If I were to tell you the truth I most likely will be banned.
But I will tell you this God never designed the Church this what you get from man made doctrines. What you get as Christianity is Roman Catholic through the King James Bible and Orthodox Catholic Church through the other bibles translated from the Greek. The Catholic Church split up into different Groups. As King James was Catholic and never converted to Christianity. He separated from the Roman Catholic Church and formed the Anglican Church and his Doctrines are incorporated into the Church of England where all the English speaking churches are associated no matter what they are called.
Please start reading up on the history although it has been distorted but you will find sites only that the Catholics can not touch. If there are any of the Catholic faith here I have nothing against your religion but because of the power that your leaders have they have distorted the history of true Christianity and many are lost because of It.
What you need to do is read up on theses two.
The King James version and the Greek Orthodox Church.
I will give you a little scripture for when Jesus was ali9ve here on earth before his death, burial and resurrection. This scripture will tell you that he is the leader so where does that leaves the clergy?
Read the following: See if these is happening today?
Matt 23:1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,
Matt 23:2 “The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses.
Matt 23:3 So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach.
Matt 23:4 They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.
Matt 23:5 “Everything they do is for show. On their arms they wear extra wide prayer boxes with Scripture verses inside, and they wear robes with extra long tassels.
Matt 23:6 And they love to sit at the head table at banquets and in the seats of honor in the synagogues.
Matt 23:7 They love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi.’
Below is the part that you need to understand verse 10 as true Christians have no human Teachers per Jesus Christ who is God the Son.
Matt 23:8 “Don’t let anyone call you ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and all of you are equal as brothers and sisters.
Matt 23:9 And don’t address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,’ for only God in heaven is your spiritual Father.
Matt 23:10 And don’t let anyone call you ‘Teacher,’ for you have only one teacher, the Messiah.
Matt 23:11 The greatest among you must be a servant.
Matt 23:12 But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
Matt 23:13 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.
Now read the following where Jesus says he is the Good Shepherd he doesn't add any other shepherds just he is the Good Shepherd.
John 10:6 Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant,
John 10:7 so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.
John 10:8 All who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them.
John 10:9 Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.
John 10:10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.
John 10:12 A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.
John 10:13 The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.
John 10:14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,
John 10:15 just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.
John 10:16 I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.
John 10:17 “The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again.
John 10:18 No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.”
This part of the scripture in the above he speaks of Us Gentiles as the other sheep. Who Jesus was speaking to where the Jews and that is who the father sent him to.
John 10:16 I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.
Normally I get banned when I show the truth I hope I don't if You are to become true Christians.
Even what you are told to be saved is incorrect because it is man made. What you the Jews neede to believe for their salvation is different then what we must believe as Gentiles for ours.
I want you to think about what I give you and what you have been told and this was only for the Jews.
Only through Scripture. I will use Peter as he was the Chief Apostle to the Jews.
Look at the reply that people said Jesus was.
Matt 16:13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
Matt 16:14 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.”
Now look at Peter's reply and read the rest.
Matt 16:15 Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?”
Matt 16:16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
Matt 16:17 Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.
Matt 16:18 Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’
, and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.
Matt 16:19 And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.”
Matt 16:20 Then he sternly warned the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
Add there are other scripture where the believers said something similar.
But the main one is when he was baptized.
Matt 3:16 After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him.
Matt 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.”
think about this you haven't even been taught what the Jews needed to believe for their salvation.
I am no teacher are anything of that nature and why I will take you to Hebrews:
Heb 8:10 But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day, says the LORD: I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Heb 8:11 And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the LORD.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already.
Heb 8:12 And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.”
Heb 8:13 When God speaks of a “new” covenant, it means he has made the first one obsolete. It is now out of date and will soon disappear.
You may not understand this but God is saying he will be all believers teacher take a look at verse 11.
