for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone
over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come [again]
”- Matthew 10:23, King James Bible)
The possible hidden reasons for Paul's new and radical "saved by grace" theology
There's only one true and Godly religion: To be just, kind, and humble. As it has been written: “Turn away
from Evil! Do Good! Then you will Live in the Land Forever”- Psalm 37:27 (Common English Bible). And
elsewhere says: “He has told you, human one, what is good, and what the Lord requires from you- to do
justice, [to] embrace faithful love, and [to] walk humbly with your God”- Micah 6:8.
What then is the role played by normative religion (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, etc.)? Simply to try and be
faithful messengers of God's true religion. And all is well and good, as long as we keep in mind the
unavoidable distinction that will always exist between the perfect message of true religion, and the imperfect
role played by it's appointed messengers.
Why then do evil doers refuse to accept God’s true religion? Simply because they think it would be easier for
them to appease the Creator with flattering words. In other words, proclaiming how great He is; how
paramount is to believe this or that other theology; or how crucial it is to make this or that other statement of
faith.
What’s really hard for evil doers, is to appease the Creator by doing good to their fellow human beings--
something that humbles their ego (forcing them to focus on pleasing someone else besides themselves), and
hurts their pride (forcing them to serve their neighbor, rather than to be served by them).
That’s why, when a man can't humble himself to serve other people, and in addition has such a sinful past as
to make it almost impossible for him to excel among his fellow believers, he’ll often come up with “a new
revelation”; a fancy prophecy [or biblical interpretation] that none but himself can completely understand; a
convenient theology where, “doing good”, is of secondary importance, but in which “believing”, and
“understanding” his new revelation, is a matter of “life or death”.
Of course, as nobody else can completely understand his new "revelation", people eventually find themselves
forced to follow him in a blind fashion- thereby making him the indisputable leader he always [secretly]
wanted to be.
This phenomenon explains many of the thousands cults often started by people whom, in spite of their
questionable moral background, dared proclaiming themselves God's Messiah, God’s greatest prophet, God’s
new apostle, God’s last messenger, and even a new manifestation of a previous religious figure.
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