The Misleading Concept Of Sin
By
The Man Who Saw God Face To Face
Raphael Okechukwu Nweze
If you have not known the truth,
it means that you have not searched enough!
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The Wrong Concept Of Sin
Sin, sin, sin everywhere. That is how humanity perceives the world and those around them. Unknown to them, the world has two dimensions: the physical and the spiritual. The physical is a castle of illusion, which is only necessary for a while. The real life is the life in spirit and in truth.
In other words, for you to know the truth about life, you have to see, know and interpret it with your spiritual eye (the third eye). Unfortunately, majority do not make use of the third eye. They do not even know that they have this eye, that they should make use of it, and that they should develop it. The result is that people wallow in darkness (ignorance) everyday of their life. They keep on repeating the same old silly mistakes. And the church leaders encourage them along the road of vanity. What a state of darkness! That is why Jesus said, “Let the dead bury their own dead.” Again, He described them as a blind man leading a blind multitude.
Contrary to the truth, majority see themselves as sinners, defiled, sinful, blameworthy, faulty, and unholy, even useless. The way we see the world is quite different from the way God sees it. God sees each of us as holy, bright, glorious and mighty. He also sees us as blameless, pure, undefiled and perfect.
Divine and Human Perspectives
- The law of life is that a person becomes whatever he always conscious of. Those who always think of sin, remain full of sin, while those who always think of goodness and holiness become the living saints of God.
- People have their eyes set on sin, instead of having their eyes set on God.
- The ignorant ministers worsen the situation by always talking about sin, as if there are no other important topics to teach about. They only make a public show of their ignorance, for there are so many interesting and important topics to discuss about God and life.
- You must change your mental set about yourself and life.
- Many whom God has forgiven do not forgive themselves. They always remember their old mistakes and keep on blaming themselves, when that is unnecessary.
- The stubborn ones refuse to forgive those who offended them.
- Majority concern themselves with the body, which is nothing but corpse, when they suppose to have discovered and known their true selves, which is bright, glorious and mighty spirit.
- To worsen the situation, the society creates all kinds of fears, whereas fear is evil, an enemy and an illusion. What is even more surprising is that many are busy creating fears, imagined fears, fabricated fears, unnecessary fears, etc.
- In the presence of God, there is no fear, no sin, no doubt, no error, no mistake, no failure, no fault, no defect and no defilement. And we are always in the presence of God, without knowing it.
- When children of God gather as a congregation, you see so many individuals wearing different kinds of dresses. But in spirit, you do not see different kinds of dresses. You see only little, bright, glorious and mighty Angels: perfect, blameless and pure. Each wearing immaculate white. Halleluyah!
The Concept Of Original Sin
When God made the Garden of Eden, it was full of perfection. Adam and eve lived in peace and joy, until the Devil came into the scene.
The world is God’s own school. People enter the school by birth, leave at death and come back to it through reincarnation. The sole purpose of a school is to provide experience, which is the best teacher. The first lesson in the school is to know that there is a God, who created all things. The second lesson is to know that there is good and bad; the first is rewarded, while the later is punished. The third lesson is to know that each person has free will, free choice and individual responsibility. As such everyone is responsible for what he does, whether good or bad, and has to reap the rewards or punishment. The fourth lesson is to know that God is your Father and that you must become perfect even as God your Father is perfect.
God knew that people would make mistakes called sin. Therefore, He provided a permanent solution, which is restoration by the His own blood, for blood is life and is the very nature of God. After gaining all the necessary experiences, a person is restored to the original glory by the blood, just as children who return home from evening plays and outings are washed with clean water. God does not put any person into the hell fire because the person sinned, for He forgives all offences, having known that the offences are inevitable and part of experience. He casts a person into the hell fire for refusing to repent. By so doing, He separates the good from the bad, so that those who want good have good, while those who want bad have bad. It is a simple, clear and just decision. Wisdom is justified by her action.
Currently, the real problem in the world is not even sin or Satan. The real problem is spiritual blindness (ignorance), aggravated by indolence, just as a school child continue to fail, not because he is undeveloped, but because he fails to make the right efforts. Hence, you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. The religions and churches worsen the situation because they have not known the truth, and therefore cannot teach people the truth. That is why they are busy deceiving the world with their man-made doctrines, without the masses knowing what is actually happening. The situation is like a classroom in which the teacher is both ignorant and incompetent, and yet the students do not know it.
Solution: Seek, find and know the truth and you shall know the right thing to do. You must by-pass religion, culture, tribe, language or opinions to seek and find the truth alone. Until you do that, you are more or less a hypocrite, without knowing it. Only those who search in earnest, find. Many have not found the truth simply because they have not searched for it. They prefer to be ordinary members. They want others to search for them. In other words, they are indolent (lazy). And this is a terrible state of the mind and spirit. Avoid it, before it is too late.
Many who are religious have not found because they are not searching with all their heart. Truth is all and the reality. They fail to find because they worship God and other gods. These gods include Angels, Saints, Mary, statutes and images, shrines, passion, attachment, lust, greed, church, etc. When you are ready to find and know God, you must leave all these things behind. “And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 It is impossible to find God with a divided attention.
When I say that “You must by-pass religion, culture, tribe, language or opinions to seek and find the truth alone,” it does not mean that you should hate them. No. Love them, but do not let them prevent you from finding God.
For examples,
Moses found God on Mt Sinai, not inside the church.
Jacob found God in dream, not during worship.
Enoch found God in heaven, not on earth.
Daniel found God in spirit, not in the body.
Elijah found God in the Breeze, not in the mountain.
God is spirit, and He is omnipresent.
Arjunah found God in the battlefield, not inside the city.
The Concepts Of Death
Death is not the end of life, and birth is not the beginning of life. What we call death is not death, and what we call birth is not birth. Man is spirit, and spirit does not die. Spirit is life, and it is everlasting. People mourn at death because of spiritual blindness (ignorance). On several occasions, I have crossed the bridge called death only to discover the death is not the end of life, and that birth is not the beginning of life. Many fear death, but those who know the way are happy to go home.
The Concept Of Perfection
If you want to attain perfection, you must by-pass religions and churches, to seek, find, know and practise the Truth. The religions are meant to lead people to the Truth. Instead of doing that, the churches are busy teaching man-made doctrines.
There are seven levels that lead a person to the perfection of God. Instead of teaching people the seven steps and the expected roles, the churches everyday make people think of sin. Worse still, they make people believe that they are insignificant and sinful, whereas God created humanity each a bright, glorious and mighty spirit being. Verily, the worst thing that can happen to a person is to have an ignorant reverend as a teacher.
Indeed, you are expected to start from the level of a Convert, then grow into a Disciple, through Enlightened One, a Saint, a Teacher, a Master and the Perfect. I have passed through all these stages and I know that God is Truth, Spirit, Life, Love and Omnipotent. And it is His desire and providence that His children become like Himself and one with Him. This is perfection.
The Concept Of Penance
The concept of penance was introduced by man. People think that by penance, they remedy the wrongs they have done. Toady, almost all the religions in the world teach their congregations about penance, suffering, fasting, self-mortifications, or self-belittlement. All these are more or less not necessary, and they do not lead people anywhere closer to heaven. All that God wants you to do in order for you to inherit the kingdom are: self-knowledge, selflessness, devotion, meditation, spiritual practice, charity, trust in God, and take refuge in the Lord, call on the name of God and study the sacred texts (Scriptures or Vedas).