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God is no respecter of persons partly because a "Person" by definition is a "member" and salvation is an individual pursuit, not a collective one.
But the apostles did come into one "accord" and were a "body" and received an appointment of a kingdom but as doers of the word they became the provider of all social welfare for the early Christians through faith, hope, and charity and not by force, fear, and fealty like the world of Rome and the "modern Christians".
Abraham, Moses, John the Baptist and Jesus and the early Church appointed by the Christ advocated a Daily ministration that was dependent on Charity and a network of servant ministers working in groups of tens only and it was not like the system of Corban of the Pharisees and Rome.

Appoint

The word "appoint" appears in the Bible at least a 167 time. Of the Twenty-five times it appears in the New Testament eight times it is seen in the Gospels.

In the English language it can be defined^[1] as:

. To select or designate to fill an office or a position.
. To fix or set by authority or by mutual agreement.
. To furnish; equip.
. To direct the disposition of (property) to a person or persons in exercise of a power granted for this purpose by a preceding deed.

Tithemi

The Greek word tithemi^[2] appears 96 times but is only translated appoint 6 times which is first seen in Matthew 24:51.

The first place we see tithemi in the Greek text of the gospel it is found in the parable about putting a light under a bushel basket and is translated "put".

Matthew 5:15 "Neither do men light a candle, and put^[2] it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house."

This Greek word tithemi appears to be best associated with the English definition of "4. To direct the disposition of (property) to a person or persons in exercise of a power granted for this purpose by a preceding deed."

In Luke and Matthew ^[3] the word appoint^[2] is the result of the "preceding deed" of hypocrisy and unbelief after claiming to believe.

Peter speaks of a stumbling block and rock of offense being appointed because of the deeds of disobedience.

1 Peter 2:8 "And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed <5087>."

Suntasso

The next two times we see the word appoint is in Matthew 26:19 and Matthew 27:10 and translated from the word suntasso^[4] which only appears in Matthew.^[5]

Both times it is used by Christ to prescribe, appoint something.

Tasso

The next word we see in Matthew 28:16 is the similar word tasso^[6] commonly translated as appoint and ordain appearing only eight time in the Bible it also appears in other forms as we may observe.

In the Gospels we see tasso used twice:

Matthew 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed <5021 etaxato assigned> them.

Luke 7:8 For I also am a man set <5021 tassomenos appointed,> under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth [it].

It does also appear in Matthew in the form of tassomenos (I appoint) but is not translated:

Matthew 8:9 For I am a man under authority, (tassomenos) having soldiers under me: and I say to this [man], Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth [it].

The first time the apostles seem to be sent to a mountain as if "to station" them and the second time in Luke it is describing soldiers "put in order" under authority.

In the Epistles it is translated appointed twice with its primary meaning being "to put in order, to place in a certain order, to arrange, to assign".

Acts 22:10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed <5021 tetaktai it has been appointed> for thee to do.

Acts 28:23 And when they had appointed <5021 Taxamenoi Having appointed> him a day, there came many to him into [his] lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and [out of] the prophets, from morning till evening.

Tasso is even translated ordained in both Acts 13 and Roman 13:

Acts 13:48 "And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained <5021 tetagmenoi appointed> to eternal life believed."

Romans 13:1 "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained <5021 tetagmenai having been instituted> of God."

It is translated determined in reference to appointing Paul and Barnabas to go to Jerusalem to get the answer from the apostles to a question that was in dispute:

Acts 15:2 "When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined <5021 etaxan they appointed> that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question."

Probably the strangest translation is when we are lead to the meaning of the word to be addicted. It certainly does not mean addicted as the word is commonly used today.

1 Corinthians 16:15 "I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and [that] they have addicted <5021 etaxan they have devoted> themselves to the ministry of the saints,)"

Diatasso

Luke uses four different words that are all translated appoint. In Luke 3:13, Luke 10:1, Luke 12:46, and Luke 22:29 each verse containing respectively diatasso^[7], anadeiknumi^[8], tithemi^[2] and diatithemai^[9].

The word has a meaning of commanding as we see in Matthew:

Matthew 11:1 "And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding <1299> his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities."

We see this idea of commanding also in Luke:

Luke 8:55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded <1299> to give her meat.

Luke 17:9 Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded <1299> him? I trow not.

Luke 17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded <1299> you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

And again in Acts this sense of commanding is prominent:

Acts 18:2 "And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded <1299> all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them."

Acts 20:13 "And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed <1299>, minding himself to go afoot."

Acts 23:31 "Then the soldiers, as it was commanded <1299> them, took Paul, and brought [him] by night to Antipatris."

Acts 24:23 "And he commanded <1299> a centurion to keep Paul, and to let [him] have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him."

Even though the word is translated appointed we can assume those verses also include the idea of commanding:

Luke 3:13 "And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed <1299 diatetagmenon having been appointed> you."

Acts 7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed <1299>, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

1 Corinthians 7:17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I <1299> in all churches.

1 Corinthians 9:14 Even so hath <1299> the Lord ordained <1299> that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

1 Corinthians 11:34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order <1299> when I come.

1 Corinthians 16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order <1299> to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.

Galatians 3:19 Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained <1299> by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Titus 1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed <1299> thee:

Histemi

In Acts 1:23 we see histemi^[10]) which appears 158 times but is translated stand 116 times out of 158 times

The list goes on including other words.

Jesus said he would appoint a kingdom, which was a form of government to His apostles and we see him do just that in Luke 22:29. He also ordered them to not be like the other governments of the world who exercise authority over the people to provide benefits.

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↑ The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 5087 ~τίθημι~ tithemi \@tith’-ay-mee\@ a prolonged form of a primary ~θεω~ theo \@theh’-o\@ (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses); v AV-lay 28, put 18, lay down 12, make 10, appoint 6, kneel down + 1119 + 3588 5, misc 17; 96
1) to set, put, place
1a) to place or lay

1b) to put down, lay down
1b1) to bend down

1b2) to lay off or aside, to wear or carry no longer

1b3) to lay by, lay aside money

1c) to set on (serve) something to eat or drink

1d) to set forth, something to be explained by discourse

2) to make
2a) to make (or set) for one’s self or for one’s use

3) to set, fix establish
3a) to set forth

3b) to establish, ordain
↑ Matthew 24:51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint <5087> [him] his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for [him], and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint <5087> him his portion with the unbelievers.
↑ 4929 συντάσσω suntasso [soon-tas-so] from 4862 and 5021; v; AV-appoint 2; 2 (Matthew 26:19 and Matthew 27:10)
1) to put in order with or together, to arrange

2) to (put together), constitute
2a) to prescribe, appoint
↑ Matthew 26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed <4929> them; and they made ready the passover.
Matthew 27:10 And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed <4929> me.
↑ 5021 ~τάσσω~ tasso \@tas’-so\@ a prolonged form of a primary verb (which latter appears only in certain tenses); v AV-appoint 3, ordain 2, set 1, determine 1, addict 1; 8
1) to put in order, to station
1a) to place in a certain order, to arrange, to assign a place, to appoint
1a1) to assign (appoint) a thing to one

1b) to appoint, ordain, order
1b1) to appoint on one’s own responsibility or authority

1b2) to appoint mutually, i.e. agree upon
↑ 1299 ~διατάσσω~ diatasso \@dee-at-as’-so\@ from 1223 dia "through" or "by" or "because of" and 5021 appoint; v AV-command 7, appoint 4, ordain 3, set in order 1, give order 1; 16
1) to arrange, appoint, ordain, prescribe, give order
↑ 322 ἀναδείκνυμι anadeiknumi [an-ad-ike’-noo-mee] from 303 and 1166 to show as in evidence; v; TDNT-2:30,141; [{See TDNT 172 }] AV-appoint 1, show 1; 2
1) to proclaim any one as elected to office

2) to announce as appointed a king, general, etc.

3) to lift up anything on high and exhibit it for all to behold
↑ 1303 ~διατίθεμαι~ diatithemai \@dee-at-ith’-em-ahee\@ middle voice from 1223 through and 5087 to set, put, place; TDNT-2:104,157; {See TDNT 189} v AV-make 3, testator 2, appoint 2; 7
1) to arrange, dispose of, one’s own affairs
1a) of something that belongs to one

1b) to dispose of by will, make a testament

2) to make a covenant, enter into a covenant, with one
↑ 2476 ~ἵστημι~ histemi \@his’-tay-mee\@ see 4728 a prolonged form of a primary ~σταω~ stao \@stah’-o\@ (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses); TDNT-7:638,1082; {See TDNT 744} v AV-stand 116, set 11, establish 5, stand still 4, stand by 3, misc 17, vr stand 2; 158
1) to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set
1a) to bid to stand by, [set up]
1a1) in the presence of others, in the midst, before judges, before members of the Sanhedrin;

1a2) to place

1b) to make firm, fix establish
1b1) to cause a person or a thing to keep his or its place

1b2) to stand, be kept intact (of family, a kingdom), to escape in safety

1b3) to establish a thing, cause it to stand
1b31) to uphold or sustain the authority or force of anything

1c) to set or place in a balance
1c1) to weigh: money to one (because in very early times before the introduction of coinage, the metals used to be weighed)

2) to stand
2a) to stand by or near
2a1) to stop, stand still, to stand immovable, stand firm
2a1a) of the foundation of a building

2b) to stand
2b1) continue safe and sound, stand unharmed, to stand ready or prepared

2b2) to be of a steadfast mind

2b3) of quality, one who does not hesitate, does not waiver

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[1] The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

[tithemi-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 5087 ~τίθημι~ tithemi \@tith’-ay-mee\@ a prolonged form of a primary ~θεω~ theo \@theh’-o\@ (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses); v AV-lay 28, put 18, lay down 12, make 10, appoint 6, kneel down + 1119 + 3588 5, misc 17; 96
1) to set, put, place
1a) to place or lay

1b) to put down, lay down
1b1) to bend down

1b2) to lay off or aside, to wear or carry no longer

1b3) to lay by, lay aside money

1c) to set on (serve) something to eat or drink

1d) to set forth, something to be explained by discourse

2) to make
2a) to make (or set) for one’s self or for one’s use

3) to set, fix establish
3a) to set forth

3b) to establish, ordain

[3] Matthew 24:51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint <5087> [him] his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for [him], and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint <5087> him his portion with the unbelievers.

[4] 4929 συντάσσω suntasso [soon-tas-so] from 4862 and 5021; v; AV-appoint 2; 2 (Matthew 26:19 and Matthew 27:10)
1) to put in order with or together, to arrange

2) to (put together), constitute
2a) to prescribe, appoint

[5] Matthew 26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed <4929> them; and they made ready the passover.
Matthew 27:10 And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed <4929> me.

[6] 5021 ~τάσσω~ tasso \@tas’-so\@ a prolonged form of a primary verb (which latter appears only in certain tenses); v AV-appoint 3, ordain 2, set 1, determine 1, addict 1; 8
1) to put in order, to station
1a) to place in a certain order, to arrange, to assign a place, to appoint
1a1) to assign (appoint) a thing to one

1b) to appoint, ordain, order
1b1) to appoint on one’s own responsibility or authority

1b2) to appoint mutually, i.e. agree upon

[7] 1299 ~διατάσσω~ diatasso \@dee-at-as’-so\@ from 1223 dia "through" or "by" or "because of" and 5021 appoint; v AV-command 7, appoint 4, ordain 3, set in order 1, give order 1; 16
1) to arrange, appoint, ordain, prescribe, give order

[8] 322 ἀναδείκνυμι anadeiknumi [an-ad-ike’-noo-mee] from 303 and 1166 to show as in evidence; v; TDNT-2:30,141; [{See TDNT 172 }] AV-appoint 1, show 1; 2
1) to proclaim any one as elected to office

2) to announce as appointed a king, general, etc.

3) to lift up anything on high and exhibit it for all to behold

[9] 1303 ~διατίθεμαι~ diatithemai \@dee-at-ith’-em-ahee\@ middle voice from 1223 through and 5087 to set, put, place; TDNT-2:104,157; {See TDNT 189} v AV-make 3, testator 2, appoint 2; 7
1) to arrange, dispose of, one’s own affairs
1a) of something that belongs to one

1b) to dispose of by will, make a testament

2) to make a covenant, enter into a covenant, with one

[10] 2476 ~ἵστημι~ histemi \@his’-tay-mee\@ see 4728 a prolonged form of a primary ~σταω~ stao \@stah’-o\@ (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses); TDNT-7:638,1082; {See TDNT 744} v AV-stand 116, set 11, establish 5, stand still 4, stand by 3, misc 17, vr stand 2; 158
1) to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set
1a) to bid to stand by, [set up]
1a1) in the presence of others, in the midst, before judges, before members of the Sanhedrin;

1a2) to place

1b) to make firm, fix establish
1b1) to cause a person or a thing to keep his or its place

1b2) to stand, be kept intact (of family, a kingdom), to escape in safety

1b3) to establish a thing, cause it to stand
1b31) to uphold or sustain the authority or force of anything

1c) to set or place in a balance
1c1) to weigh: money to one (because in very early times before the introduction of coinage, the metals used to be weighed)

2) to stand
2a) to stand by or near
2a1) to stop, stand still, to stand immovable, stand firm
2a1a) of the foundation of a building

2b) to stand
2b1) continue safe and sound, stand unharmed, to stand ready or prepared

2b2) to be of a steadfast mind

2b3) of quality, one who does not hesitate, does not waiver

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-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In the New Testament there
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-Five of those words are also translated or defined as <I>&lsquo;to
-ordain&rsquo;. </I>In one quote we see where Jesus is appointing a
-specific group of seventy and then sent them out two by two. He uses
-the word <I>anadeiknumi</I>. </FONT></FONT>
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-&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">After
-these things the Lord appointed<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote2anc" HREF="#sdfootnote2sym"><SUP>2</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
-other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into
-every city and place, whither he himself would come.&rdquo; Luke 10:1</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The word <I>anadeiknumi</I>
-is defined as: &ldquo;1) to proclaim any one as elected to office 2)
-to announce as appointed a king, general, etc.&rdquo; In the Bible it
-is common to find government terms. This word, meaning <I>appoint</I>,
-again appears during the election of a new Apostle in Acts 1:24, but
-is translated as &lsquo;shew&rsquo;.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">
-&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">And
-they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all
-[men], shew [appoint] whether of these two thou hast chosen&rdquo;. </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Another place we see the
-word <I>appoint</I> is in Luke 22:29: &ldquo;And I appoint unto you a
-kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;&rdquo; Here the author
-chose the Greek word &lsquo;diatithemai&rsquo; which contains the
-word &lsquo;tithemi&rsquo; defined as, &ldquo;1) to arrange, dispose
-of, one&rsquo;s own affairs 1a) of something that belongs to one 1b)
-to dispose of by will, make a testament 2) to make a covenant, enter
-into a covenant, with one.&rdquo;</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Jesus is entrusting the
-Kingdom that His Father had entrusted to Him. He is appointing
-certain responsibilities to a few. This means that particular people
-were appointed in trust by covenant to serve and maintain the kingdom
-in service to others. We continue to see this same word &lsquo;diatithemai&rsquo;
-in reference to <I>covenants</I> throughout the New Testament such
-as: </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in">&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Ye
-are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made
-[diatithemai] with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed
-shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.&rdquo; Acts 3:25</FONT></FONT></P>
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-&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">For
-where a testament [is], there must also of necessity be the death of
-the testator [diatithemai].&rdquo; Hebrews 9:16 [See also Hebrews
-:10, Hebrews 9:17, Hebrews 10:16.]</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Jesus goes on to explain
-some of the limitations of this appointed office of trust in Luke
-:25-26, Mark 10:42, and Matthew 20:25. As the rightful king of
-Judea, the remnant of Israel, with <I>All power given unto him in
-heaven and in earth,</I><SUP><I><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote3anc" HREF="#sdfootnote3sym"><SUP>3</SUP></A></SPAN></I></SUP>
-Jesus had foretold this coming appointment in Luke 12:32, &ldquo;Fear
-not, little flock; for it is your Father&rsquo;s good pleasure to
-give you the kingdom.&rdquo;</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Jesus, from the beginning,
-made a distinction between that <I>little flock</I> that was <I>called
-out</I> and the rest of the people who he loved, healed, preached to,
-and blessed. It is clear that those called out received special
-instructions for a specific work and task.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">
-&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">He
-answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the
-mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.&rdquo;
-Matthew 13:11[See also Luke 8:10]</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Those chosen by Christ to
-be His ministers are not better or more important. It certainly does
-not mean they may <I>exercise authority</I> over the people or crown
-others to <I>exercise authority</I>, as we have seen some Churches do
-in the past. It is clear that Jesus appointed specific tasks to
-specific men, using words like<I> suntasso </I>or <I>tasso</I>
-meaning &lsquo;put in order with or together, to arrange, to
-constitute, to prescribe, appoint&rsquo; or &lsquo;ordain&rsquo;.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In the Church it is clear
-that the ministers are not given an <I>exercising authority </I>over
-the people like other governments, but this does not mean that it has
-no authority or order. We see <I>tasso</I> used in Luke 7:8:</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">
-&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">For
-I also am a man set [appointed] under authority, having under me
-soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come,
-and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth [it].&rdquo;</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Jesus did not disagree with
-that soldier, but found his understanding to be of great faith. When
-Jesus appointed Paul in Acts 22:10, we see that word used again:</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">
-&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">And
-I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and
-go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which
-are appointed for thee to do.&rdquo;</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
- <FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>All governments appoint
-men to offices of authority, and this is no less true in the Church.
-The Apostles and Paul were ordained of God by Jesus the king. The
-difference lies in the fact that the Church cannot &lsquo;exercise&rsquo;
-authority. The Roman centurion treated his servant as a son and
-undoubtedly treated his men as brothers. Although he could exercise
-authority they obeyed him out of love and respect. The original Roman
-army was not established by an <I>oath of supremacy</I> but by mutual
-trust and respect. It eventually evolved into that centralized
-despotic government the same as Israel did when the <I>voice of the
-people</I> called for a central authority during the time of Samuel.
-But brotherhoods are far stronger unions.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">
-&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Obey
-them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they
-watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may
-do it with joy, and not with grief: for that [is] unprofitable for
-you.&rdquo; Hebrews 13:17</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Many ministers believe that
-this gives them authority to rule over the people. The word obey in
-Hebrews is <I>peitho</I><SUP><I><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote4anc" HREF="#sdfootnote4sym"><SUP>4</SUP></A></SPAN></I></SUP>
-and is translated &ldquo;<I>persuade</I>, <I>trust&rdquo;</I> or
-&ldquo;<I>have&rdquo;</I> or &ldquo;<I>be confident in&rdquo;</I>
-over 40 times and <I>obey</I> only 7. It is defined 1) persuade 1a)
-to persuade, i.e. to induce one by words to believe 1b) to make
-friends of, to win one&rsquo;s favor, gain one&rsquo;s good will, or
-to seek to win one, strive to please one.&rdquo; </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Ordination by God is an
-unseen act of a calling, and acceptance of that calling. It is God
-and man in a communion of faith and hope. The governing of that union
-is by revelation, faith, and obedience. These things cannot be seen
-by eyes of the flesh, by the blind of the world. The outward
-demonstration of ordination of men by men is simply an acceptance of
-a mutual belief, trust, and brotherhood. What the Church calls
-ordination is simply the outward sign that can be seen by the world,
-that men ordained of God recognize the spirit of the ordination of
-God in others. It is a public proclaiming of that recognition and has
-no power of itself without God&rsquo;s blessing, yet by two or more
-witnesses let all things be established. It is a way that men mark
-the boundaries of the kingdom, as they see it in the hearts and minds
-of one another through love and trust, charity and hope, by faith in
-God.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Because Christ preached a
-<I>Kingdom</I>, appointed it, and defined the manner of its ministry,
-any group, society, church or government that does contrary to those
-teachings is anti-Christ no matter what they may proclaim or
-postulate to the world or the people. It may serve God&rsquo;s
-purposes by oppressing the people so that just like in the days of
-Egypt, they pray to return to His Way.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Here is the spirit of
-choice given to all men. Shall men seek to live of, by, and for the
-authority of the kingdom of God and its righteousness under the
-perfect law of liberty by faith, hope, and charity? Or shall people
-choose to live of, by, and for the exercising authority of the
-kingdoms or governments established by the hands of men, eating of
-their entitlements but becoming their human resources, subject to the
-will, desire, and whims of tyrants and their mob.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">
- <FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Acts
-:29 &ldquo;Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We
-ought to obey God rather than men.&rdquo; </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>God is giving and
-forgiving, He is just and merciful, He is forthright and patient, He
-is industrious and fruitful, and His ordained ministers strive to be
-as He is, seeking His righteousness in sacrifice and in service. They
-<I>recognize</I> that Spirit in others, and proclaim that <I>recognition</I>
-to the world in a brotherhood of <I>one accord</I>, <I>publishing</I>
-their witness for all to see. </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">2
-Timothy 2:24 &ldquo;And the servant of the Lord must not strive [
-fight]; but be gentle unto all [men], apt to teach, patient, In
-meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God
-peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the
-truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the
-devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.&rdquo;</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.1in; margin-top: 0.04in; margin-bottom: 0.04in">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=4><I><B>An Appointment Ex
-Officio </B></I></FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In Acts 6:3,<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote5anc" HREF="#sdfootnote5sym"><SUP>5</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
-the Greek word <I>kathistemi</I> is translated &lsquo;appoint&rsquo;
-as well as <I>&lsquo;make&rsquo; or &lsquo;made ruler</I>&rsquo; and
-<I>&lsquo;ordain</I>&rsquo;.<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote6anc" HREF="#sdfootnote6sym"><SUP>6</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
-This word is defined: &ldquo;to set one over a thing (in charge of
-it) 1b) to appoint one to administer an office.&rdquo; Here in Acts
-:3, the appointment to <I>administer this office</I> took place
-after an &lsquo;election&rsquo; by the people of men to carry out the
-daily ministration. The daily ministration in the temple of God&rsquo;s
-government on earth included many duties, and among them was the care
-of widows, orphans, and the needy of society who were in want of
-assistance through the charity of the kingdom. </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>There was still adequate
-welfare available in the Roman system of Qurban, and the Corban
-system of the Pharisees&rsquo; temple run by the Jews who rejected
-Christ. The followers of Christ were banned from those entitlement
-programs of the treasury of the Pharisees.<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote7anc" HREF="#sdfootnote7sym"><SUP>7</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
-The Christians were not only cast out like in the days of Egypt, but
-they would not apply, i.e.. pray, to the Fathers of Rome or the
-Hellenized Judean Pharisees for any of their Nicolaitan benefits.
-Christ said to pray to<I> Our Father who art in Heaven</I>.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Understanding the concept
-of an appointment of those who were already elected is the key to
-maintaining a free Church, or any large body of people, without
-centralization of power. It was used by the Apostles, by David, by
-Samuel, by Moses, and even earlier, Abraham. </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>This ancient system
-included some essential safeguards. If the Ministers Christ appointed
-could exercise a direct authority over the handling of the funds
-needed to manage these duties of the church government, they would
-have a power similar to what corrupted the Pharisees and all other
-governments of power and authority. An office of power and authority,
-which such administrators held, would soon attract men greedy for
-gain and &ldquo;lovers of soft things&rdquo;<A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote8anc" HREF="#sdfootnote8sym"><SUP>8</SUP></A>.
-</FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In order for the <I>government
-of the people, by the people, and for the people</I><I><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote9anc" HREF="#sdfootnote9sym"><SUP>9</SUP></A></SPAN></I>
-to not perish from the earth the power of consent must continue to
-rest with the people individually, from contribution to contribution,
-and day to day. Men may not be chosen and appointed from the top down
-to rule over the contributions and the people. Nor can the people be
-the sole electors of those titular ministers. If that were true the
-Church would be established by the people and not by the appointment
-of Christ. </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>All ministers need to be
-appointed, but only by someone who is at least believed to be
-Christ&rsquo;s ordained minister already. Their titular office must
-also fall within the job description criteria given by the Messiah,
-the Christ. The apostles had three years of intensive instructions on
-the <I>mysteries</I> of the Kingdom and the manner of its service.
-They began to understand what the Pharisees had forgotten, whether by
-choice, or neglect, or deception.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>By the time of Christ, the
-Pharisees were forcing the collection of contributions of the people
-by taxation. If you did not contribute the prescribed amount to their
-governing body, the scribes, accounting clerks of that government,
-would turn the matter over to the courts. The right hand of
-government could fine or imprison you for not paying your fair share
-into what had become a central treasury. </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Christ had instructed that
-in the Kingdom, if you were to pay what you believed you could
-afford, it could be marked &ldquo;paid in full,&rdquo;<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote10anc" HREF="#sdfootnote10sym"><SUP>10</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
-whether a penny from a widow, or a vast sum from the wealthy.<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote11anc" HREF="#sdfootnote11sym"><SUP>11</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP></FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In one system there was
-guaranteed grants, bestowed benefits, and social security. But in
-these schemes of authoritarian benefactors, there was an effort to
-placate the poor with self-indulgent welfare which weakened the
-poor.<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote12anc" HREF="#sdfootnote12sym"><SUP>12</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
-The benefactions of every person could be forced as contributing
-members. Through covetousness, the people became human resources for
-the whim of the benefactors of the government. The idea of the
-compelled Corban (or sacrifice) came from Greek and Roman influence.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>After the porters of the
-temple (called money changers in the Greek) took their generous
-commission, the funds of that central royal treasury was supposed to
-care for the social needs of the people. This could include
-everything from welfare for the destitute, retirement supplements for
-the aged, or even large work projects like roads or aqueducts to
-bring water into the city. But corruption, pork barrel projects, and
-extravagance, for ministers often put more emphasis on their stone
-buildings and robes than the needs of the people they were called to
-serve. </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>For any government to
-function, there must be participation by the people in the supply and
-demand of services. The titular leaders of a free government cannot
-be given power to exercise authority over how much or when the people
-entrust their ministers. Christ commanded that His appointed
-ministers not &ldquo;exercise authority&rdquo;. When the people lose
-their daily right to choose, they are made subjects.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>What is given is given
-completely, like a burnt offering or bread cast upon the water, but
-the free will choice <I>to</I> give must remain with the people. The
-choice and manner of service provided by that gift must remain
-entirely with the minister, who is a servant of God. In essence, this
-form of sacred purpose trust, with the minister as the steward (a
-kind of trustee), is at the foundation of His Church. </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>It has been customary that
-another group oversee the ministers. Of course in truth the actual
-overseer of the Church is the Holy Spirit or what is sometimes called
-the Comforter.<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote13anc" HREF="#sdfootnote13sym"><SUP>13</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
-The Apostles met the requirements laid down by Christ. They were
-prepared to represent the Holy Spirit, and when they had received the
-power to do so from that Spirit, they were able to go out and preach
-the Kingdom as the physical representatives of that Comforter. They
-exercised no authority by their own hand over the people, but relied
-entirely upon the power of that Holy Spirit. </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The ordination requirements
-of the overseeing ministry of Christ are extremely controversial
-today, but have been a tradition both at the time of Christ and
-before. They are well documented in the Biblical text, but neglected
-by many modern ministers. The Levites did not belong to themselves as
-freemen, like those in the congregation of the people, but they
-&ldquo;belonged&rdquo; to God. They were His firstborn servants,
-appointed to minister to the people according to the Holy Spirit as
-it moved in them and in the people. They had no right to hold a free
-dominion offered by God to all men. They had no inheritance in the
-land as a personal estate. The same was clearly true at the time of
-Jesus&rsquo; appointment of His ministers.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>At that time the Levites
-were unlawfully allowed to own land in their own name, and some had
-become wealthy thanks to the Hasmonean corruption some 175 years
-before. Corrupt men were drawn into what was once an office of
-service. What once had been an appointment of leadership and respect
-had become an office of rulership and power. What had once been a
-government of public servants had steadily become a government that
-<I>required</I> the service of the people. Freewill offerings had
-become legislated <I>taxation</I> <FONT SIZE=3>imposed without proper
-daily Consent.</FONT><SUP><FONT SIZE=3><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote14anc" HREF="#sdfootnote14sym"><SUP>14</SUP></A></SPAN></FONT></SUP><FONT SIZE=3>
-God&rsquo;s kingdom of Judea was becoming merged into the world of
-Rome, as the centralized leaders fornicated with the benefits of that
-power and authority.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In James 4:4 we see a
-warning where the word <I>&lsquo;kathistemi</I>&rsquo; is translated
-&lsquo;is&rsquo; rather than &lsquo;ordained&rsquo;.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Ye
-adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the
-world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the
-world is [ordained] the enemy of God.&rdquo;</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The word &lsquo;world&rsquo;
-in this text has nothing to do with the planet and is one of the five
-different words translated into &lsquo;world&rsquo; in the New
-Testament; it is defined as &ldquo;an apt and harmonious arrangement
-or constitution, order, government.&rdquo; </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>James&rsquo; warning had to
-do with the <I>constitutional order or government</I> of which Jesus&rsquo;
-Kingdom was not a part. This included Rome and those Jews who
-denounced Christ, claiming they had <I>no king but Caesar</I>.<FONT SIZE=3>
-They had appealed to Caesar to be the protector of their system of
-Corban and appointer of their priests as Pontifex Maximus. Rome was
-more than willing to commission and license the ministers of that
-government, ex officio. But this Pontifex of power was not only
-appointing, but electing the replacements to those offices that once
-rose up through the &ldquo;courts and villages&rdquo;<A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote15anc" HREF="#sdfootnote15sym"><SUP>15</SUP></A>
-of the people.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The kingdom of Heaven gives
-and maintains the power of choice to the people, and the Ordained
-ministers have the power to accept or reject, appoint or withdraw
-their election. The Kingdom of liberty is the Kingdom of God on
-earth. It is a Kingdom that only works amongst the virtuous people
-who seek the righteousness of Christ and the love of the Father. It
-only functions under the perfect law of liberty. It is a place where
-men are as concerned about maintaining their neighbors&rsquo; rights
-as much as they are concerned about maintaining their own. It is not
-one place or one city, but it is a nation of peculiar people, who as
-brothers have learned to live in the world, but not of it, by
-following the ways of Jesus the Christ. </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.1in; margin-top: 0.04in; margin-bottom: 0.04in">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=4><I><B>Allegations of
-Authority by reference</B></I></FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Civil law is the law that
-men make for themselves.<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote16anc" HREF="#sdfootnote16sym"><SUP>16</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
-&ldquo;Law is generally divided into four principle classes, namely;
-Natural law, the law of nations, public law, and private or civil
-law. When considered in relation to its origin, it is statute law or
-common law. When examined as to its different systems, it is divided
-into civil law, common law, canon law.&rdquo;<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote17anc" HREF="#sdfootnote17sym"><SUP>17</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
-&ldquo;&lsquo;Civil Law,&rsquo; &lsquo;Roman Law&rsquo; and &lsquo;Roman
-Civil Law&rsquo; are convertible phrases, meaning the same system of
-jurisprudence.&rdquo;<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote18anc" HREF="#sdfootnote18sym"><SUP>18</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
-&ldquo;The civil law reduces the unwilling freedman to his original
-slavery; but the laws of the Angloes judge once manumitted as ever
-after free.&rdquo;<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote19anc" HREF="#sdfootnote19sym"><SUP>19</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP></FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The Church is formed under
-the will of God. &ldquo;The Law of Nature is the will of God as to
-human conduct, founded on the moral difference of things, and
-discoverable by natural light (Rom. 1:20; 2:14, 15). This law binds
-all men at all times. It is generally designated by the term
-&ldquo;conscience,&rdquo; or the capacity of being influenced by the
-moral relations of things.&rdquo;<A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote20anc" HREF="#sdfootnote20sym"><SUP>20</SUP></A>
-</FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In one sense, &ldquo;The
-canon law is a body of Roman ecclesiastical law, relative to such
-matters as that church either has or pretends to have the proper
-jurisdiction over:&rdquo;<A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote21anc" HREF="#sdfootnote21sym"><SUP>21</SUP></A>
-And in another sense, &ldquo;Canon law, the body of ecclesiastical
-law adopted in the Christian Church, certain portions of which (for
-example, the law of marriage as existing before the Council of Trent)
-were brought to America by the English colonists as part of the
-common law of the land.&rdquo;<A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote22anc" HREF="#sdfootnote22sym"><SUP>22</SUP></A>
-</FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In fact, Canon law should
-only be defined as the &ldquo;will of God&rdquo;. Any deviation from
-the Law of Nature in the written or applied canon laws is void. As a
-system of law, true Canon Law must operate differently than the laws
-of many other nations that depend upon benefactors who exercise
-authority one over the other. Since it is the will of God that all
-men be free souls under God, true Canon law, by its nature, sets men
-free by restoring both responsibility and rights to those who seek
-the Kingdom of God. If the Church, ordained by Christ, is the Body of
-Christ, then in a non civil sense the body or corpus of Christ is the
-incorporation of Christ, and therefore it is God who is its <I>ruling
-judge</I> and no other <I>gods</I>.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Most corporations we see
-today are created by the States instituted by men. These States or
-STATES are nothing more than the creation of men who vest in those
-institutions certain privileges and rights which they themselves have
-chosen to delegate or vest in that body or corpus. That body exists
-as a corporation of men or as an individual corporation sole, or
-both. A portion of the rights of its members remain in the control of
-the body (congress, parliament, etc.) or by a king or other executive
-office (president, Emperor, or commander in chief). </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>These institutions or
-creations of men can be formed by the voice of the people or by their
-application, apathy, and avarice. While these institutions have no
-life of their own, they depend on the life of their members to
-maintain an existence.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>One definition of
-&ldquo;Incorporation&rdquo; is &ldquo;The act or process of forming
-or creating a corporation; the formation of a legal or political
-body, with the quality of perpetual existence and succession, unless
-limited by the acts of incorporation.&rdquo;<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote23anc" HREF="#sdfootnote23sym"><SUP>23</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP></FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The documents used by His
-Holy Church to verify its existence will appear by their nature to be
-different than those of the world, and they should be, for the Church
-is commanded not to be like other governments, as expressed in
-Article 10 of its Polity, i.e. to be in the world, but not of it. </FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Also, it could be said that
-these documents are new and do not date back to their origin. The
-Church has been in existence at least from the time of Christ, almost
-years. While the body of Christ is endowed <I>with the quality
-of perpetual existence</I>, alas, paper is not. In Black&rsquo;s Law
-dictionary we see several concepts related to incorporation and their
-making:</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">The
-method of making of one document of any kind become a part of another
-separate document by referring to the former in the latter, and
-declaring that the former shall be taken and considered as a part of
-the latter the same as if it were fully set out therein. This is more
-fully described as &lsquo;incorporation by reference.&rsquo; If one
-document is copied at length in the other, it is called &lsquo;actual
-incorporation.&rsquo;&rdquo;<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote24anc" HREF="#sdfootnote24sym"><SUP>24</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP></FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>It has been said that:</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">An
-allegation that a corporation is incorporated shall be taken as true,
-unless denied by the affidavit of the adverse party, his agent or
-attorney, whether such corporation is a public or private corporation
-and however created.&rdquo;<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote25anc" HREF="#sdfootnote25sym"><SUP>25</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP></FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The brothers at His Holy
-Church have written these documents and all other supporting
-documents with at length reference to the ancient text both in
-English and the more original Hebrew and Greek. There are many other
-similar writings in other ages and places. Identical documentation
-does not make the Church one body, but the precept upon precept found
-in the spiritual fruits of the similar rituals and ceremonies do.
-Paper and documents are only one form of evidence of the faith and
-allegiance of the brotherhood of God to the ways of their Father.</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Rooted
-and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been
-taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.&rdquo; (Colossians 2:7)</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In one sense the whole
-kingdom of God is one Family which no man can judge from any pedestal
-rooted upon the earth of His creation. As each man and woman seeks to
-know and do the will of Our Father, they draw near to Him like
-prodigal sons and daughters. They seek His house and dwell in His
-cities. They are steadily, through application and participation in
-faith, merged with His domain <FONT SIZE=3>under His authority
-through a chain of authentication before the witness of the people,
-by the people, and for the people as an expression of God&rsquo;s
-will, who is the Father of the people. </FONT></FONT></FONT>
-</P>
-<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">
-<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Luke
-:2 &ldquo;And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father
-which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will
-be done, as in heaven, so in earth.&rdquo;</FONT></FONT></P>
-<P><B>Footnotes</B></P>
+== The Free Church Report ==
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote1">
+Online Study [[An Appointment Ex Officio]]
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote1sym" HREF="#sdfootnote1anc">1</A>Anadeiknumi,
-	diatasso, diatithemai, histemi, kathistemi, protasso, suntasso,
+[[To Appoint and Ordain the kingdom and the Church]]
-	tasso, as well as tithemi, apokeimai, epithanatios, keimai, poieo
-	and prothesmios.</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote2">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote2sym" HREF="#sdfootnote2anc">2</A>322
-	anadeiknumi from 303 and 1166; v AV-appoint 1, show 1; 2 1) to
-	proclaim any one as elected to office 2) to announce as appointed a
-	king, general, etc. 3) to lift up anything on high and exhibit it
-	for all to behold</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote3">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote3sym" HREF="#sdfootnote3anc">3</A>Mtt
-:18 &ldquo;And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power
-	is given unto me in heaven and in earth.&rdquo;</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote4">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote4sym" HREF="#sdfootnote4anc">4</A>Same
-	word in James 3:3 Behold, we put bits in the horses&rsquo; mouths,
-	that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote5">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote5sym" HREF="#sdfootnote5anc">5</A>Acts
-:3 &ldquo;Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of
-	honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may
-	appoint over this business.&rdquo;</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote6">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote6sym" HREF="#sdfootnote6anc">6</A>See
-	Titus 1:5, Hebrews 5:1, 8:3.</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote7">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote7sym" HREF="#sdfootnote7anc">7</A>John
-:22-34 &ldquo;These [words] spake his parents, because they feared
-	the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did
-	confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
-	... they cast him out.&rdquo;</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote8">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote8sym" HREF="#sdfootnote8anc">8</A>&ldquo;lovers
-	of soft things&rdquo; was a phrase used by most Essenes to describe
-	Essene ministers working for Herod.</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote9">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote9sym" HREF="#sdfootnote9anc">9</A>Introduction
-	to John Wycliffe translation of the Bible in 1382 calling that the
-	purpose of the Bible.</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote10">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote10sym" HREF="#sdfootnote10anc">10</A>Luke
-:41,42 &ldquo;There was a certain creditor which had two debtors:
-	the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they
-	had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore,
-	which of them will love him most?&rdquo;
-	</P>
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote">Luke 16:1...8 &ldquo;...And the lord commended
-	the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of
-	this world are in their generation wiser than the children of
-	light.&rdquo;</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote11">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote11sym" HREF="#sdfootnote11anc">11</A>Mark
-:43 &ldquo;And he called [unto him] his disciples, and saith unto
-	them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in,
-	than all they which have cast into the treasury:&rdquo;</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote12">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote12sym" HREF="#sdfootnote12anc">12</A>Ezekiel
-:49 &ldquo;Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom,
-	pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in
-	her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and
-	needy.&rdquo;</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote13">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote13sym" HREF="#sdfootnote13anc">13</A><I>Parakletos</I>
-	translated comforter 4, advocate 1. 1) summoned, called to one&rsquo;s
-	side, esp. called to one&rsquo;s aid. 1a) one who pleads another&rsquo;s
-	cause before a judge, a pleader, counsel for defense, legal
-	assistant, an advocate.</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote14">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote14sym" HREF="#sdfootnote14anc">14</A>&ldquo;For
-	imposing Taxes on us without our Consent&rdquo; The Declaration of
-	Independence of the Thirteen Colonies.</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote15">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote15sym" HREF="#sdfootnote15anc">15</A>The
-	&ldquo;courts and villages&rdquo; meant the congregations and
-	generations or families of the people.</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote16">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote16sym" HREF="#sdfootnote16anc">16</A>Jus
-	civile est quod sibi populus constituit.1 Johns. N.Y.424, 426.
-	</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote17">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote17sym" HREF="#sdfootnote17anc">17</A>The
-	Lectric Law Library&rsquo;s Lexicon. Law - Bouvier&rsquo;s Law
-	Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote18">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote18sym" HREF="#sdfootnote18anc">18</A>Black&rsquo;s
-rd p 332.</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote19">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote19sym" HREF="#sdfootnote19anc">19</A>Libertinum
-	ingratum leges civiles in pristinalm servitutem redigulnt; sed leges
-	angiae semel manumissum semper liberum judicant. Co. Litt.137.</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote20">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote20sym" HREF="#sdfootnote20anc">20</A>law
-	- Easton&rsquo;s 1897 Bible Dictionary
-	</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote21">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote21sym" HREF="#sdfootnote21anc">21</A>law
-	- Bouvier&rsquo;s Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote22">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote22sym" HREF="#sdfootnote22anc">22</A>--Wharton.</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote23">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote23sym" HREF="#sdfootnote23anc">23</A>Black&rsquo;s
-	Third page 946</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote24">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote24sym" HREF="#sdfootnote24anc">24</A>Black&rsquo;s
-	Third page 946</P>
-</DIV>
-<DIV ID="sdfootnote25">
-	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote25sym" HREF="#sdfootnote25anc">25</A>Texas
-	Rules of Civil Procedure 52. Alleging a Corporation</P>
-</DIV>
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+== About The Free Church Report ==
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-The Free Church Report presents a unique path for the modern Church according the nature of the first century Church  by explaining the duty and purposes of that institution appointed by Christ. While Rome declined under runaway inflation, corrupt government, martial law, and endless threats of war the Christians found an alternative to the men who “called themselves [[Benefactors|benefactors]] but exercised authority one over the other”.
+The Free Church Report presents a unique path for the modern Church according the nature of the first century Church  by explaining the duty and purposes of that institution appointed by Christ. While Rome declined under runaway inflation, corrupt government, martial law, and endless threats of war the Christians found an alternative to the men who “called themselves [[Benefactors|benefactors]] but [[exercise authority]] one over the other”.
-The early Christian knew rights and responsibilities were indivisible. They sought the right to be ruled by God by taking back their responsibility, through the service of “called out” ministers who lived in the world, but not of it.  Their government benefits came through a divine network instituted in their hearts and minds by faith, hope, and charity under the perfect law of liberty as their Qorban and the unrighteous mammon failed the Roman society. [http://www.hisholychurch.org/order/orderfcr.php Order]
+The [[early Christian]] knew rights and responsibilities were indivisible. They sought the right to be ruled by God by taking back their responsibility, through the service of “called out” ministers who lived in the [[world]], but not of it.  Their government benefits came through a divine network instituted in their hearts and minds by [[faith]], [[hope]], and [[charity]] under the [[perfect law of liberty]] as their Qorban and the unrighteous [[mammon]] failed the Roman society. [http://www.hisholychurch.org/order/orderfcr.php Order]
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