades”, no matter what good there is , in the Bible , or in the Kindgom;those guilt inducing tinted shades, will taint every thing you see. As a man thinketh so is he. If you think of Christianlty as something to induce guilt , that is all you will get.
