Over the ages, the actual corporeal and incorporeal service of the church to the people became little more than superstitious religious ceremonies designed to give the people a feeling of being justified in the delusion that they were worshiping God. In truth they were actually sacrificing upon the altars of the Nicolaitans.3 this is the error of Balaam and the antithesis of Christ.
In the early centuries the people were dependent upon the network of the Church to sustain them in the hard times of Roman and Judaic collapse. Today, many Churches preach tithing, but send the people to benefactors who exercise authority one over the other, contrary to the precepts of Christ. His Holy Church has no authority to dictate a ‘unified liturgy’. That is to say, we cannot compel the manner of public service, like other governments do, or exercise authority over the choice and liberty of each other.
The church does have an obligation to care for the needs of the flock of Christ, the people hearing His voice and seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness. It has a mission to serve the people so that they need not pray to the benefactors of the world. This book is about that network used by Abraham, Moses, and Jesus Christ to edify the Kingdom of God which is within our reach.
Every man and woman must strive to follow the precepts of Christ in protecting one another as God's altars of living earth. The ministers of the Church---who set aside some of their their personal liberty to serve God by serving His people---are the living stones of His altar, performing an important function of representation. His Church must preach the kingdom of love and liberty. It is to facilitate the communion of the people in faith, hope, and charity so that they learn and live the gospel of the kingdom as free souls under God. We must all unlearn the ways and the practices of the world that are contrary to the ways of Christ and His Holy first century Church, which have crept into our thinking over the last two millennia.4
We must reexamine the meaning of phrases like worship services, kingdom of God, first century Church, congregation, and pure religion. We must look at the particular directives of Christ and show true faith in the whole gospel of the Kingdom.
We are told that we should not be like the benefactors and public servants of the “world” who rule over the manner and means of the sacrifices of the people by ruling over the people and the people ruling over their neighbor, exercising authority in the provision of their own welfare. Such welfare has always been a snare and a stumbling block for the people, from David5 to Paul6 and even down unto this very day. Through covetousness, such systems make the people little more than human resources, 7slaves to serve the will of depots and tyrants.
The leaders of the Church are the antithesis of and alternative to institutions of men which exercise authority one over the other. They show their faith in Christ by their provision of good service.8
“Blessed [are] those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.” Luke 12:37
The people who seek the righteousness of Christ and His kingdom care for the welfare of each other through the bonds of love, in a network of charity ministered to by those living stones of God's altar of their choosing. Through a process of forgiveness and a communion of thanksgiving, the Holy Spirit shall write the liturgy of God on the minds and hearts of the whole body of Christ, providing salvation in this world and the next.
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