GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

Why Christianity Can't Be A Religion223of Christ removing the veil to “the mercy seat” in “the temple.”The Gentiles now had access directly to God. There was no needof a temple, nor was The Law necessary. Even The Priesthoodhad changed from Levi to Melchizedek. Now, The Law becamea spiritual matter (II Corinthians 3:6). This New Covenant requiredno effort, no “works” no religious system to please God(II Corinthians 3:17). From this point on, as Christians, no religioussystem (human effort) would ever be acceptable to God.Pure ReligionIn James 1:27, The Apostle taught that the only religion Godwould accept would be a pure and undefiled one. Nothing youmay accomplish by your “works” will make you acceptable toGod. Christianity is not a religion - rather it is “a way of life.”The way is to follow God’s Son, Jesus, The Christ. In John 14:6,Christ said that He is the way, the truth and the life. Being aChristian is a way of living. It is not a religious system of humanitytrying to please God by thinking they are somehow righteousby following: (1) The Law or (2) any other religious system ofhuman “works.”The word “pure” in Greek means “clean” or “undefiled.” Anyhuman effort to become righteous would not be acceptable to God- because you are unclean in your nature and unclean in yourflesh.With your human nature, you cannot please God, no matter howhard you try. This is because every human being is too weak toever keep all of The Law perfectly. No matter how good you maytry to be, it is not good enough. One must be truly righteous orperfect. For this reason, you cannot live a pure and undefiled religiouslife. God declares that the only human “works” He will