The Definintion of "Church"
CHURCH In its most general sense, the religious society founded and established by Jesus Christ, to receive, preserve, and propagate his doctrines and ordinances. A body or community of Christians, UNITED UNDER ONE FORM OF GOVERNMENT BY THE PROFESSION OF ONE FAITH, and the observance of the same rituals and ceremonies.
Black's Law Dictionary 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th eds.
(emphasis added)
The New Testament establishes a form of Government. It is not new, but Old. It is the Same form of government that Abraham established, same that Moses established, same as the signers of the Declaraton of Independence established.
There was not in the beginning of this country a "Pledge of Allegence" to the country, because your allegence was to the Father. The man who wrote the Pledge of Allegence did not believe in the Father, he was selfe proclaimed atheist. By pledging his allegence to the country, he created a Father in DC. The Pledge of Allegence is the denial of the Father above and acceptance of the Father in DC. This was all well understood by our forefathers, but has been "educated" out of modern times. No prayer in school, but the pledge to the Father in DC is OK. The pledge itself IS a prayer. So in school children are NOT allowed to pray to the Father above, but they ARE allowed to pray to the Father of DC.
Father above = Freedom
Father of DC = Slavery
I am a christian,i love G D above all including my children!
With that said ,there is a book out titled pagan christianty they show that for the first 300 years after big J died there was no church just people gathering praising G D no top down thing that we have now!
We don't say pledge either...and we are not JW's
I have only one allegiance and that is to my King....Yahshua/Jesus.
As far as the word 'church' goes....it actually comes from the word 'circus'....there is much written on the actual etymology of the word 'church' and you might find it interesting that the roots of it are found in paganism.
The greek word for 'church' is 'ecclessia' and means 'called out ones'.
Those who are called out of the Harlot system...the man-made church SYSTEM .....these are those that are of Zion.....and all the others that are still stuck in the man-made 'church' systems with all of its programs, creeds, rituals and dogma's are those that are of the babylonian whore who rides on the beast.
So ....I echo the words of the Lord....."come out of her my people so that you will not partake of her plagues'....
The called out ones have come out of her and are the BRIDE.
On the other hand those that are still 'doing church' are those that are of the Harlot system....and are not the pure virginal Bride of Christ.
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Jesus is the saviour of the WHOLE WORLD, "As in Adam all die, so too in Christ ALL shall be made alive." (ICor.15:22) All means all. The pagan 'hell' of literal fire & eternal torment is a lie and is SPIRITUAL TERRORISM. http://www.hopebeyondhell.net/blog
The "System" of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, the Founders
is the system of the Father above, the Creator. The system they created is in direct opposition to all other systems created by man. It is the system of No system. It is the recognition that no system works best. And so it is the implemention of the system that works best, which is literally No System.
The Modern Church produces two kinds of persons. Those who serve the Government, and Athiest. The ones whom serve the government believe that the Bible tells them to follow their government, as God creates all the Governmnents. The Athiest sees this as a pile of rubish and believes nothing.
And in fact God does create all governments, if we see what the word god means in the Bible. God is a ruler over men. The Pharaoh was a God. Ceasar was a God. A God is merely one who rules over men. The modern church instills in many that a god is some kind of supernatural being. Not so. A god is merely a ruler and judge over men. This idea of the supernatural Being is what creates the Athiest, as it is to far fetched for intelligent men to believe.
The God of Abraham is not a man but a soul. And since it is not a man but a soul, this ruler is within us. We are our own rulers, we are meant to govern over ONLY ourselves. There are only 10 very basic Laws to follow. We are allowed complete Liberty to do good or evil. It is through being allowed to make the right or wrong choice that we learn right from wrong. Men's government seeks to take away this learning by taking away this freedom of choice.
The first Commandment is to have no Gods before the Creator. When we understand what was meant by "god" at the time of the writing, it is clearly meant that NO ONE shall rule over another. We shall have only one God, ruler, and that one is within. Self Governance.
This is the SAME system the signers of the Declation of Independence affirmed. The Constitution overthrew this Declaration.
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"Ehhh, What's ups Doc?" Bugs Bunny
"Scwewy Wabbit!" Elmer Fudd
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People's Awareness Coalition: Deprogramming Sequence
Interesting Tx
That's why the JW (nor their school children) pledge the flag...I don't agree with all their beliefs but I do believe they are spot on this one