In our present day one of the most interesting and obvious events that we can probably observe is the introduction of different belief and religions. Religion is perhaps one of the oldest practiced we had, seeking for salvation and deliverance for our soul, others refers to it as enlightenment or nirvana. A search for true happiness and peace and a hope that our soul will be deliver from all the suffering and pain that we presently experience. Different people, different story, different practices and belief which leads us to the oldest and probably one of the most unresolved conflicts on earth and confusing. Unresolved in the sense that every religious group claim that they are the only true religion and the only way to salvation. Confusing in a way that if you put this entire religious group in one room and hear them one by one with their claim of true salvation, nobody will stand and declare that his religion was false everyone will probably claim as usual, that they are the true religion and the best way to salvation.
If we will track back to the religious history of mankind many innocent lives was put to death because of a simple claim of true salvation that leads to a religious conflict. Different religious crusaders travel from one place to another to convince and convert others to their religion, some journey has a good result but some was the opposite swing of the other journey. History reveals that some of this religious crusaders murder a mass of people for rejecting their message. Instead of becoming a messenger of salvation these religious crusaders became messengers of death.
In our present age we have this so called “freedom of religion”, but were this so called “freedom” resolve the oldest conflict and set us free from the shadow of the barbaric religious past? I believe there are still lot of fractions and shadows of those crusaders who become a messenger of death instead of salvation. Presently they were called religious radicals, maybe their names evolved but their ways are the same, murdering those who oppose their doctrines and religion.
So, what good things we can have from keeping a religion? Well, religion gives us curiosity about the existence of a Supernatural being known to us, as God, but at the same time religion hinder us to know God personally. Hinder in a way that we are so bound with religious practices made by man, but fail to practice our faith which God requires most. It is our faith in God that will save us not our religion. Religion was ruled by man subject to error, considering his personal interest, pride, hidden desires, unseen motives, presumptions and assumptions, but faith comes from God. God put His Words in our heart uses this Word to guide us to do what is right and develop our faith that leads us to our salvation.
The question is, does every individual have a Word of God in their heart? I believe yes! No matter what will be the differences of our practices and religion as human, God’s Word was written in our heart and this Word is a universal Law. This Law was encrypted in our conscience, no matter what religion we are in when we attempt to do wrong this conscience alarm us with red lights, giving us warning that we are about to cross a dangerous boundaries. Every first moment man attempt to sin our conscience clearly speaks that what we are about to do is wrong and against God’s Law. The moment we choose to do what is right is the moment that our faith in Him is progressing and this faith will lead us to our salvation. But amazingly most of us choose to do the wrong thing that leads us to a troublesome life.
Let me conclude with this, a religion is an effort of man to reach God’s favor for his Salvation, but faith was the effort of God favor to reach man for His Salvation. Does obeying our conscience then, is enough to be saved? Let’s find out the Truth, for only Truth can set us free.
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