THERE IS NO FREEDOM IN ANY RELIGION. Josimar Salum

THERE IS NO FREEDOM IN ANY RELIGION

Josimar Salum

It is not in God's nature to control anyone. Granting Freedom is God's means. The greater the Freedom you have in God, the more submissive you want to be to Him.

Jesus was anointed by the Spirit to set the oppressed free and open the prison for all inmates.

Sinners today leave their lives of oppression and demonic suffering and become evangelicals to continue living under an even greater weight of oppression from an entity they call "god."

Everything is nothing but a personal and human projection, an oppressive religion that took its inspiration from the threat of hell and judgment, which imposes a fear and a dread of sin based on “it may be the consequence of sin”, the curse of the police-priests of the religion who oppress their followers, making them more miserable than they were when they lived in the “world”.

And the world is still the world, but now religious - decorated with lamps (the established legalisms) and conventional clichés (the idioms of the evangelical: "you're tied up", "go on in victory, the blood of "jesus" have power, get out satan, shalom, peace of the lord, etc.).

It's all just a hypocrisy to maintain themselves with a so-called transformed status, when all they experienced was a botched reform. They live under an infernal charge to stay in the group and to be promoted in it, almost having to sell their souls to the devil again.

The Grace of Freedom in Jesus is that anyone could be whoever they were and strip themselves entirely before the One who not only probes the deepest of hearts, but has the Power to transform any heart, no matter how corrupt. 

Jesus came to give Freedom to the Children of God. And Liberty never matches Religion. There is no freedom in any religion.

#ASONE

The Jesus I follow is not the one of history or traditions anymore.Josimar Salum

The Jesus I follow is not the one of history or traditions anymore. Dr. Josimar Salum

The Bible is not a book of "faith" only but of science, knowledge and of practical things in our lives. The whole world see the Bible, the book of Christians. I see the Bible the written word of my Lord Jesus, my Living God. I see the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as ONE, THE GREAT I AM very, very close to me.

We usually call the Bible a book of faith only, but this "faith" is more about religion than natural and normal life with God. 

As I see today I don't  have a religion, I don't practice a religion! I follow Jesus, a Person. The devotion I have, the prayers I pray, the songs I sing, the preaching I share are not a practice of the Christian religion for me! Not anymore! Equally essential are the work In all areas and the daily life itself with all dynamics involved, everything in practice, the every day life, prayers and life as normal, they are all a journey with Jesus, combined, entwined!

I see my brothers and sisters, believers in Jesus, as His Body everywhere and not limited to a church, a building, a organization. I don’t see them anymore in sheepfolds. I see myself walking in the streets and roads of today like when Jesus did walk with His disciples in the streets and roads of Israel, those days, so glorious as today.

I don't separate my life as Christian from the secular! Everything I do I do for the Lord. Not with a religious conscience, but as natural as to breathe. It is about who I am and not what I do. What I do is just the fruit of who I am. 

Jesus, fill me with your unquenchable Love like you are fully Love and let me be who you are and think like you do and talk like you talk, yes, yes, be just like you!

Yes, Yes! I consecrate my life to Jesus and keep my heart from contamination of hatred, of egoism, and all of fleshly works. But not as an ritualistic exercise, but an act of surrender to His will.  It doesn't work as if I decide to do good and then I do, instead it is as I surrender in Him and abandon myself in Him, His Life flows like a river through me. 

I consecrate myself to Him, but this is not a result of trying to follow rules, to match a "to do list" neither a "not to do list" made by men, by religious leaders or by myself, even if they were rules extracted from Scriptures. 

I walk in Spirit, the Spirit of Christ and this intimacy with Him is enough to be able to let me walk with Jesus and love others like He does. It is a supernatural oneness to just see Him loving others through me. It is not anymore even perceived as me but only Him. 

I follow Jesus as a natural fruit of my relationship with Jesus. It is about knowing Him, believing Him, serving Him and others. In simple words, loving Jesus and my neighbors! There is not serving Jesus if I don’t serve my family, my friends and to as many people as I can. 

Then I read the Scriptures of God to be testified about the Living Word, about Jesus Himself I have already met, the One who lives with me! In this way the Scriptures of God have a brilliant significance and meaning for me! They became alive to reveal the Person of Jesus. This person that I abide in Him and He in me! 

Jesus is Health, Salvation, Joy, Hope, Deliverance, Healing, not in "spiritual" matters only, but for the soul, the body, for everything in me, for my business life, for my educational life, for my entertainments,  for life in a whole, actually even more for life elsewhere then when I am in church, it is related to practical ways and not as if prayers were magic words that I pronounce. 

What Jesus says and it is written about Him and Life in general in the Scriptures have practical meanings for me not to be followed religiously, but naturally. It is a little hard to explain how I see when you see yourself following Jesus as your religion. I have broken that box. I would say only that instead of being rules and laws they became instructions, guidance, corrections, exhortations, signs and wisdom for me. Not impositions anymore or things that I have to desperate try to do. If not! I would be punished. 

It is like to be a little leaf that the wind have made it rest upon the waters of a river and the waters carry that leaf as they wish! This is the estate I call complete surrender that I earnestly desire to remain in it forever.

#ASONE

REAL (00) - Sinful cycles of religion by JSalum & Paul Taylor

Sinful cycles of religion by JSalum & Paul Taylor 

Burgeon means sprout, flourish, bloom. 

The old life is fine, the new life sprouts!

The old life is fine for many Christians and it includes all religious obligations. Many live in the same way they lived before. If they were Catholics they use to confess the sins to the priest and the next time they would confess the same sins. 

Many Pentecostals are in the same way! Adventists! And many others! Many are always struggling with the old life while trying to live the new one, as if the new life would be lived by their own endeavor.

They act like this! I have to pray! To read the bible! To come to church every day! If I go to church every day I will be more holy, I will sin less, and so forth.  

There are Christians that if they missed a Sunday service they feel so guilty for the rest of the week!

The old life was a cycle: sinning, asking forgiveness, then sinning with the same sins, then asking forgiveness. And then after they became Christians they sin, feel guilty, then go to the "altar at the church" to ask for prayer, then sin again! What a miserable life! 

Jesus wants to set you free from this cycle! 

Burgeon means sprout, flourish, bloom. 

The old life IS GONE, the new life sprouts!

You don't have to make any effort to bear fruits of righteousness in the same way a mango tree doesn't sweat to bear mangos! 

Dr. Salum, 

You were just describing my life. I was raised to be in church as often as the doors of the church were open. If my family and I were on vacation camping, I would make everyone get around the campfire and we would have our service.  The guilt would be unbearable.  So great to be free and getting freer every day. Amen 

Dr. Taylor

REAL (35) ARE YOU A DISCIPLE OF JESUS OR IS CHRISTIANITY YOUR RELIGION?

ARE YOU A DISCIPLE OF JESUS OR IS CHRISTIANITY YOUR RELIGION? PART I

What have you understood about what Dr Paul and I shared about the kingdom and the Church?

If you continue be a Christian in the religious sense you will never be free to be who Jesus wants you to be!

Religion, any religion, including Christianity is the greatest enemy of transformation! For many people being a Christian is to do prayers, attend worship services, not drinking or smoking, doing, doing, doing something for God! 

Jesus was not Christian! Jesus did not start Christianity! Christianity is a men made religion!

Unless you are born again you can not SEE and ENTER the Kingdom of God!

Are you a disciple of Jesus or are you a Christian? 

Are you born again or were you only baptized?

Are you a church member or a disciple of Jesus?

I see many people around me in confusion! They stay in church all their lives but they are not transformed! 

There are as many gossipers, and slanderers, and liars in christian churches as outside of them.

Most of Christians I know are financially bound, in debt, even though they are so sincere they never prosper even being faithful in tithing and offering.

Many of them are never able to overcome poverty! Why? Their religious mindsets and world views keep them apart of God's wisdom for change and transformation.

Many of them bound by the Christianity world view never prosper! They were taught to expect that someone should give them something. Some are praying for answers like if God would be a magician that will do a miracle for them that they may not do anything. 

God urges us to fight, to work, to conquer and press on for our lives.

95% of Christians never had made a disciple for Jesus, they are only goers to the Christian temples! 

Where in the Bible says that for me to follow Jesus I have to become a Christian.

Many of them treat their women badly, many young people have a bad testimony and some are called Christians, but are haters and murderers.

Christianity is not life according to God's Word! There are a lot of things in Christianity that are against Christ, that are not in accordance of God's Scriptures.

God's Word is Jesus Christ alone! 

Do you want to follow HIM? 

Do you want to hear directly from HIM or will you always have to wait for a pastor or a intercessor or some kind of witch to talk to you what you have to do?

I want to encourage you to think differently! But to think according to Jesus! How does Jesus think?

Burundi, America and Brazil are called Christian nations! In Brazil, per example, that has a president, congressmen, senators or judges that are considered Christians but they are as crooked and wicked as any Devil worshippers! 

I don't care if you are a religious Christian! Nothing has changed in your life, nothing will change in your life, you will not be transformed if you don't become by nature a true follower of Christ!

Being called a Christian is just a name of another religion. All religions are sin! Because religion is a system that intents to substitute Jesus as the only Mediator between men and God!

I sincerely hope you will understand me NOW, because most of you DO NOT!

There are many pastors in your country that are men and women of God! But they are men and women of God not because they are Christians, but because  they have renounced everything to follow Jesus as Lord and King alone!

We are opened to answer your questions! Please feel free to ask anything related to what you just read.

JSalum

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JN - Yeah.you're right Dr.

But what i can add is that God doesn't love lazy people.We have to know that the disciples also worked.For instance Paul wove the tents.So,image if someone stay praying believing that someone will come and give him something.😀😀

We have to that there is no need to be called christian while we don't belong to Christ.Therefore in order to belong to Jesus we must be as He was.We shouldn't brag our religion🙉🙉.We have to brag that we are in Christ Jesus.

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What do I mean by religious?

Anything I preach and talk but O do no live is religion and hypocrisy! Jesus never said we should build temples while people around us are dying of hunger!  But for if religious temple or church being Christian or not feed the hungry they do it directly for Jesus.

Don't call me Christian Jeremie because I am not! I follow Jesus! He is my King and Lord! How many Christians do follow Jesus? None of them! 😳😳😳😀😀😀😀

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Christian = Thank you to share more about religion how it cannot change our life, I do agree with it. But I didn't know Christianity as a religion but rather I know it as a relationship between God and people(His children)

Why is it so ?

Because in Acts 11:26

We can see that the disciples were called the first time christians because they resembled Jesus-Christ.

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Please Would you clarify this ?

 1.Being not Christian or religious but follower of JC means "to quit our churches and no  longer go to any church ?

2. How would we follow Christ while we are not christians ?

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Christian, you are the only one that can be called Christian - it is your name! 😁😁🙄🙄😳😳😳😎😎😎😎😀😀😀😀😀😀

Just kidding! Are you ready to be challenged in your thinking! Remember you have to think for yourself and have to check in your Bible if it is really so! 

Let us set some people free! Hallelujah! 

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ARE YOU A DISCIPLE OF JESUS OR IS CHRISTIANITY YOUR RELIGION? PART 2

Three questions:

A - I didn't know Christianity as a religion but rather I know it as a relationship between God and people(His children) Why is it so ?

Because in Acts 11:26 we can see that the disciples were called the first time christians,  because they resembled Jesus-Christ."

B - Being not Christian or religious but follower of Jesus Christ means "to quit our churches and no  longer go to any church?

C - How would we follow Christ while we are not christians?

Let us define the words so we can communicate well!

Today to be a Christian means to be like Christ or to be a follower of Christ. If you are called Christian means for some people you are following Jesus! Are you about that? What about millions who are called Christians but do not follow Jesus? If someone ask what is your  religion you will answer: I am Christian! To be a Christian basically means you are part of a religion called Christianity or Christianism.

That is not what the Bible call a Christian. The word Christian in the Bible means to suffer like Jesus has suffered and with this meaning it occurs only once:

“Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.” 1 Peter 4:16 KJV

Look at this verse in another Bible version:

“But if one of you suffers for being a Messianic, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.”

1 Peter 4:16 WMBBE

Then the word Christian occurred the first time in the Bible here:

    “and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.”

Acts 11:26 NIV

Who have called them Christians? Was the Holy Spirit?  Were other disciples of Jesus?

It says the disciples, the disciples were called Christians. They were called Christians, but they really are? The disciples of Jesus!

If you keep reading the book of Acts the word Christian was only repeated on more time, however the writer instead of start to calling them Christians the keeps calling them disciples. Why? Because they were not Christians, they were disciples.

They were disciples everywhere and all together in Church! Not in the church, but in Church, when they met in any place, they were the Church. There were not members of an Institution, they have never met in temples because all the temples of Antioch were only pagan temples! 

Yes, that is obviously ok if we come together in a "church meaning a building", but that is not a church with the Bible meaning! We are the church, two, or three, or more wherever we are gathered in the name of Jesus! Please read again the teaching on the Kingdom and the Church!

Besides I Peter 4:26 and Acts 11:26 the other time of the three times the word "Christian" appears in the whole Bible is Acts  26:28 and in this context:

“Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!”

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian.” And Paul said, “I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.”” Acts 26:24, 28-29 NKJV

The king was obviously mocking about who he thought Paul was trying to persuade him to become. He used the word christian in a negative way like In Antioch was not God who called the disciples Christians neither here! Christian was much like a nickname in Acts, used my wicked people to mock the disciples of Jesus.

Paul instead said:  I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I AM! 

He practically said I would you become such as I AM! Not a Christian but who I AM! Who Paul said who he was? He has never called himself a Christian. Many times Paul said he was - not called, not named - but he was a prisoner of Christ.

You can called yourself whatever you want to be called, but I ask: who are you? 

I AM a son of God, I AM a disciple of Jesus, and I should be called a Christian according the the Holy Spirit only if - ONLY IF - I suffer like Jesus suffered!

You have to decide if you are going to repeat and follow what you have learned or if you want to CHANGE the way you think to be in accordance with what the Bible says, and more important than all, to conform with what Jesus says.

We all want to be like Jesus is, to think like He thinks, to talk like He talks, and do what He does. So you must consider all the foolishness of religion to be who Christ is. If is not a decision that can make you who Jesus is. It is empowerment to become who He is.

TO BE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IS EASY AND COMFORTABLE, BUT TO CHANGE, TO REPENT is not nice. 

If the churches in Burundi, Brasil, Aruba, Congo, US, India are going to be and to do what they have been and done we will continue to have of the same! If you compare the disciples of Jesus in the first century with today's of who they say are his disciples can you see that something is not matching to what Jesus always wanted?  Can you see the churches are basically the same everywhere! Few are the true Jesus disciples though all of them call themselves Christians.

If it is a relationship between God and His children the Bible does not call Christianity, but fellowship. If you are following Jesus the Holy Spirit does not call you Christian, he calls you a disciple! 

Please, don't ask me questions until you respond mine: 

ARE YOU A DISCIPLE OF JESUS OR IS CHRISTIANITY YOUR RELIGION?

Are you a disciple of Jesus or are you a Christian? 

Are you born again or were you only baptized?

Are you a disciple of Jesus or a church member? 

Are you in the Body of Christ or are you a church goer?

Do you want to follow HIM? Then if you do you have to renounce Christianity like the apostles of Jesus renounced Judaism!

JSalum

Cristian - And I Thank you to share more

🤔 to your questions:

I'm a disciple of Jesus and if Christianity is considered a religion I'm not part of it.

Then that means I am a disciple of Jesus, I am born again, I'm not just a church goer.

But many don't think Christianity in that way . And I like what you called 'Fellowship' that would define exactly what I about know  Christianity. Also I do believe that are not going to heaven because they called Christians unless they're born again.

That's my point of view.

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Let me interject here. Josimar is shaking things that God has revealed to him. Do not take offense!  He is not attacking you personally. It is very easy to take offense, which causes us to close our spirit. This causes us to be unable to receive from God. The Pharisees were this way. Be a good Berean and simply look into the Word of God with an open heart that will allow u to receive fresh revelation. You must receive this revelation yourself. If you don't understand, pray but be patient. 

Ask the Lord to give u eyes to see, ears to hear and a heart to understand what God has prepared for you. 1 Cor. 2:8

I would encourage u if u can to go on line and read Frank Viola's book, "Pagan Christianity". This book looks at the roots to much of what is done in our churches today. U will be amazed. 

Here is the link to read or download the book of Frank Viola and George Barna - Pagan Christianity 

http://www.theology.kiev.ua/images/afiles/0000412.pdf

Why do I share this?  We often think what we do in church is sacred, but most of it is all man made. 

This may at least open your spirit to hear what the spirit is saying now!

We r both speaking from experience, but I realize that for many, many years I believe what I was taught from men who believed what they were taught. I just regurgitated what was given to without thinking for myself. This is the greatest problem with religion. Denominations are built on a man or a few people's experience and then formed into a set of doctrines to be taught to others. People then become followers of that person and study their doctrine that is based on scripture. This causes us to make God into a finite Being rather than an infinite being that requires an on going relationship to continue to grow in knowledge of Him. Our walk with God is a journey, not a destination!

We treat salvation and doctrine as if we have arrived. No way!  God is infinite and we must continue to pursue Him to know Him more!  This is what our life with Him is all about and using our knowledge of God to fulfill our purpose in His Kingdom on earth!

Hope this helps you to better understand what the Lord is trying to reveal to us for such a time as this. 

All of this is accomplished as we become Jesus!  Becoming Jesus is not religious or necessarily anything to do with the church. It has to do with becoming who u were created to be and walking as One with Him. In Him we live (have life), move (as guided by what we hear and see the Father do and speak), and have our being (our existence, our purpose)!

How exciting is that?  Much better than the routine of religion. 

Be blessed! Believe for the impossible!

Dr. Taylor

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REAL (19):The greatest offense to the gospel of the Kingdom

Dr. Paul Taylor

What a blessing to walk with God! To hear His voice and to follow Him! These are very familiar words to so many who call themselves Christians and yet what I have found to be true is that many people who think they are walking with God are only following a form of godliness! They are following a denomination, a doctrine or even a man, but not Christ!

The greatest offense to the gospel of the Kingdom of God is not sin! Sin has been conquered at the Cross of Christ! The greatest offense to the gospel of the Kingdom of God is religion! It crucified Jesus Christ 2000 years ago and it is still deceiving people today!

Here is what I heard from the Lord. "Paul, if you seek Me, you will find Me. Do not seek to know what another man has received, but seek to know Me! You know that when you find Me, you find life. Then you will understand the revelation of the Kingdom of God and you will be able to give life to those who will hear!"

Jesus is still calling out to you, "Follow Me and I will make you..." Jesus wants to make you who you were created to be! Fishers of men, yes, but most important, the Light of the world!

It is time for a new generation of believers to arise! Allow God to strip away the old thinking and begin to think with the renewed mind of Christ. Dream with God and believe for the impossible in your sphere of influence!

REAL (12):Business x religion

Dr. Josimar Salum

Before we begin to share thoughts about entrepreneurship and business according to the kingdom we must establish a solid base. A house that is built upon sand perish. If we build Truth upon myth Truth will be lost. The greatest challenge in our walk with God is to have His solid foundation built upon the right soil. For years we have continued to do things in Church and in life without any good results because they were done upon a false foundation. 

If we don't break chains of religious mindsets we will not be free to be and to do what Jesus wants us to be and to do in our lifetime. Business is not about religion. A religious spirit is not confined to church, but also it manifests in the market. There is nothing more damaging to entrepreneurship than a religious world view. 

People think prayer will solve everything. That is not true. 

I understand that prayer is vital to our relationship with God. But it is fact there are many people per example that buy bikes, cars and other stuff without any prayer and succeed. They are not even believers. Some are atheists. Believers pray to buy something which can show their dependence on God, but it is the dependence that counts. In our case there is much more involved than prayer in buying a bike. You can pray as much as you want but you will need knowledge, experience, and some other things to buy the right one for the right price. Oh! Yes, someone can give you one for free. But usually in life when it is men related there is nothing free.

If you are in your house praying and praying for your needs but don't move in action to work and do whatever it takes to feed you and your family you will die of hunger. Dr. Paul Taylor crafted a word: Soulutionist. You are the solution of somebody's problem. The same Jesus who teaches us to pray is the same that commanded us to work. 

The main thing that confuses believers in the matters of life, faith and everything else is wrong interpretation of the Scriptures and Christian traditions. 

 “Thus you nullify the scriptures of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.””

Mark 7:13 NIV

The key to interpret Scriptures is Jesus, You have to interpret the Bible through Jesus. Jesus is the Key of Bible interpretation.

The work of Jesus on the cross is a finished work. There is nothing to be done regarding our faith, salvation, redemption and so on. What Jesus dismantled on the cross and it is included all religious activities, Christianity has remounted during the last centuries and we today keep doing the same within our Christian churches. 

People can twist the meaning of what we are saying if they don't want to honestly address the fact that beliefs can be based not in Jesus, but instead on human traditions, originated in misguided Bible interpretation and as results of things they have learned without questioning them to get assured they were right. 

The difference between a parrot and a baby is that a parrot learns to talk hearing people talking over and over the same words, but as they get older they never can say a word by their own.

If you are born again from the Spirit of God He lives in you. And though you can learn from other people of God you have the responsibility to think for your own and to check it out what you are learning through the Scriptures according to Jesus, the Word.

As we enter in this new journey we have to be careful to avoid disrespecting pastors and other leaders of our communities. I have met people that became rebellious and bitter towards their leaders. They begin to think that now for knowing "truth about some things" they assume they can despise those who are invested in authority. Absolutely not. Transformation comes when you are able to educate and not to revolt against your parents and your leaders. Any of us can run into the same mistake of thinking that we are better because we know more. Knowledge without wisdom can be a disgrace! 

“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.”

James 3:13-18 NIV

A bumble heart and a meek spirit always prevail. After more than 35 years leading people I am more convinced that the best is yet to come if I keep my mind open to learn even from those I don't agree with.