Myth and Faith - 6

Myth - Christianity is also one way to God. All religions say the same thing, to love and help others and live in harmony with others...Christ also said the same things.

Faith - The converse of both statements is true. Let us see some arguments to unfold the truth.

1. Christianity is not a religion, but its a way to God. You may see many religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Judaism are religions that indicate a group of people that follow a specific belief system. 

Whereas Christianity, as the word indicates (unlike the religions ending with -ism), is a quality acquired by the person by accepting Christ as the personal savior, and it qualifies a person to reach God. Accepting the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross as redemption from sins (Christianity) is the only way to God. 

2. All religions say, to love and help others and live in harmony with others...but not at the expense of your own will and happiness and interests. This tends to build a wall around people of like interests, and harmony exists within the walls, and a kingdom of men/people will exist, as it is occurring in the world now.

But Christ said to love others and help at the expense of your own will and happiness and interests so that God who sees from heaven will reward you. At the same time, you will win their heart because of which there will be harmony. When every single person does the same thing, there will be overall harmony, which prevails in the entire world. 

There will be peace in the world when men follow the scriptures, the ten commandments given to Moses by the LORD. In the New Testament, in Mathew 22:37-40, Jesus said the entire law hangs on two commandments, the second one being 'love your neighbor as yourself'. This is because, if you love your neighbor then you would not steal from your neighbor, you will not covet his belongings or his wife, neither you can harm him, can say false things about your neighbor, nor you can commit adultery which is against your spouse and the other person involved too... This is the essence of Jesus's commandment. 

When Jesus said that you should love the LORD your God with all your soul and with all your mind, as first and foremost commandment, it meant that man should be aware of the existence of a SUPREME BEING who is the controller of all things and give all the reverence that belongs to HIM alone, which is the only means to reduce the pride of the human being and limit over exultation of one's self. And it also follows that because a person learns to love God first - he starts loving his neighbor. 

But human beings made Gods of their likeness and convenience, from their very nature of accepting/living up to things that only meet their convenience/demands. So as discussed above so many kingdoms and kings exist, and there are differences in societies and people of one society are not able to accept the other society.

Since all human beings came from one father ADAM, all the humans should have same treatment, same law, same freedom, same quality of life. In simple words harmony is needed in the world, as in the Garden of EDEN. 

Just because only Christianity supports this cause of world harmony, Christianity is the only way to GOD. Just because JESUS Christ gave the commandments that fulfill the commandments of the LORD given in the Old Testament, in Moses's time, JESUS is the Son of God, or God Himself, or the Only way to God. And accepting Jesus Christ as personal saviour (Christianity) is the only way to God...