Loving Religion

According to the Los Angeles Times, Swami Sarvadevananda, of Vedanta Society of Southern California, was among about a dozen Hindu leaders honored during a St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church service. He called the stance of the Rt. Rev. J. Jon Bruno, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, “a great and courageous step” that binds the two communities. “By declaring that there will be no more proselytizing, the bishop has opened a new door of understanding,” Sarvadevananda said. “The modern religious man must expand his understanding and love of religions and their practices.”

Let me take a stance. Loving religion and its practices could be a time-wasting hobby, I suppose, but the Truth is God hates religion. Religion is man’s attempt to reach God by some “practices” which are the epitome of unrighteousness. God lloves mankind, has sent His only begotten Son to redeem us from the curse of sin and religion. Jesus Christ, the Messiah, has made it abundantly clear; there is one door to the presence of God, and it is He, Himself. All others are thieves and robbers (see John 10:7). Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow Me.” (John 10:27)

Expand your understanding all you want. Understand this: God said, Jesus Christ “is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”