Church

If church means a gathering or assembly, then it need not mean a government or institution which is the traditional way of man, and a form the religion has taken until today. It was meant originally to represent the Kingdom, and Jesus said it would be built only on truth from the Father, not following the thinking or ways of man which always lead back to self interest, especially for those in control. It was a movement within gatherings of people, a new way of life contrary to the traditional self serving ways of man that build their own empires, both secular and religious. So it should be today. It focused on the needs of all rather than on control. Church was in the beginning, simply a way of life contrary to the traditional ways of mankind. Man corrupted it as usual.​

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Everything man touches, we corrupt. We cannot help but try and make everything over in our own image, especially those who cannot see past the self serving ways of mankind, not having grasped the ways of the Kingdom. This applies especially to Christianity which eventually at one time rejected the Kingdom to re-join the world of man and has not repented since. These blind teaching the blind to do likewise. But grain can still be found among the tares. Discernment within Christianity of what is Kingdom and what is influenced by man.​

© ...timothyu​