We have been led to teach from a few different angles; an angle of Theology (the study of Religion) and an angle of Spirituality (in relation to God and His creation) and an angle of indifference (don't really know and don't really care). Those of you who are familiar with the Bible, know that there are two Testaments, the Old and the New.
Those of you that have been reading your Bible, know that the first four Books of the New Testament are called the Gospels. Then there is the Book of Acts which teaches about the things that the Apostles did in reference to the Church. There are also the Pauline letters and this is where we will start: The Pauline epistles to the churches of Corinth (1 & 2 Corinthians), Thessalonica (1 & 2 Thessalonians), Philippi (Philippians), Colosse (Colossians),
Galatia (Galatians), Ephesus (Ephesians). The church of today is as similar to these churches as light is to day,
whether you are Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, Episcopalian, C.O.G.I.C., denominational or non-denomination; your church will be found in these Pauline epistles. That is why, the Holy Spirit revealed to me that we are not on the same page because we are not in the same church...........one Lord, one Faith (Eph. 4v5) Too many Christians are forgetting that Christ is the Head of the Church thus you have someone like The Pope becoming front page news at a time when the citizens should be concentrating on one God and Father of all (Eph, 4v6) The enemy's chief weapon is to divide and conquer. If he can sow a seed of thought into your mind..............Oh, you are not reading this..........The church at Philippi (2 v 5-11) saw Jesus and their church as a servant and their protocol was to evangelize, they were a saving-grace-church. The church at Colosse (1 v 9-18) saw their Jesus and their church as the head and their protocol was to shake up the world, their church was a redeeming-grace church.
Oh, but you are not reading this..............(or are you?) Holy Spirit, fill this place....................................
Go to Colossians chapter two and read verses eight - ten: Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in Him, which is the Head ofall principality and power (the devil is not the head; the enemy has no power)
CHRIST is the Head, not me, not the pastor/shepherd, not the husband, not the president/premier or the grand pooh-bah......CHRIST is the Head!.......................CHRIST is the Head! CHRIST is what we Teach!
The Kingdom of God is:
Righteousness, Joy and Peace
*(When I want to talk to the devil; I write a note on the bottom of my shoe because he's........
.......................under my feet)
it is about,for,100 percent the christ
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