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Christianity with Humanism

 

From a Christian point of view, humanism refers to an idea that only cares about human interests, not for the glory of God the Creator, the purpose of human existence.In other words, it means that Christianity is not God-centered, but human-centered. How can these things happen?

Speaking of the truth about salvation in Christianity, human beings are beings who have been disciplined by God and thrown into the world from the Garden of Eden (the kingdom of God) because of their greed to become like God. The spirit in man is a sinner trapped in the soil. It means that the relationship with God is cut off and the spirit is dead. God wants to save the spirit. In John 6:63, “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing.” God wants the spirits trapped in the dust to come back to life and return to the kingdom of God. However, God is telling the spirits in humans that the greed to become like God (the fleshly body: the old man) should die and return. Man cannot kill his own flesh.

So, God predestined Christ, and Jehovah God Himself took the flesh and was born into this world and died on the cross as a substitute for all human beings. It was to teach the spirits how to repent of their sins of wanting to become like God and return to God. That is the death of the cross. Those who are united to Jesus Christ who died on the cross and believe that he is also dead means that God will acknowledge that the body of sin is dead. that's baptism In Romans 6:4, “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” With Jesus The one who died on the cross is the body of sin. In Romans 6:6-7, “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin.

It is the word of the covenant that God will restore the kingdom of God to those who believe in it. These are the core truths of Christianity that obtain salvation through faith. However, this is where humanistic ideology comes into play. Most church people understand salvation as solving the problem of sin. They believe that salvation comes from God if sins are forgiven. So humanists misunderstand two things about sin. First, sin is misunderstood as breaking the commandments. They think that breaking God's command not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the starting point of sin. However, the starting point of sin is that Satan's temptation to become like God (greed) is the root of sin.

Since they consider that breaking God's commandments is the root of sin, it can be accepted that they are not sinful if they keep the commandments. No matter how thoroughly one tries to keep the commandments, it is impossible to get rid of the greed of the heart. So, their greed is to die with Jesus Christ, but if they keep the commandments, they think they are innocent. This is what the Pharisees think. Because it is related to the second reason for thinking wrong about sin.

Second, about the misconceptions that people in the church have about sin,

The Bible says in Romans 6:7 that God forgives those who die with Jesus Christ for all sins (original sin and the sins of the world). They think this applies to past sins. So, for the sins that can be committed now and in the future, they try not to sin in the light of the Bible, and they think that if they do commit a sin, they must be forgiven again through the blood of Jesus Christ. This is the scene where the gospel of the cross and the law of the Pharisees are mixed.

Even if believers say, what is wrong with studying the Bible, persevering, praying, and working hard not to commit sins against the sins that may occur now and in the future? The Bible explains in Romans and Galatians that man cannot escape from sin. Fighting not to sin is not your own efforts, but you are fighting to death in union with Jesus Christ. Only death on the cross is the only way to get rid of sin. Hebrews 12:4-5 says, “Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him”

 

Believers must remember that humans are not capable of fighting sin. The only way to fight sin is to die with Jesus Christ. However, if they consider that the forgiveness of all sins through Jesus Christ is a thing of the past, they will tell them to burn their will for sin. That is why false beliefs about sin lead to such a result. When God forgives sins, he forgives not only the past, but also the present and future sins. In Romans 8:1-2, “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Christians stained with humanistic ideas do not accept the words of Romans 8:1-2 as present and future. The gospel of the cross of Jesus Christ is dismissed as a thing of the past, and the blood of the cross is considered as a means to receive forgiveness of sins. That is why they are doing something diligently by putting themselves out there to avoid sinning. As they try not to sin, they think that breaking the commandments is a sin, and keeping the commandments is not a sin. They have the idea that they will not sin and become good people and return to the kingdom of God. Because they think of the Garden of Eden as an event that took place on this earth. So, because man broke the commandments, he was expelled from the Garden of Eden, and people think that the Garden of Eden cannot be found anymore.

Christians steeped in humanism believe that trying not to sin is to be a good person (a good person). They engage in various activities with a good heart, and they believe that becoming good is the only way to return to God. They believe that the sins of the past are forgiven through Jesus' work on the cross, but they must fight the good fight for the future.

Striving to be good is no different from any other religion. Although the love of the cross of Jesus Christ was in the past, the present and the future come to think that all efforts for good are no different from the love of the cross and the mercy of other religions. This is the thinking of Christians who have fallen into humanism. That is why they sometimes think that there is salvation in all religions. No matter how hard a man tries, he cannot go to the good (holiness) of God. Only the union of dying on the cross with Jesus Christ leads to the love of God and holiness. Today's Christians who have fallen into humanism must realize the two wrongs of sin and enter into the death of Jesus Christ on the cross.