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Have you ever wondered the difference between

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Christianity and other religions? I mean, what's

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the difference between Jesus and Buddah or Jesus

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and Muhammad? And on and on, what's the difference

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between the one true God and other [false] gods? Well,

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in 2 Timothy 4, 3 through 4, it says, This scripture

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makes it clear for us, but it can still be confusing

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to see the difference between Christianity and

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other religions because what other religions

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say might sound actually good. Because other

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religions always talk about making yourself a

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better person, but none of us are perfect, so

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that's impossible. The only way we could have

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been saved is if someone perfect died for our

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sins, which is exactly what Jesus did. We have

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to be careful not to be deceived, because in

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today's world it's harder to tell good from bad

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and right from wrong. And that is because the

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devil disguises himself as a voice in our heads

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or through other people, social media, and anything

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we consume. In 2 Corinthians 11 verse 14 it says,

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but I am not surprised. Even Satan disguises

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himself as an angel of light. Wow. we really

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have to be careful. Just because something looks

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good on the outside doesn't mean it actually

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is good. And it could be a total contradiction

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to God and who he is. We have to remember that

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when it comes to Satan, he was once Lucifer,

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who was an angel of the Lord, but he turned away

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from the Lord because he wanted to exalt himself

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to be God. And if Satan was actually wants an

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angel, then that means he knows the scripture

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from cover to cover. And that means he can twist

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the scripture in ways that we won't even understand

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unless we have the Holy Spirit guiding us. So

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we have to discern. What does it mean to discern?

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It means to figure out through the filter of

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the Holy Spirit What is good and what is bad?

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Uh -huh We can't twist the word based off of

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how we feel or just so that we feel less convicted

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Because that's exactly what it says in 2nd Timothy

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4 3 through 4 People will start going to teachers

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who say stuff that makes them feel good, but

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the word of God It should make us feel convicted.

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It should make us want to stop doing the bad

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things that we have been doing And also, it's

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so important that we know the word of God for

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ourselves, that we're actively and consistently

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reading the Bible. If anyone ever adds or takes

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away from the scripture or contradicts what the

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word says, don't listen to them. In Revelation

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22, verses 18 through 19, it says, if anyone

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adds anything to them, God will add to him the

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plagues which are written in this book. And if

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anyone takes away from or distorts the words

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of this book of this prophecy, God will take

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away from that person his share from the tree

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of life. Along with adding or taking away or

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distorting the word of God, Satan also uses illusions.

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You may have seen or experienced this yourself

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that a lot of the times people are persecuted

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or treated badly for talking about Jesus. And

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you may say, oh yeah, I've seen that with other

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religions as well, like Muslims and Hindus, but

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Satan is the master of illusions. Religions like

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Islam and Hinduism may be persecuted, but just

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because Satan has to put on an act to make his

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schemes and illusions more believable. For example

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when Moses opposed Pharaoh to let the Israelites

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go God showed himself and proved himself through

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many signs and wonders for example turning Moses's

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staff into a snake or turning the whole river

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into blood But then it seems like most of the

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stuff Moses did Pharaohs sorcerers were able

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to do the same things But what were those? Illusions.

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They weren't real and they sure didn't last.

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And we can see it when Moses turned his staff

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into a snake by the power of God, and then Pharaoh's

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sorcerers turned their staffs into snakes. But

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guess what happened to the snakes that the sorcerers

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created? They were gobbled up. by the snake that

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Moses had created through the power of God. This

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story shows us the power of God versus the illusions

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and the power of darkness. Jesus even said that

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when he comes back, he will divide what is true

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and what is good apart from what is evil and

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what is not from him. Another example of the

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devil's illusions is when Jesus was in the wilderness

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for 40 days and was tempted by the devil. Satan

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made illusions appear to tempt Jesus to follow

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him. And what Satan tried to do with Jesus? He

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does the very same thing with us. But guess what

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Jesus did? He fought off the temptation of the

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devil with scripture. Which is the very same

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thing we are to do when we're tempted or confused

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about the issues of life Because the scripture

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is where we get our wisdom and our strength.

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Oh And another thing which is the difference

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between Christianity and other religions Even

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though Christianity is categorized as a religion.

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It's mostly about our relationship with Jesus

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People who follow for example Islam or Hinduism

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or all the other religions out there are gonna

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tell you that God is distant and For them he

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is because those people are blind to what they're

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doing They're still stuck in their sin But for

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us once we are saved and once we accept Jesus

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Christ into our hearts minds and spirits We are

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no longer distant to God. We reach God through

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Jesus We have a personal relationship with God

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and Jesus. And remember, we serve one God with

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three different functions. Isn't God so amazing?

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Now that we've learned about the difference between

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Christianity and other religions, here are three

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points I want you to leave with. One, we need

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to hide the word in our hearts and know the word

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of God for ourselves so that we don't get deceived.

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Two, Remember, we can't save ourselves. That's

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why we come to God because Jesus saves. And three,

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remember that anything apart from Jesus is an

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illusion. It might give us pleasure temporarily,

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but it doesn't last. So, if you have a personal

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relationship with Jesus Christ, then I invite

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you to give your heart to the Lord today. To

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receive Him into your heart, go to Romans 10,

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9 -10. It says that if you confess with your

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mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart

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that God has raised Him from the dead, you will

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be saved. For with the heart one believes unto

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righteousness, and with the mouth confession

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is made unto salvation. If you said this prayer

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with sincerity, you are saved from all your sins,

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past, present, and future sins you may commit.

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This truth is not a free past to sin anytime.

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Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong

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choices and empowers you to spread the gospel

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to others. You are saved forever and your name

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is written in the book of life!