Part 1 - God's Puzzle Solved

222 God’s Puzzle Solvedyou my faith by my works. Faith without works is dead.”What type of works should there be? “ 26 If any man amongyou seem to be religious [piously acting like a Christian] andbridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’sreligion is vain. [This show of piety is vain. Rather] 27 Purereligion” is something else.James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God andthe Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widowsin their affliction and to keep himself unspotted fromthe world.Man-Made ReligionsMan-made religions allow a person to show his/her religionby going to church, tithing, keeping pagan holidays anddoing all sorts of physical works. They use human effortto try and prove their individual righteousness to themselves,others and their God. During The Middle Ages,The Catholics were selling bones and relics to gain accessto The Kingdom of God. Martin Luther was disturbedbecause everything had to do with what you appeared todo righteously before God. These were works that mandid of his own accord in order to be a Christian.It bothered Martin Luther so much that he broke off andsplit into Protestantism. So, the world ended up with hundredsof different denominations of Protestantism, whileThe Jews comprise The Orthodox, Reformed and Conservativegroups. Each group continually divides and splits.The reason there are so many Judeo/Christian denominationsis because they are all based on human works. Thisis mankind showing his own form of righteousness – not