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[[File:Jesusfeeds.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Abraham]], [[Moses]], [[John the Baptist]] and [[Jesus]] were all appointed tasks and positions.<Br>When Jesus [[appoint]]ed a kingdom to His [[little flock]] He was delegating a responsibility upon them. When He required them to "sell all they had" and follow Him, there was no such command to the general population.<Br>While the ministers sold their property and owned [[all things common]], the purpose of the [[Messiah]] was to set the [[captive]] free while returning everyman to his [[family]] and to his [[possessions]]. <Br>Those [[called out]] ministers could be called a form of ''[[clergy]]'', but their duties, responsibilities, and limiting criteria were defined by Christ and may not resemble modern forms of [[clergy]]. The engine that drives the [[kingdom of God]], which is [[faith]], is found in the [[heart and mind]] of the individual and it is fueled by the [[Holy Spirit]].<Br>Terms like [[clergy]], [[laity]], [[elder]], [[father]], wife, son, or daughter have their place when properly defined, but neither God nor the [[Holy Spirit]] are a [[respecter of persons]].<Br>Like the "[[Church in the wilderness]]"—which consisted of those ministers of a "[[Peculiar people]]" who were "[[called out]]" of the ''camp of the [[golden calf]]'' by [[Moses]]—those who were "[[called out]]" by [[Jesus]] played a pivotal role in serving the people of the [[early Christian]] community through the free practice of "[[Pure religion]]".<Br>Certainly the [[early Church]] advocated a [[Daily ministration]] for the needy of the Christian community that was dependent on [[Charity]] only. It was not like the system of [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] nor the [[Bread and circuses|free bread]] of [[Rome]] which compelled the offerings of the people. It was the practice of [[Pure Religion]] by the early church that brought them into [[conflict| | [[File:Jesusfeeds.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Abraham]], [[Moses]], [[John the Baptist]] and [[Jesus]] were all appointed tasks and positions.<Br>When Jesus [[appoint]]ed a kingdom to His [[little flock]] He was delegating a responsibility upon them. When He required them to "sell all they had" and follow Him, there was no such command to the general population.<Br>While the ministers sold their property and owned [[all things common]], the purpose of the [[Messiah]] was to set the [[captive]] free while returning everyman to his [[family]] and to his [[possessions]]. <Br>Those [[called out]] ministers could be called a form of ''[[clergy]]'', but their duties, responsibilities, and limiting criteria were defined by Christ and may not resemble modern forms of [[clergy]]. The engine that drives the [[kingdom of God]], which is [[faith]], is found in the [[heart and mind]] of the individual and it is fueled by the [[Holy Spirit]].<Br>Terms like [[clergy]], [[laity]], [[elder]], [[father]], wife, son, or daughter have their place when properly defined, but neither God nor the [[Holy Spirit]] are a [[respecter of persons]].<Br>Like the "[[Church in the wilderness]]"—which consisted of those ministers of a "[[Peculiar people]]" who were "[[called out]]" of the ''camp of the [[golden calf]]'' by [[Moses]]—those who were "[[called out]]" by [[Jesus]] played a pivotal role in serving the people of the [[early Christian]] community through the free practice of "[[Pure religion]]".<Br>Certainly the [[early Church]] advocated a [[Daily ministration]] for the needy of the Christian community that was dependent on [[Charity]] only. It was not like the system of [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] nor the [[Bread and circuses|free bread]] of [[Rome]] which compelled the offerings of the people. It was the practice of [[Pure Religion]] by the early church that brought them into [[Christian conflict|conflict]] with [[Public religion]] and the [[Covetous Practices]] of the [[World]]. To understand the [[#clergy of Christ|clergy of Christ]] it may be important to distinguish it from the [[clergyism]] of the [[Modern Church]] and the [[Clergyism#clergy of the world|clergy of the world]].]] |