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We all have authority over what we choose to do or who we choose to follow. | We all have been endowed by the [[Law of Nature]] and nature's God with authority over what we choose to do or who we choose to follow. We should not seek to [[exercise authority]] over others nor should we seek to limit that right of others to choose<Ref name="archy">{{Archy}}</Ref>. The only guide we should seek in this quest for righteousness is the [[Holy Spirit]]. | ||
Man has been willing to [[covet]] power<Ref name="jesuscovet ">{{jesuscovet }}</Ref> over his neighbor to obtain what has been called the [[wages of unrighteousness]] and as a result much of mankind has lost access to those endowed rights by the creation of obligation and duties to the [[benefactors]] of the [[world]] and its [[conscripted Fathers]]. | |||
We created these email groups so people could form the [[network]] that we see the [[early Church]] forming before and during the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. | We here of the Church created [[network|these email groups]] so people could form the [[network]] that we see the [[early Church]] forming before and during the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. | ||
https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Early_Church | https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Early_Church | ||
They formed a voluntary society based in righteousness and love of one another. | They formed a [[voluntary society]] based in [[righteousness]] and [[love]] of and for one another through a network of [[fervent charity]]. [[Abraham]] and [[Moses]] did the same with their [[altars]] of [[clay and stone]] and the [[Church in the wilderness]]. | ||
They did this so that they could form a [[social safety net]] that could preserve society as a whole, not just themselves. | They did this so that they could form a [[social safety net]] that could preserve society as a whole, not just themselves and so that no one would have to eat of the [[tables]] of [[idolatry]]<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref> which have always been a ''snare and a trap''.<Ref name="snaretrap">{{snaretrap}}</Ref> | ||
https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Social_safety_net | https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Social_safety_net | ||
If they had not done this self organizing of them selves then | If they had not done this self organizing of them selves, their [[family|families]] and [[community|communities]] then they would have been a scattered flock and Paul and others of the Church would not have been able to efficiently bring aid to the Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, etc. who were seeking to be [[followers]] of Christ during the [[dearth]]s that swept across the [[world]]. | ||
Fortunately, the followers of Christ formed that network of [[charity]] according to His "[[Commanded|command]]" to the true ministers of Christ who required people to organize in that [[Tens|ancient pattern]]. | Fortunately, the followers of Christ formed that network of [[fervent charity]] according to His "[[Commanded|command]]" to the true ministers of Christ who not only required the [[repent]]ant people to organize in that [[Tens|ancient pattern]] but also came into one [[accord]] according to the ''instructions of Christ''. | ||
https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Commanded | https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Commanded | ||
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https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Seven_men | https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Seven_men | ||
The followers of Christ were not just doing nice things locally for their community nor local congregation. Paul came across followers of [[John the Baptist]] in [[Acts 19]] who did not know Jesus and informed them of what he did in appointing the kingdom to His Holy [[Ekklesia]]. And they were baptized so they could become a part of the charitable network we see functioning in Acts that was providing aid through [[pure religion]]. | The followers of Christ were not just doing nice things locally for their community nor local congregation. Paul came across followers of [[John the Baptist]] in [[Acts 19]] who did not know Jesus and informed them of what he did in appointing the kingdom to His Holy [[Ekklesia]]. And they were baptized so they could become a part of the charitable network we see functioning in Acts and the epistles that was providing aid through [[pure religion]] instead of [[public religion]]. | ||
This idea of networks of [[charity]] and [[love]] is required by Christ, as it always has been since the living | This idea of networks of [[charity]] and [[love]] is required by Christ, as it always has been since the first living [[altars]] of [[clay and stone]]. | ||
https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Clay_and_stone | https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Clay_and_stone | ||
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It is true that we individually seek salvation in Christ. | It is true that we individually seek salvation in Christ. | ||
But to merely preach having local congregations is not preaching "the [[kingdom of God]]". To help those immediately around you is not seeking the full [[righteousness]] of God who sacrificed His son so that the whole [[world]] might be saved. To just help those near or dear to you is not what the [[early Church]] did. | |||
There is no corporate "His Holy Church" except in the love of Christ. But you only love Christ if you love the light and keep | There is no corporate "His Holy Church" except in the love of [[Christ]]. But you only love Christ if you love the light and [[Keep my commandments|keep His commandments]]. | ||
* [[1 Corinthians 12]]:13 "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many." | * [[1 Corinthians 12]]:13 "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many." | ||
Those Social bonds of the kingdom were not created by isolated home church groups who put off creating a network of fervent charity. | Those [[Social bonds]] of the kingdom were not created by isolated home church groups who put off creating a kingdom network of [[fervent charity]]. | ||
https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Social_bonds | https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Social_bonds | ||
We are not "creating a system" but hopefully conforming to Christ. The network of [[fervent charity]] seen in the acts of the Apostles was and will be essential in God's plan and in The Way of Christ. | We are not "creating a system" but hopefully conforming to [[The Way]] Christ which does not include the way of [[idolatry]].<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref> The network of [[fervent charity]] seen in the acts of the Apostles was and will be essential in God's plan and in [[The Way]] of [[Christ]]. | ||
* [[Matthew 5]]:46 "For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?" | * [[Matthew 5]]:46 "For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?" | ||
We are merely looking at and following that Way which the [[early Church]] | We are merely looking at and following that Way of [[righteousness]] and the [[Corban of Christ]] which the [[early Church]] diligently pursued rather than the [[reward of unrighteousness]] through the "sacrifice of fools". | ||
That seems to us to be what Christ preached and [[commanded]]. | That seems to us to be what Christ preached and [[commanded]]. Joining these [[network|listed email groups]] is not joining with us in that journey. It is only an opportunity to gather together in a real living network of [[fervent charity]] and [[seek]] the [[kingdom of God]] and His [[righteousness]]. | ||
* [[Luke 6]]:32 "For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them." | * [[Luke 6]]:32 "For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them." | ||
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* [[1 Corinthians 1]]:12 "Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?" | * [[1 Corinthians 1]]:12 "Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?" | ||
Galatia, Corinth and Ephesus and many places where Christians sought their salvation with fear and trembling were casting | Galatia, Corinth and Ephesus and many places where Christians sought their salvation with fear and trembling were also casting their bread upon the waters in [[fervent charity]]. | ||
Galatians 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. | * [[Galatians 5]]:13 "For, brethren, ye have been called unto [[liberty]]; only [use] not [[liberty]] for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another." | ||
We need to [[repent]] and put on the full armor of God and not follow the [[foolish]]ness of [[Saul]] but also do not be one of those [[foolish virgins]]. | |||
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Why the Network
We all have been endowed by the Law of Nature and nature's God with authority over what we choose to do or who we choose to follow. We should not seek to exercise authority over others nor should we seek to limit that right of others to choose[1]. The only guide we should seek in this quest for righteousness is the Holy Spirit.
Man has been willing to covet power[2] over his neighbor to obtain what has been called the wages of unrighteousness and as a result much of mankind has lost access to those endowed rights by the creation of obligation and duties to the benefactors of the world and its conscripted Fathers.
We here of the Church created these email groups so people could form the network that we see the early Church forming before and during the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Early_Church
They formed a voluntary society based in righteousness and love of and for one another through a network of fervent charity. Abraham and Moses did the same with their altars of clay and stone and the Church in the wilderness.
They did this so that they could form a social safety net that could preserve society as a whole, not just themselves and so that no one would have to eat of the tables of idolatry[3] which have always been a snare and a trap.[4]
https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Social_safety_net
If they had not done this self organizing of them selves, their families and communities then they would have been a scattered flock and Paul and others of the Church would not have been able to efficiently bring aid to the Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, etc. who were seeking to be followers of Christ during the dearths that swept across the world.
Fortunately, the followers of Christ formed that network of fervent charity according to His "command" to the true ministers of Christ who not only required the repentant people to organize in that ancient pattern but also came into one accord according to the instructions of Christ.
https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Commanded
The seven men chosen who were scattered throughout the empire were elected by the people and appointed by those ministers appointed by Christ would not nor could not have done their job if the people did not form that broad network.
https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Seven_men
The followers of Christ were not just doing nice things locally for their community nor local congregation. Paul came across followers of John the Baptist in Acts 19 who did not know Jesus and informed them of what he did in appointing the kingdom to His Holy Ekklesia. And they were baptized so they could become a part of the charitable network we see functioning in Acts and the epistles that was providing aid through pure religion instead of public religion.
This idea of networks of charity and love is required by Christ, as it always has been since the first living altars of clay and stone.
https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Clay_and_stone
It is true that we individually seek salvation in Christ.
But to merely preach having local congregations is not preaching "the kingdom of God". To help those immediately around you is not seeking the full righteousness of God who sacrificed His son so that the whole world might be saved. To just help those near or dear to you is not what the early Church did.
There is no corporate "His Holy Church" except in the love of Christ. But you only love Christ if you love the light and keep His commandments.
- 1 Corinthians 12:13 "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many."
Those Social bonds of the kingdom were not created by isolated home church groups who put off creating a kingdom network of fervent charity.
https://preparingyou.com/wiki/Social_bonds
We are not "creating a system" but hopefully conforming to The Way Christ which does not include the way of idolatry.[3] The network of fervent charity seen in the acts of the Apostles was and will be essential in God's plan and in The Way of Christ.
- Matthew 5:46 "For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?"
We are merely looking at and following that Way of righteousness and the Corban of Christ which the early Church diligently pursued rather than the reward of unrighteousness through the "sacrifice of fools".
That seems to us to be what Christ preached and commanded. Joining these listed email groups is not joining with us in that journey. It is only an opportunity to gather together in a real living network of fervent charity and seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness.
- Luke 6:32 "For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them."
No one has to join the network but these groups are not sufficient for the purposes of Christ. They are only an opportunity to seek the way.
https://preparingyou.com/wiki/The_way
- 1 Corinthians 1:12 "Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?"
Galatia, Corinth and Ephesus and many places where Christians sought their salvation with fear and trembling were also casting their bread upon the waters in fervent charity.
- Galatians 5:13 "For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another."
We need to repent and put on the full armor of God and not follow the foolishness of Saul but also do not be one of those foolish virgins.
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- ↑ "Freedom is the Right to Choose, the Right to create for oneself the alternatives of Choice. Without the possibility of Choice, and the exercise of Choice, a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing.” Archibald MacLeish
- ↑ Jesus against covetousness
- Mark 7:9 "And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition." See Corban.
- Mark 7:20 "And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."
- Luke 12:15 "And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."
- Luke 16:14 "And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. 15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God."
- Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."
- Matthew 19:17 "And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."
- John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my commandments."
- John 14:21 "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him."
- John 15:10 "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Covetousness is idolatry
- Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
- Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
- 1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
- For it is written that the tables of dainties provided by rulers of the world are a snare because they cause the masses to bite one another through government systems of legal charity which are covetous practices which are a form of fornication or adultery where the people are devoured as merchandise, curse children and are "entangled again in the yoke of bondage" with the aid of the false religion of the whore who rides the beast.
- ↑ Table as a snare
- Psalms 69:22-23 “Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."”
- Romans 11:9 “And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”
- Proverbs 23:1 "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat."
- Exodus 23:32 "Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee."
- Exodus 34:12 "Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:"
- Deuteronomy 7:16 "And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee."
- Judges 2:2 "And ye shall make no league [covenant] with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?"
- Proverbs 1:10 "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."
- Proverbs 6:2 “Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.” Swear not
- Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."
- 1 Timothy 6:9 "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
- "Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?" Isaiah 40:21 is about the message of John the Baptist who was "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God" Isaiah 40:3 to avoid the "snare" of the legal charity of the welfare state which which makes the word of God to none effect bringing man back into captivity as human resources.