Religion and spirituality has us looking at things the wrong way around, though many of them may talk a good game, the focus of almost all of them is outwards on the world, and their own benefit in it, and thus with the rule of like attracting like the world will be their reward. Again, if you're in this just for yourself, then this isn't for you. Only the Father can grant your mind righteousness, so as said seek it and desire it.

Matthew 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Regardless of the doctrine there always seems to be leaders that promote it, even though Jesus himself said let no one be called Rabbi, father or master and the like.

Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

What part of follow no man, and be deceived by no man don't people understand? Again, if you desire to be accepted by people, then this isn't for you. Your primary aim should be to be accepted by God. After all we're here because we rejected him and his law in Heaven. A simple law of being good in thought, word and deed. In short being righteous.

Matthew 6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Whether it be doing good deeds to gain good karma or favour with God (Like he would be the sort to take bribes), or praying outwardly in groups in public, letting the world know of their piety, in the mistaken belief that is a benefit to them spiritually, people only gravitate towards religion and spirituality to be better than other people (You can see that in all the dressing up and gossiping about other people in your churches) strangely in that way, people believe that they're bettering themselves.

Galatians 6:3-6 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself ALONE, and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden. Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

It is a neat little deception of the soul, filling our mind with knowledge, and then hardening it in pride. Unfortunately that is the way all knowledge from man works, which only rots when it bears no fruit. The purpose for seeking the Father's knowledge, aka proof from the Father is to bare fruit. Literally all the parables that Jesus spoke had this at its core. Even in the first book of Genesis this way of operating is spoken as a parable.

Genesis 1:11-12 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.  And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

To receive seed and to spread it in the fields that is the world, preaching the Gospel, so that more can be fruit can be yielded. Being fruitful and multiplying. The more you spread, the more you learn of righteousness and become more righteous, so that God can see that you're good (since it he that is renewing your mind) and once again fit for the Kingdom, and don't forget it is he who helps you get there, no one else. Debating these things with people, will lead no where, Bible study and bible colleges will lead you no where. Again, if you want to be agreed with, then these things aren't for you. This isn't about Earthly education, where the more people read and learn the more they're indoctrinated or educated. This is about direct experience with the Father. God will set the spark off in all people in their own time of regeneration. The Father gives you knowledge and you spread it, and not in the way that the religious do, who only seek to convert for their own end, and again full into the trap of pride. Earthly gains only leads to earthly rewards. Do not your alms before men to be seen of them as said, unless you prefer to be honoured by men instead of God.

Matthew 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Granted they're Earthly benefits to be honoured by people, but it is not good to have people speak well of you in this world, because if they do, it means you're conformed to it and belong to this world Jesus said to overcome, since the works of this world are evil. So work to help people get to the other world, our original abode, the world of the imperishable. Here's another prophecy about what Jesus would teach.

Job 23:9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

When you preach the good news, do it in a way that people won't notice you.

Matthew 6:2-4 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

Which is much more than being rewarded with the glory of men that people are enslaved by here.

Luke 6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

All Earthly doctrines are of this world, and mostly focus on this world. Though they may be a hope of an afterlife or a belief in it, the fact of the matter is that people do not know. Even worse, lack the humility to admit it. People don't even know that the spirit, soul and body are three different things. Something that can only known by in part separating the soul from the body, and even then, the spirit is still unaware that it isn't a soul, so remains blind in people who manage to do that.

Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

On that note, here's a prophecy about the soul, the heart being exposed for what it is. Remember parables and similitude's, not the very image of, but a shadow of good things to come.

Isaiah 47:1-3 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.

This daughter of Babylon is the same as the whore of Babylon, it is the heart, the soul of a man, that Mystery Babylon, who can know it?

Revelation 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.

As you should be able to see reading the Old Testament, people thought they were a soul, or couldn't tell the difference between the soul the spirit. Fewer still, knew that the heart spoken of in the Bible is the one and the same as the soul. Again it is called old for a reason, and Jesus set the way for the new, making the crooked path straight, narrow though it is. Did people not spot the prophecies about the Old and New Testaments?

Leviticus 26:10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

Almost all of the Old Testament is a prophecy about Jesus, and what he came to teach. The best way to describe prophecy is providence in none human terms. Human terms = Shadow of good things to come, aka what is written in the Law and the Prophets, which can be nonsensical in pure human terms. Incidentally, Jesus spoke in human terms about the spirit, in parables, and not just the obvious ones.

Hebrews 10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

In the Old Testament's case, the past predicting the future, in the present.

Ephesians 1:10-11 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

So yes, predestination is a thing, which should be obvious really, after all, prophecy is a thing. It is real.

Song of Solomon 7:13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

When most people read the scriptures they can only see one thing, the Old, things of the flesh, the writings of historical events and people. When those who have actually applied what Jesus taught and received the anointing from the Father, then they start to see things anew, with the spirit, as their understanding increases. Again, this isn't the human form of education or learning.

1 John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

Something that is beyond language. In a nutshell a different interpretation is to be found in the language of the spirit. It cannot be taught by man, it is given (instructed) by the one and only God of Heaven.

Matthew 13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

New knowledge is brought out of the Old Testament by applying what Jesus taught to yourself, meaning to do exactly what he said to do, and not just believe in him vainly in hope of some reward for your belief. The old belief is just reading something, and agreeing with it and then deceiving yourself that you'll have eternal life once you die, that you're born again.

John 6:32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

Again, to believe in Jesus means to DO WHAT HE SAYS TO DO, not worship him as a God. As said, the Father gives people the true knowledge from Heaven. What Moses did was only a shadow of good things to come, but not the very image of. Same goes for all the Prophets of the Old Testament, they're called Prophets because they did things that alluded to the future of the teachings of righteousness, even the coming of Jesus who was the first to teach the world on how to attain it.

John 5:36-43 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. (There's your two witnesses btw) Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. (Remember who Adam and Eve hid from in the Garden, and who Moses spoke to before the burning bush) And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. I receive not honour from men. (Yet MANY Christians come in his name, in vain worshipping him and his image on the cross) But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. (The same way people receive the leaders and speakers of all Earthly religions)

Back then people thought their route to Heaven was following the commandments of the Lord God and Moses and believing in them. (People couldn't even do that anyway, after all people still lied, killed and cheated, because they're ruled by their hearts) and today it is just believing in God and Jesus and thinking you're born again, and of course people still behave in the same way in thought word and deed. Don't fool yourselves otherwise. Again, more prophecy about religions that forbid people to marry and not eat certain meats.

1 Timothy 4:1-3 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

Do not let man tell you what to eat, when to fast or what to wear, the flesh profits nothing. Certain religious leaders are taught not to marry, because they have taken an Earthly interpretation of the scriptures. How that goes on in this generation still tells you how far we have to go. Besides, they're no true leaders but God.

Matthew 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Wearing a cross, that yoke around people's neck isn't going to help anyone, it is the literally image of the beast, that people give power to because of their worship, the Mother church causing it to speak through its servants and its members, its children. They're neglecting that it is revelation that they should be wearing upon their head, that crown of glory. Invisible though it maybe, it is something that is felt by you and only you once you receive that anointing, that is truth and nothing but and destroys all falsehood in your mind. It is that which people should be sharing, the good news straight from the Father, not the religions, images and doctrines of men. Take off the burden of a man's sacrifice on Satan's cross of destruction from around your necks, and instead do what that man said to do. Turn to the Father, using your spirit. That inner man.

Isaiah 10:27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

ONLY the word of God, the Father's revelations can do that, awakening the spirit that slumbers in the midst of the soul and body.