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Are [[modern Christians]] doing what Christ [[commanded]]? | Are [[modern Christians]] doing what Christ [[commanded]]? | ||
The [[early Church]] was self-organized in small groups of ten [[elders]]. An '''[[elder]]''' was simply an elder or head of a family. An[[Elder]] was not an office of a church organization. Every elder was a part of a [[free assemblies|free assembly]], but did not [[exercise authority]] one over the other. | The [[early Church]] was self-organized in small groups of ten [[elders]]. An '''[[elder]]''' was simply an elder or head of a family. An [[Elder]] was not an office of a church organization. Every elder was a part of a [[free assemblies|free assembly]], but did not [[exercise authority]] one over the other. | ||
Those small groups of "[[tens]]" were [[network]]ed together in those [[free assemblies]] that were able to provide a [[daily ministration]] which included emergency aid during "[[dearth]]s" all over the known [[world]], through men like Paul and | Those small groups of "[[tens]]" were [[network]]ed together in those [[free assemblies]] that were able to provide a [[daily ministration]] which included emergency aid during "[[dearth]]s" all over the known [[world]], through men like Paul and Barnabas, that was funded by [[charity]] alone. Christians knew that if you used [[force]] or [[legal charity]] rather than "[[fervent charity]]" to provide such [[daily bread]], what we call today [[welfare]] [[benefits]], for your society you were not practicing [[Pure religion]] but rather [[public religion]] which [[corban|makes the word of God to none effect]]. | ||
[[Christians]] were able to survive and thrive during the decline and [[Imperial Cult of Rome|fall of the Roman Empire]] because of the ''do's and don't's'' of Christ. | [[Christians]] were able to survive and thrive during the decline and [[Imperial Cult of Rome|fall of the Roman Empire]] because of the ''do's and don't's'' of Christ. | ||
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Do and Don't
What are the "Do's and Don'ts" of the Church established by Christ according to the Doctrine of Jesus?
How or what should we do to be counted as Doers of the Word rather than the workers of iniquity that Christ says he will turn away?
Are modern Christians doing what Christ commanded?
The early Church was self-organized in small groups of ten elders. An elder was simply an elder or head of a family. An Elder was not an office of a church organization. Every elder was a part of a free assembly, but did not exercise authority one over the other.
Those small groups of "tens" were networked together in those free assemblies that were able to provide a daily ministration which included emergency aid during "dearths" all over the known world, through men like Paul and Barnabas, that was funded by charity alone. Christians knew that if you used force or legal charity rather than "fervent charity" to provide such daily bread, what we call today welfare benefits, for your society you were not practicing Pure religion but rather public religion which makes the word of God to none effect.
Christians were able to survive and thrive during the decline and fall of the Roman Empire because of the do's and don't's of Christ.
So, we know that Christ commanded His disciples to organize in the tens, hundreds and thousands.[2]
We know that the history of the Church followed this pattern, binding the people together in love and charity with the hope Christ gave us.[3] And He clearly told us to don't be like the governments of the Gentiles who offer the people benefits but use force, fear, and fealty to provide those wages of unrighteousness. [4]
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Do Church
- "Our dream is that we fundamentally change the way we do church. That we take out a clean sheet of paper and we rethink all of our old assumptions. Replace it with new insights. Insights that are informed by research and rooted in Scripture. Our dream is really to discover what God is doing and how he’s asking us to transform this planet." Greg Hawkins
Do you do Church?
What does it mean to "do Church"?
What did the early Church do for a daily ministration?
What is the legal definition of the Church?
Elders were heads of families.
What were the temples of Rome?
How is Rome like us today?
The concept of church today in the minds of the people and their preachers does not appear to be in accord with what Christ intended nor what the early Church did. The early Church could not have accomplished what it did if it was not for the little group of Called out ministers to whom Christ appointed a kingdom. He took the kingdom[5] from the Pharisees and appointed it to His little flock to be servant ministers of a government that operated by charity instead of force.
Modern Christians are not dependent upon charity but get their daily bread, welfare, social security, Medicare, Medicaid and many other benefits from men who call themselves benefactors but borrow from the future of their children and their neighbors' children through an exercising authority in order to provide them. True believers in Christ should not apply to such men, but instead have faith in the system of hope and charity designed by their Father who art in heaven.
The reason they have little or no other choice but to apply to the world is because the modern Church today is not doing what Christ the King said to do. They are not the ekklesia of Christ. They are not His Church. It is time to repent and seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness.
The truth is that, to most modern Christians, Jesus is not their Lord. They have actually made themselves merchandise and have cursed their children with debt as Peter warned. They find themselves back in a bondage worse than that of Egypt. This is because people are not doing what the early Church did, nor what Jesus required of the called out ministers of His kingdom.
If people are not striving to build an international network that can feed His sheep by the exercise of "pure Religion" through faith, hope and charity and the perfect law of liberty, which is what His Church was designed to do and what the early Church was clearly doing, then they are not really seeking the kingdom of God nor His righteousness and their faith is possibly not real faith.
Any group that is not striving to help the people become independent from the need for the benefits of world Governments is not the Church. They likely do not know Christ and might be workers of iniquity.
- Are you a part of a network of congregations linked through love by ministers who are providing a daily ministration to the needy of society through charity like we see the early Church doing?
- Are you a part of that ministry "called out" by Christ that actually feeds His sheep through the charitable institution He appointed, like we see the early Church doing?
- Is your network of ministers having you gather in the pattern of tens, hundreds and thousands like Christ "commanded" and we see the early Church doing?
Home Church
This idea of doing Church is about doing the will of the Father and following the way of Christ. Seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness is leading people toward that peculiar government of God.
What is tithing really about, and what is its real purpose?
So, we need to take a deeper look at Home church and what it is like to Do Church.
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- ↑ John 9:22 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.
- John 12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
- ↑ Matthew 14:19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to [his] disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
- Matthew 21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
- Mark 8:6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before [them]; and they did set [them] before the people.
- ↑ The Church established by Christ should not be confused with the one established by Constantine.
- ↑ Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. Butt ye [shall] not [be] so: "
- ↑ Matthew 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.