“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and
saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29)
The
broken relationship of God and man by sin in the Garden of Eden when man was
tempted by Satan can only be restored or tied back by the death and by the shed
blood of the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world.
According
to World English Dictionary, “religion” means:“belief
in, worship of, or obedience to a supernatural power or powers considered to be
divine or to have control of human destiny, 2-any formal or institutionalized
expression of such belief: the Christian religion, 3- the attitude and feeling
of one who believes in a transcendent controlling power or powers, 4- chiefly
RC Church the way of life determined by the vows of poverty, chastity,
and obedience entered upon by monks, friars, and nuns: to enter religion, 5-
something of overwhelming importance to a person: football is his religion, 6-
archaic:a. the practice of sacred ritual observances b. sacred rites and
ceremonies, [C12: via Old French from Latin religiō fear of the
supernatural, piety, probably from religāre to tie up, from re- +
ligāre to bind]” (Internet at Yahoo, World
English Dictionary)
“9- And
being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
10- Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which
had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.” (I Peter 2:9- 10)