What
would Jesus say about
the purpose of religion?
Question for Jesus:
I would like to ask some questions about specific religious organizations.
Is that okay?
Jesus: Sure,
but allow me to first make a general remark. We of the Ascended Host
are the spiritual teachers of humankind. We were never forced into our
current position. We chose our mission, and we did so because we love
God and because we love human beings.
Human love is always conditional. People tend to project that love unto
us and think that we could not possibly love certain people. Many people
think that if a person has committed atrocities or crimes, we of the
Ascended Host could not love that soul. Many people even think that
we could not love those who belong to another religion than their own.
All of these thoughts are incorrect.
We of the Ascended Host have an unconditional love for every human being
on Earth. Our greatest desire, our greatest love, is to reach every
human being with a spiritual message and help all people anchor themselves
firmly on the universal spiritual path that transcends all religions.
What I am trying to say here is that we of the Ascended Host do not
have any loyalty to a particular religious organization. Our concern,
our love, is with the individual human being.
People have often referred to me as the carpenter from Nazareth, so
let me use an analogy from the world of a carpenter. A carpenter uses
a saw to cut wood. To the carpenter the saw is simply a tool used to
accomplish a specific task. The carpenter does not worship his saw and
has no particular loyalty to that saw. If the saw gets dull, he simply
sharpens the saw. If the teeth become so worn down that they can no
longer be sharpened, he unceremoniously discards the saw and gets a
new one.
We of the Ascended Host look at religious organizations as the carpenter
looks at a saw. A religious organization is simply a tool that we use
in an attempt to cut through the density of the lower consciousness.
If the teeth of a religious organization grow dull, we attempt to sharpen
those teeth and renew the organization. If a religious organization
calcifies and can no longer be renewed, we simply leave that organization
behind and start a new one.
One of the most unfortunate things about spirituality is that so many
human beings become attached to an outer organization. They insist that
the organization must be infallible, and they do not want it to change.
They reason being that if something is perfect, people think it should
not have to change. This is elevating religion to an idol, and such
people are literally dancing around the golden calf instead of seeking
the Living Truth and the Living Word of God.
As I explained earlier, this is due to the dream of an automatic salvation
that makes people feel that as long as they belong to that particular
organization, they will inevitably be saved. I am hoping to make people
see that we of the Ascended Host do not share this attachment or this
misguided loyalty to a particular outer organization. A religious organization
is a tool. If it works for you, use it. If it no longer works for you,
discard it and find a tool that works.
Consider my statement, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man
for the Sabbath.” You might rephrase that as, “The church
was made for man, not man for the church.”
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