What this message wants to say:
No man is above God at any point in his life, but it is easy to be tempted to think so. Daily, when a person has their fair share of successes, they may feel the desire to attribute their success to their own strength. Too often, humanity falls into the trap of thinking that strength comes from personal ability or accomplishment. Without realizing that God is the one that gives us this strength, we are truly lost, but when we stop to think about the sacrifice that Jesus gave us, we are able to push aside our pride and accept that God gives humanity the strength to press on. We simply must ask for it, therefore, we must humble ourselves before almighty God and thank him daily for the strength that he gives us to press on. In that, Jesus must always be held above us, for he gave his very life to save ours.
The truth behind it all:
Religion has always had a sick fantasy of reducing humanity to its knees in deference to a god. Truly, to worship a god is to decrease one's own potential to promote a fantasy, and as a result, humanity has been held back as a species. Somewhere in the book of Romans, it is written that all of humanity deserves eternal punishment, for we are nothing more than evil, sin-ridden creations that have fallen short of the glory of God. This teaching is one of the main ways a church clergy can easily cut down its listeners and worshipers in order to turn them into obedient slaves to religion.
Human beings are only as evil as they are allowed to be. For centuries, we have tried to set moral standards for one another; to set boundaries between right and wrong, whatever we define them to be. Killing someone is immoral, yet the bible makes excuses for the deaths of millions within its pages. Rape is certainly a morally reprehensible act, yet there are several instances in the bible where it is sanctioned. Still yet is another issue within the bible: slavery. Owning another human being was common in biblical times, and God himself gave instructions on how to own another human being including how much to pay for one, how long you can own one, how to marry them, how hard and/or often you can beat them, and how to pass them down to your descendants. When religion makes way for these atrocities, one truly must wonder if it's religion that's responsible for making allowances for the evil that lies waiting in people's hearts.
To conclude, this message simply states that one must promote Jesus as their lord and savior, but by doing so that person diminishes their humanity, their self-respect, their dignity, and their decency to an absurd degree. God himself called for human sacrifices on more than one occasion, and several nameable people actually obeyed this order; they sacrificed their humanity, the only valuable thing they would ever have, in order to satisfy the ravenous hunger for blood of their god. Even to this day, many people who worship God act as though they are mindless, repeating to themselves, "Praise Jesus, for he is lord." Only human beings would think to sink to such a low point, and the bad part is, things can only get worse before they get better. Do the right thing, preserve your humanity and enjoy the only life you'll have, because once it's over, it's over for good.
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