A relationship with Christ has no “guess work” attached.  The path is clear the requirements understandable the promises guaranteed.  If you seek Him you will find Him.  Seemingly men wish to complicate the issue of having relationship with God.  They either wish to exclude the requirement of repentance so that they can be free to continue in a life of sin or they want to control the access to other sheep, for a fee, which sometimes is given in increased authority.  That is the message of the Pharisee and Sadducee, they either wish to add or remove requirements to God’s message for one of those two reasons.  This is the wicked nature of man and the delight of the enemy.

God’s Word is perfect, it may be hard to stomach as it illuminates our depravity, but it also catalogs the promises to which we may solidify our eternity.  Those who think themselves worthy of adding to or detracting from the Word should simply beware, for they have incurred the Wrath of God.  God is rational, and although I do not claim to understand His ways, it is clear that He set up some rules.  The first of which in order to comprehend what it means to be saved we must first understand “We are all sinners, none is righteous, no not one”.  Then we must make a conscious choice between relationship with God and the sin which defines us as sinners.  That is the moment of repentance, leading to a humble petition of God’s grace, to which He answers “come to me and I will set you free”.  This offer leads to gratefulness, belief and over time greater faith in the promises of God.

Jesus, although complex in His nature as God, is truly offering something simple.  He offers freedom from the pain and despair tended by this world in return for belief and trust in the promises of Almighty God.  There is no complexity just a need for obedience that seems to exacerbate our rebellion.  We plain and simply, being our own god, refuse to be obedient to the God who made us.  What vengeance do we offer against those under our care who refuse to obey our guiding principles?  God is just and we know it.  For those who continue to try and lead men astray by depicting God in a filtered fashion, I pray for you consciousness before the moment of your judgment.  And for those who would know the Lord, I pray you not be led astray by false teachers in this world.  Stick to the Bible, stay with believers who follow the Bible and go to the Bible to find your answers in prayer.  If you seek Him you will find Him.