Unity and Maturity

Read Your Bible!

Warning!

Before you listen to another talk about someone else, stop! Remember that if you participate in the conversation, you are participating in an act that is joining hands with your enemy! Satan is a fault finder. He seeks to bring division within the believers of the Messiah. It is so easy to think that by pointing out what is 'thought wrong by yourself' is right. However, you must reframe from crossing the line of defaming another due to their beliefs. If you know that you are right, then prove it! How would you prove it you say? LIVE IT! Share what you believe and leave it at that. If you are always trying to defend your belief, then most assuredly you will harbor bitterness and an attitude of always having to prove something. The Gospel of Jesus the Messiah is not in the wisdom of human words, but rather the power of the resurrection life.

You MUST be Born From Above

What must you do to be born again (above)?

Jesus told a leader in the Jewish society and a member of the Jewish council that he must be born again. This stumped this great man of social and religious influence. His question back to Jesus was one that even men and women in this modern age ask even today. "What, do I have to enter in again into my mother's womb and once again be born?

John 3:5-8KJV

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

John 3:5-8ESV

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

Jhn 3:6 “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Jhn 3:7 “Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

Jhn 3:8 “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

John 3:5-8NIV

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

Jhn 3:6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

Jhn 3:7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’

Jhn 3:8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

Jesus said; "You marvel, you are surprised (?) that I say that you must be born again." He said this because He was talking to a leader, a teacher of men in the things of God. This being born again was not something new from God Almighty!

Being born again is how it has always been between God and man! Yes, being born again in what is called as the New Testament is not a new doctrine! David knew this to be true. He cried out to the Living God that he served asking Him to create in him a new heart. It reads as follows:

Psalm 51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Psa 51:2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Psa 51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.

Psa 51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.

Psa 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Psa 51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Psa 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Psa 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.

Psa 51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Psa 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Psa 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.

Psa 51:13 [Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

Psa 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

Psa 51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

Psa 51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

Psa 51:17 The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psa 51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Psa 51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Never allow someone of a religious mindset to pervert the Holy Scriptures of the Living God by saying that the new birth is New Testament only! They are blinded just as this man whom Jesus was talking to named Nicodemus. Here this man also had set himself to be a teacher of men. But in doing so he missed the entirety of Scripture. This is why Jesus said "

John 5:37-47

And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

Jhn 5:38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, ^{(meaning that God Almighty had sent men with His word abiding in them)} him ye believe not.

Jhn 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think [^{religious thinking which is not the mind of the Messiah}/ _{of which those born again have if they are in Him]}ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Jhn 5:40 And ye will not come to me (^{He is the Word of the Living God and is the entirety of the Holy Scriptures)}, that ye might have life.

Jhn 5:41 I receive not honor from men. ^{(The drastic mistake of so many men and women that profess themselves to be teachers of men)}

Jhn 5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

Jhn 5:43 I am come in my Father's name ^{(Authority - of which we as believers who are born again have, for we have authority in His name - due to the gift that we share, the Holy Spirit Baptism)}, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

Jhn 5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honour that [cometh] from God only?

Jhn 5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is [one] that accuseth you, [even] Moses, in whom ye trust.

Jhn 5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: ⁽^{Moses and all of the Law and all of the Prophets spoke of the Messiah - God upon man)} for he wrote of me.

Jhn 5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

I want to speak to you about "me" in verse 5:46. Jesus is us and we are Him! We are His body! When one says we are of the church of Jesus, they are saying that they are the members or coming together of the body of the Messiah!

This is the stumbling stone! This is the foolishness of the nations!

But we are carrying 'God in flesh' upon this earth - together, in unity! (We are God's only representatives upon this earth.) Jesus prayed for this unity! And, he did not pray for this unity to be only upon those disciples whom God the Father had given Him; He prayed for all who believed in Him hearing the message of the disciples.

John 17:20-26

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

That they all may be one; as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare [it]: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

That message is contained in what is called the New Testament starting from the book of Acts!

To be born again you must accept the Word of God upon your life! God says that you are in sin - disconnected from Him. He asks you to fellowship with Him! That is, to turn from your sin - your life of being disconnected with Him, and turn to Him in all that you do. To love the Lord God with all you heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. And it is recorded that you love (serve, obey) with all of your strength or influence also.

But what if you do this and within hours or days or weeks or months you feel condemned? You feel as if you are cut off. You feel as if God is not close.

Well, for one you must be a disciple. You must find yourself a network (to use the modern term) or family of like believers who have governed themselves in such a manner as to have a pastor over such a fellowship that is led by the Spirit of the Living God. To say find a Bible believing Church is not appropriate for me to say to you. For how would you know if they rightly divided the Word of Truth if you yourself are yet a babe in the Messiah? The Spirit of God will lead you to a fellowship of believers. If you seek the Kingdom of God first and His righteousness (what it is to be in right standing with Him) God will lead you. Read your Bible and when you hear others talk about the Bible and things pertaining to the Living God, take notes and read the Scriptures that are given in the context in which they are contained within the Bible.

If you are reading this and want to find a church in your area that stands on the Authority of the Messiah then write an Email with the words 'need a home' in the subject line to this ministry and we will provide a church (a group of believers) in your area!

However, here I will disciple you in this one thing. Pick up your Bible and read in Romans 8:1 There is no condemnation in those who are in the Messiah - Jesus!

Anything (CD, Movie, of Book) or anyone (Pastor, friend, or family member) that would bring condemnation against you is not of God! But, if you have committed or are committing sin; then yes, your relationship with the Living God is cut off. It is cut off in the fact that you are not in right standing with Him. If you are quick to say or reason that Jesus died for your sins, you are correct; but He also gave you the Holy Spirit (if you have received the Spirit since you believed) so that you may share in relationship with you. If you were in relationship with Him, then the Spirit would call you to repent of the action or actions that you have done or are doing. This is a growth period, child training. However, if you are never disciple yet rather continue in the hardness of your heart; then you are illegitimate and not a child of His! He is seeking you to repent and come to Him and not to run from Him in your sin! The Spirit of God calls upon your heart to confess your sin to Him. And 1 John explains this state of the believer. 1 John 2:1-2 says that the work that Jesus fulfilled in His crucifixion and death allows the believer to confess and stand in God Almighty's presence.

This is allowed by the propitiation or atoning sacrifice (covering) for our sins. The word there for propitiation/atoning sacrifice is hilasmos and is a word rightfully argued over by some very educated men and women who seek the truth of the written word. One man, Easton (From Easton's Bible Dictionary of 1897) wrote: "Christ is "the propitiation," because by his becoming our substitute and assuming our obligations he expiated our guilt, covered it, by the vicarious punishment which he endured." In this definition I find agreement in that 'the guilt' of the sinner is taken in the Messiah's work fulfilled upon Golgotha (Calvary).

But I am here not to be a Bible Scholar for an individual but as a Minister to a man or woman that wants to maintain relationship to the living God through the Messiah - Jesus. I speak to the common man or woman that seek the Living God. Not to say that I do not or have not done my studies. I know very few men or women who have read as many works or have studied as much as I have and do. But as it is in the secular and is in the spiritual; one can live a life of study and never come to understanding, thus not commit to the work of the Lord.

You can and will gain faith by your reading and listening by all means. Faith comes from hearing the Word of God. Nevertheless, Jesus commended us to work while it is day and to not hide what is given to us. For even that which we think that we have will be taken from us. We must be about the Father's business.

Preach the Kingdom of God and to repent from sin and turn to the Living God!

The Gospel is simple and the simplicity of it is so often overlooked by those that seek to prove what they preach. God is fully capable of refining those who do the work of the Lord!

The believer now has salvation and is saved from all sin (Lk. 19:9; Acts 4;12; Rom. 1:16; 10;9-10; 2 Cor. 6:2; 2 Th. 2:13; 1 Jn. 1:9; Eph. 1:14)
The believer is being kept from sin as he walks in the light (Phil. 2:12; 2 Tim. 3:15, Tit. 2:11-12; Heb. 2:3; 6:9; 1 Jn. 1:7
The believer will eventually be saved from all the fall (rom. 13:1; 1 Th 5:9; Heb. 5:9; 9:28; 1 Pet. 1:5, 9, 13)

In all that has been discussed above, there is one thing that comes to mind. What did Jesus come to do upon this earth if not to introduce the new birth doctrine as some would preach? Click the link!

The more we seek Him,

the more we find Him,

the more we love Him

-Kari Jobe

The Holy Spirit - (God in spirit moving in time) that was left behind to give guidance, power, comfort, and authority to those who have faith in Jesus the Messiah. The Spirit convicts the world of sin (exposes the guilt of the world), shows the path of righteousness and brings to light the judgment that is now on Satan. Those in the world not in relationship with God Almighty cannot accept the Spirit because they do not see it nor do they know it. The Spirit ushers in the gift of repentance upon the individual that seeks the Lord.

The Seal of the Holy Spirit

The word seal in: Matt. 27:66, Jn. 3:33, Jn6:27, Rom.15:28, 2Cor. 1:22, 2Cor11:10, Eph. 1:13, Eph. 4:30, Rev. 7:3-8, Rev. 10:4, Rev. 20:3 is sphragizō

This word means to mark. The root of this word is used in defining the mark of circumcision (Rom. 4:1). It is clear that once profession is made in the Messiah one is marked by the Spirit of the Living God.

1Jo 4:2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

1Jo 4:3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.

There are some that would lead you to believe that this sealing is eternal, and that by no fault of your own; weather you commit sin or not, you are bound for heaven. They attest that this sealing means to ‘lock’ one unto God. This is by far the most damning doctrine of Christianity. This means that repentant work of the Holy Spirit is not needed for the believer after once confessing Christ. Paul never meant for a sinner to come up with such blatant heresy as this. The fruit of those that claim such are evident. These are they that attend churches that are social groups and think it not strange to be inner twined in gossip, hate, bigotry, racism, etc.

1) to set a seal upon, mark with a seal, to seal

a) for security: from Satan

b) since things sealed up are concealed (as the contents of a letter), to hide, keep in silence, keep secret

c) in order to mark a person or a thing

1) to set a mark upon by the impress of a seal or a stamp

2) angels are said to be sealed by God

d) in order to prove, confirm, or attest a thing

1) to confirm authenticate, place beyond doubt

a) of a written document

b) to prove one's testimony to a person that he is what he professes to be

The Seal or Mark of the Holy Spirit is just that, a deposit of what will be. Our salvation is a deposit of what will be. Many will ask if you are saved. In doing this, they are asking if you have done, what it is said to do, to count yourself as being saved. They hold high the act of being ‘saved’ yet know nothing of the life that is the effect of being born again. Those who do not continue in this deposit are said by Paul to be Anti-Christ or Anti-Anointed. These are they that confess Jesus but never act in faith but rather are moved to act against the Anointed One and His Anointed. If you were ‘saved’ as some assume, then you would in no way be fighting the battle that you fight on this earth as you proclaim Jesus as Lord, for you would have been plucked from this earth and forever in eternity.

{We believe that the Holy Spirit is ultimately sovereign in the distribution of spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 12:11). We believe that speaking in tongues and the working of sign miracles gradually ceased as the New Testament Scriptures were completed, their authority upheld, and the early church firmly established (1 Corinthians 12:4-11; 2 Corinthians 12:12; Ephesians 2:20; 4:7-12).}

- The above statement came from a site off the internet that directly promotes the doctrine of Eternal Security. The word they use is CEASED! God stopped working.

Salvation is eternal

if you continue in the faith.

Col 1:22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation–

Col 1:23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

We must discern the Word of God and not accept every wind of doctrine that comes our way. We must stand firm until the end!

Gal 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

2Cr 1:21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us,

This Anointing (The Holy Spirit) is what keeps us standing. Our surrendering to His will and not our own is strength. Paul saw his weakness as what showed God's power.

2Cr 12:10 That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Awake to the day on your knees and God will make you stand.

Righteousness - (see 'dictionary' for word definition) The term in the New Testament is the same as saying: In right standing.

As a Christian it is of the utmost importance to arrive at a clear understanding of this term in the New Testament!

To be righteous under God has nothing to do with your actions - for you would fail to acquire such status nor could you. This action was done by Jesus when He died upon the cross. It is His action that puts the follower of Him in this position. His blood covers the believer. That is why Paul wrote in Romans 8:1 where he said:

1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, 4 in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.

Living according to the Spirit is Christianity! It is the Spirit that was given to the believer (one who follows Jesus) not the world; so that the believer could be empowered to do the work of ministry.

But, make no mistake about it, the written Word of God that is given to us in the Bible is the foundation upon which we grow. Be careful not to be carried out in the left or right field away from this Word. God has not been silent over the last two thousand years for He has sent out apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. At the same time Satan has sent his own. Atrocities have been carried out against the Jewish people under the flag of Christianity. The same is true today. There are religious/theological clicks in small town communities where city and county officials sit in seats of authority, oppressing those outside their clicks and fraternal orders.

The Messiah has set us free from this un-godly behavior. A written account of the code of conduct for a follower of the Messiah per say is in the New Testament. It is for those in leadership positions in this modern age within the Assemblies that we come to understand our position in our communities.

There is a great need for leadership in this day and age. This is arrived at through discipleship. One can be a disciple though personal direction from the Holy Spirit during individual study of the Word of God. But there must be submission to leadership in the local assembly. The oil (Anointing) does not run up hill, but from the top.

(Did you know?)

Yesu Mulungi...is a Luganda Phrase meaning 'Jesus is Good', a phrase used by Christians in Uganda when going through Difficult times...it is used in Praise and Thankfulness to God that He is Faithful and will see us through all our Hard times.

Would you be offended in this name because it it's not the English word for Jesus that you know? What if these people of Uganda did not dress like you nor carried on Christian services as you and your family have done for years, would you be offended?

`ashiyr is the transliteration of the Hebrew word for 'rich'.

It is clear that the word 'rich' and 'pride' run hand and hand to the degree that God warns one that riches can inflame ones pride and alienate one from God's true riches.

Where the balance of riches and humility are is in the definition of the word 'peace'.

shalowm is the transliteration of the Hebrew word for 'peace'.

The word peace means to be whole! Whole in every area in one's life toward his or her God. So much so that the Hebrew greeting is a social question asking if there is health among its members.

It is that we as Christians should be in peace. We should be in balance of the relationship between riches and humility so that we are in the bond of peace.

If anyone that tries to point out to you that we are to have riches in Heaven and be poor on this earth - flee from them! For they are a reflection of false humility created through false theology strengthened by denominations that do not stand in the Anointing of a Living God and in the Kingdom that He has created on this Earth.

Stand in your calling and give no ground to those who are not walking in faith! Flee from them. Despise the clothes that they are even wearing. Do not try to reason with them, leave them in their misery.

You are to minister to those that will accept a Living

God - not a dead god with a history in a book!

Give love to all but accept nothing from those who are lost! They do not have a voice. If they had 'The Voice of The Holy Spirit' they would be living in victory and not in defeat.

Stand in the faith of the Living God who to us is called Father!

We call Him Daddy.

The Jewish Understanding of G-d

THE RAMBAM'S THIRTEEN PRINCIPLES
OF JEWISH FAITH

1. I believe with perfect faith that G-d is the Creator and Ruler of all things. He alone has made, does make, and will make all things.

2. I believe with perfect faith that G-d is One. There is no unity that is in any way like His. He alone is our G-d He was, He is, and He will be.

3. I believe with perfect faith that G-d does not have a body. physical concepts do not apply to Him. There is nothing whatsoever that resembles Him at all.

4. I believe with perfect faith that G-d is first and last.

5. I believe with perfect faith that it is only proper to pray to G-d. One may not pray to anyone or anything else.

6. I believe with perfect faith that all the words of the prophets are true.

7. I believe with perfect faith that the prophecy of Moses is absolutely true. He was the chief of all prophets, both before and after Him.

8. I believe with perfect faith that the entire Torah that we now have is that which was given to Moses.

9. I believe with perfect faith that this Torah will not be changed, and that there will never be another given by G-d.

10. I believe with perfect faith that G-d knows all of man's deeds and thoughts. It is thus written (Psalm 33:15), "He has molded every heart together, He understands what each one does."

11. I believe with perfect faith that G-d rewards those who keep His commandments, and punishes those who transgress Him.

12. I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah. How long it takes, I will await His coming every day.

13. I believe with perfect faith that the dead will be brought back to life when G-d wills it to happen.

Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem

If you want to stop the ongoing sin in your life, then get your Bible out and read it! Read it aloud to yourself! Read the gospel of John and accept what you read and stand upon it even if you must read and re-read it until the Holy Spirit overshadows you and picks up your hardened heart to cry out to the Lord and praise Him for who He is and what you know He is saying to you!

If there was ever a time to be angry, it is now! Get holy anger against the sin (voice) in your life that is trying to steal, kill, and destroy you by keeping the Living Word of God from you! Stand up and shout and proclaim that you serve the Lord! Shake yourself off and praise the Lord.

Freedom is in hearing the Word of God in your spirit by the Holy Spirit!

I know that by the Gospel (the power of salvation) you can and will receive the life of God and that you will lift up your hands to worship Him in spirit (your spirit).

-Evangelist Michael

It was He (Jesus) who have some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ (Those who assembly under the Anointing - led by the Holy Spirit) may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ (Under the unlimited measure of the Spirit that is for those who speak the words of God) [Ephesians 4:11]

Below are five (pdf files) that came from a book that I kept, writing down what was laid upon my heart and what I felt was worthy to write down during that period of my life. During the year before and year after I started this book, I found hardship that truely tested my soul. But the Holy Spirit was there to allow me to find a way out. A place of escape while in the temptation. Not all views written are now held by me.

Such as the definition of the soul and spirit. The Spirit was teaching me through study and thought.

So be careful when you want to open your mouth in doubt, you will be in like company. Just keep your mouth closed and wait and pray. He is after all - God. But to me He is Father.

Journel and Teachings by Michael Hensley1.pdf
Journel and Teachings by Michael Hensley2.pdf
Journel and Teachings by Michael Hensley3.pdf
Journel and Teachings by Michael Hensley4.pdf
Journel and Teachings by Michael Hensley5.pdf

Can God use YOU?

Do you call yourself a Christian?

Today, if you incountered someone in need, could God use you to reach out and help them? Could He trust you? Would you understand that He would be the One working through you? Do you see others through His eyes? Do you reconize your brother or sister in the Anointing (Jesus) because they verbally say they are such, or because the Spirit identifies them as such?

Christianity is not a social club of 'Do rights'. It is not a self help program that has a mediator that facilitates an open descussion group of questioning individuals working out their ideals and feelings. Nor is it a group that looks at other groups as needing indoctrination into itself.

Christianity is not a new religion that a man named Jesus started so as to correct the world of its view of Him.

Southern white men did not coin the thought of salvation.

American black individuals were not the trend setters of loud assemblies in the name of the Messiah (Jesus).

Jewish individuals are not to be held in higher esteem over the believer from non-Jewish descent.

If you think that you are right and the world is wrong; you have taken the first step in adhering to the character of Satan.

If you are going through hard times and do not see a way out; get out of the driver's seat. If your view is clouded, it is just that, clouded. Stop, and seek guidance through the fog.

Believe it or not, God has put many resources in society (exspecially America) to help individuals through hard times other than a church.

Just because 'church' is in the name does not mean that God's Spirit is represented there.

There are more people calling themselves Christians that have serious problems that are sociable, mental, and or physcial than what you could shake a stick at!

So you are not alone!

If you think that someone will point a finger toward you, you are probally right. But believe me, they are in the group that you could shake a stick at.

There is a point where one can be used of God. And that point is the point of repentance.

Gnostics (pronounced NOSS-ticks) generally believed that all humans possessed, within themselves, a tiny piece of a larger divine mind or power. It was the imperfect influence of the "dark" material world that prevented humans from making a spiritual connection with the "light" of the divine.

Gnostics regarded Jesus as an enlightened teacher whose message could enable an elite group of humans to find the divine spark within their own inner beings and rediscover the connection and become divine themselves, rising above the imperfection of the material world. The ability to acquire such special knowledge was often associated with self-denial.

Gnostics are dead wrong!

You may deny yourself of anything and everything

and still bust hell wide open.

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The Word - the spoken Word of God - works two fold when it is spoken under the Anointing of the Lord Jesus. He is The Anointed and who died to share that Anointing to all who obey Him.

I want to elucidate something out of Jeremiah that I find delivers the truth about covenant.^{We are under covenant, those who obey The Lord Messiah.}

^{In the eleventh chapter we read:}

^{1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2.“Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 3.You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who does not hear the words of this covenant 4.that I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Listen to my voice, and do all that I command you. So shall you be my people, and I will be your God, 5.that I may confirm the oath that I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day.” Then I answered, “So be it, Lord.”}

^{^{Are you numbered as one of the people of God?}

^{Is The God of the Holy Scriptures considered by anyone to be your God?}
^{For all the times that you wondered about everyone else and what they believed and which denomination is right or wrong, remember this:}
^{"Teacher, said John, "we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us."}
^{"Do not stop him," Jesus said. "No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for whoever is not against us is for us. I tell you the truth, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose his reward." Mark 9:38-39}}

Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

We must give back to humanity what we have had need of. (Ps. 82:4)
One cannot direct change nor provide help, in error - for he or she must be in peace - one with the Father. (Ps. 85:8)
Strength comes by prayer and the faith that assures one the Lord has heard and will answer. (Ps. 109:26-31/John 15:7)
We must not let ourselves to be swayed by sin so as to be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. (Heb. 3:12-14
We are not ignorant of our resources surrounding us. (1Cor. 1:26-31)
In giving back to humanity - we must remember who we were and where we came from. (1 Cor. 1:26-31)

We as followers of The Anointed One are not public servants! But are servants to the public in the Anointing.

The Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only-begotten, Begotten of the Father before all worlds, Light of Light; True God of True God; Begotten, not made; of one essence with the Father, by Whom all things are made;

Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became man;

And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried.

And the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures;

And ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father;

And He shall come again with glory to judge the quick and the dead, Whose Kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father; Who together with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.

And I believe in one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.

I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins.

I look for the resurrection of the dead;

And the life of the world to come. Amen.

Do you believe this creed? Do you know the differance between confession in faith and self denial toward faith?

Many see self denial as evidance of faith or a way to solidify faith in their life. But it is clear that faith comes from hearing and not action. (Rom. 10:17)

What is a promise among men?

A promise is a psychological contract indicating a transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use. A promise may also be any vow or guarantee.

Christianity

In Christianity, a distinction is made between simple promises and oaths/vows, with only the latter being seen as involving God, either as witness to the promise or recipient of it, although He sees the simple promises too.

The act of making a solemn oath may be done on one's own, but certain oaths or vows, especially when it effects a person's vocation in life and role in the community, are made publicly, and before a priest or public official. A Christian who makes an oath to God is responsible for it, not to the peril of his soul, but as a sin if he breaks it.

Certain sects of Western Christianity, amongst them the Religious Society of Friends and the Mennonites, object to the taking of both oaths and affirmations, basing their objections upon a commandment given in the Sermon on the Mount, and regard all promises to be witnessed by God.

Islam

In An-Nahl 91, Allah forbids Muslims to break their promises after they have confirmed them. All promises are regarded as having Allah as their witness and guarantor. In the Hadith, Muhammad states that a Muslim who made a promise and then saw a better thing to do, should do the better thing and then make an act of atonement for breaking the promise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promise

Keep the Lord before you and move anything away that tries to steal your view!

You have a choice! You have the right to choose who to serve! God gave you that right, because He gave you freedom to choose. He spoke in past as He speaks still today:

"I set before you Life and Death, Blessing and Cursing; choose Life!"

Do not allow others to pervert the Scripture, when you yourself can plainly read what it says!

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