"People that worship an image of a dead man do not know the truth and life.
Jesus said, “People honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. They worship me in vain, teaching the precepts and principles of men.”
The Bible says that people that worshipped him according to the teaching, the precepts, and principles of men will hear this from God after they die: “I never knew you; depart from me.”
Go to heaven: The saying above is metaphorical and will not literally happen, but it says that the people that believe they know Jesus and God now really do not. The saying says that the people who think they know, but do not know Jesus and God now, will not be with God after they die; they will not go to heaven.
It says that you can and must know God now to go to heaven after you die.
Jesus said, "Take heed of the living one while you are alive, lest you die and seek to see him and be unable to do so."
How can you call yourself a Christian if you do not know what Jesus says he is? People are worshiping the dead Jesus, because they do not know the living one.
Jesus = the truth and the life. The truth and the life = the present, the NOW.
Jesus is with everyone now. He always has been and always will be. If you want to meet Jesus (truth/life), just open your mind, open your present.
Jesus said, “Behold, I stand at your door and knock; open the door and I will come to you.”
The door: Your mind is like a door, and it is currently closed. You have to have a truly open mind to learn the truth and experience the life (the present). Most people, even biblical scholars, will be learning what Jesus is saying for the first time when they read this book. They have been deceived by the devil/mind. Many people believe that they can only see God after they die. This is because their minds will not let them see that God is in the present, is the present."
from page 22 of "The Present (with religion)"
read: www.truthcontest.com/entries/the-present-with-religion/