Top 10 Lies of Religion: The Finale

God wants to make you feel good; every minute, of every day.

And he’s capable of doing it.

But you don’t go to him for pleasure, do you?  You go to other things.  Things like alcohol, marijuana, or sex.

But who said God didn’t create these things?  You think Satan created alcohol or sex?  Nope.  God created alcohol, sex and everything else.  He also created the desire for pleasure that’s inside you.  He loves to see you happy because you make him happy!  He gave you a powerful mind and a creative imagination, with unlimited freedom and protection to do anything you want!

Satan wants you to believe that certain pleasure-inducing actions are “off-limits”, and if you participate in such things, rejection from God will follow.

Well, God loves pleasure!  So why aren’t you going to him for it?  It’s because you’ve heard lies:

Lie #7.)  You can’t really get drunk from the Holy Spirit.  Love is not a feeling.

Since when is love not a feeling?  Turn on the radio.  Are people singing about doctrines?  Or about how they feel?!  “It was for the joy set before him that he endured the cross” (Heb. 12:2).  Not the “decision” set before him.

And just because you haven’t got wasted off the Holy Spirit, doesn’t mean you won’t.  When the disciples received the Holy Spirit, people thought they were drunk (Acts 2:13)!  So why did the church go to AA meetings and sober up?!  If you noticed, it was the Holy Spirit that got everyone drunk!  Should we have an intervention for him as well?

Lie #8.)  Once you’re a believer, you can no longer do anything you want.

Ha!  I used to think that too.  The truth is exactly the opposite: you can do anything you want, and you will be blameless!  If you’re unsure, read this post, or the New Testament. 

Wake up.  “It’s for freedom that Christ has set us free” (Gal 5:1).  If you want to snort cocaine your whole life, you’ll still be righteous and go to heaven.  If you want to commit adultery 50 times, God will still be pleased with you.  Serial killer?  You’re good!  (I’m talking to believers here, as unbelief is the one and only thing that will separate you from such an awesome, loving Dad.)  (John 3:18, 16:9). 

But why would you get addicted to cocaine, or hurt the wife who loves you, or kill people?  It’s because you think God won’t give you pleasure and has little to do with sex.  And, because you don’t know you’re just like him!  Loving.  Pure.  Clean.  Righteous.  Powerful.  Attractive.  Compassionate. 

  

Lie #9.)  God gives and takes away.

Before you go quoting Job, know that the guy was self-righteous (Job 32:1-2), bitter (Job 37:2), suicidal (Job 7:15), and didn’t really know God (Job 42:3).  Why not quote Paul who had the full revelation: “God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable” (Rom 11:29).  God doesn’t take gifts away because “you’re enjoying them too much”.  He loves you!

Lie #10.)  God’s different than me.

Nope.  “God created mankind in his own image” (Gen 1:27).  His son Jesus came down here to be fully man, and to forever emphasize with us on every level (Heb 4:15).  He knows pleasure, and is actually the source for the best pleasure around!!

God gives the most powerful, intense pleasure in the universe.  And it’s all for YOU!  

Pretty awesome, huh?