Exposing Christianity: the Journey of Life

By Edward Twum-Barimah

THE BIBLE COMMANDS US IN 2 TIMOTHY 2:15 TO study to
show yourself approved unto God, good workmen who need not to be ashamed
rightly dividing the Word of God/Truth. WHEN INFORMATION IS
PASSED FROM ONE PERSON OR FORM TO ANOTHER, SOME VITAL
PARTS MAY BE LOST OR MISREPRESENTED, SO IT IS IMPORTANT
TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT OR THE ORIGINATOR
OF THAT INFORMATION TO GET THE INTENDED MESSAGE/
INFORMATION. Exposing Christianity reveals Gods salvation plan and how
you can be certain you are in the kingdom of God.
My prayer for you is as you read through the pages of this book, you will
meet Christ, the one who died and rose to become the author and fi nisher of
our faith. This book is intended to challenge you, make you seek and appreciate
the reason for Christ. Over time and over the years, the gospel has been watered
down, supposedly to make it sinner friendly instead of keeping it Christcentered.
COLOSSIANS 1: 15HE IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD,
THE FIRSTBORN OVER ALL CREATION. 16FOR BY HIM ALL THINGS
WERE CREATED THAT ARE IN HEAVEN AND THAT ARE ON EARTH,
VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, WHETHER THRONES OR DOMINIONS
OR PRINCIPALITIES OR POWERS. ALL THINGS WERE CREATED
THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM. 17AND HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS,
AND IN HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST. 18AND HE IS THE HEAD OF THE
BODY, THE CHURCH, WHO IS THE BEGINNING, THE FIRSTBORN
FROM THE DEAD, THAT IN ALL THINGS HE MAY HAVE THE
PREEMINENCE. 19FOR IT PLEASED THE FATHER THAT IN HIM ALL
THE FULLNESS SHOULD DWELL, 20AND BY HIM TO RECONCILE
ALL THINGS TO HIMSELF, BY HIM, WHETHER THINGS ON EARTH
OR THINGS IN HEAVEN, HAVING MADE PEACE THROUGH THE
BLOOD OF HIS CROSS.
Exposing Christianity will take you on a journey, a journey of a lifetime into
Gods amazing kingdom. It is a journey of great discovery and recovery. Are you
ready? Lets go.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 23, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483680460

Edward Twum-Barimah

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Contents

Chapter 1: In the Beginning

Chapter 2: The Law and Grace

Chapter 3: Old Testament Salvation

Chapter 4: Salvation in the New Testament

Chapter 5: The Rite of Passage

Chapter 6: Born Again

Chapter 7: Jesus’ Baptism: The New Creation

Chapter 8: The Restoration in Jesus Christ

Chapter 9: The Journey of Life

I dedicate this book to my loving family,

you are so special.

CHAPTER 1

In the Beginning

Genesis 1:26 and God said let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the fowls of the air, and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him. Male and female created he them. And God blessed them and said unto them be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the fowl of the air, and over the fish of the sea, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth. And God said behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, to you it shall be for meat, and every beast of the earth, and every fowl of the air and to everything that creeps upon the earth, where in there is life. I have given every green herb for meat, and it was.

Now Genesis 2:7 says and the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breath into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul. And the Lord God (himself) planted a garden eastward in Eden and there He put man whom He had formed. And God commanded the man, saying of every tree of the garden thou may freely eat, But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat of it, for the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die.

For man to exercise his God-given authority, he had to be submissive to God, who is the origin and the source of his power and authority. And so God had to give man instructions/conditions/requirements, and as long as man obeyed God’s word/instruction/command, he could use his God-given authority over all the earth. The Bible says in James that submit unto God and resist the devil, and he will flee from you (obey you). When we submit ourselves to God, then and only then have we met the requirement to use God’s authority. Remember the centurion who came to Jesus for his servant’s healing in Matthew 8? He said to Jesus, I am a man under authority [not a man of authority] and have men under me. I say to this one go, he goes, and to the other sit, and he sits. Why is that? In effect, he was telling Jesus you are a man under God’s authority, so speak the word (of God) only, and my servant shall be healed. The centurion was submitted to authority. He was obedient to that power that had made him a centurion. As a result, he had men under him; he had authority.

Whosoever you obey, his servants you are (Rom. 6:16). As long as Adam obeyed God’s command of not eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he was God’s servant and could exercise God’s power. He had dominion and authority over God’s creation. Adam was in charge, he was the president of the earth, and the garden was his presidential palace/home, and from there, he ruled the earth. And in the cool of the day, God came and communed with man. So as long as Adam obeyed the instructions God had given him, God was cool with him. He had authority over everything God had created and, above all, had a special relationship with God, daily visits from God. Wow! Can you imagine the president of your country visiting you daily? How much more God? Adam was a blessed man!

From Hero to Zero

Now when Adam obeyed the devil instead of God, immediately, he became the devil’s servant and lost his seat to the devil. Man, who was in charge of this world, lost his place to the devil. Adam, who originally was the god of this world, handed over his position to the devil. And Satan (the devil) became the god of this world. Adam, on the other hand, lost his relationship with God, the source of his power. He was fired from the job and driven out from the garden; he had become