I was speaking to a young man recently who was fairly knowledgeable of the scriptures, not as knowledgeable as I am, but I was impressed.  He and his family are very influential in the church denomination they are members of.  As we were speaking of the things of God, it became apparent that I only had Jesus to uphold, not an organized religion, but the young man I was speaking with had his organized religion, which to him was the same as Jesus to uphold, or at least, along with Jesus to uphold.  After spending some time speaking with the young man I came to realize something so familiar to me, something I have experienced over and over and over again in my life, so many times I cannot count them; I had entered into a conversation with a brand of religion that believed it’s self superior to mine.  As I and the young man became engulfed in the conversation, it became apparent that he found my testimony suspect, he clearly believe his way superior to mine, he had an organization to uphold, I only had Jesus to uphold.

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