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Jer 33:9
“And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all prosperity that I procure unto it”.

II Cor 6: 16
“….For ye are the temple of the living God…..”.

I Pet 2:5
“Ye also , as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ”.



































CHURCH FREE FROM IDOLS


Introduction.

May God bless this book, readers of it and it’s reading for those who do that in the name of the Lord of Jesus Christ. Amen
If you are Christian and realized that something is wrong in your Christian life and in the church, you probably will find some of main reasons of such situation, and, thus, I believe it will profitable for you and for your spiritual development and will carry you to the new victories. May God bless you in the name of Jesus Christ.
Many men believe that one can reach almost everything if he has big faith. But in reality it is not a faith itself that is important, but the subject of one’s faith.
If you believe in truth, which is Jesus Christ, the Word of God, you will be blessed. But if you believe in lie you will be cursed. And lie is semi-truth. This book attempts to uncover such lie, which is semi-truth, by explaining the “true truth”.
History of mankind, beginning from our forefather Adam, shows that Devil has so much power over people how much he can deceive them with his lies and certainly when man himself voluntarily agree with him, without have been deceived. And therefore a man escapes from evil and Devil as much as he rejects that errors and lies, which are inspired by him through different ways, beginning from parents, school and literature and finishing by a church traditions and no evangelical religious views. That is why God’s children together with God must destroy the lies of Devil, so that way to redeem church and mankind from the power of evil.
This book is not written as an ordinary one in which the author just shares his thoughts even though they may be more attractive for a reader. Most volumes of this book that that it is abounded with the direct citations from the Word of God many of which are neglected by the churches and believers, and they show in how much and in how vital questions many of us are far from the simple Gospel truths.
In the book before the citations from the Word of God there is simply written about what the citations are and for what they are.
Here the Word of God talks and teaches and not a man’s wisdom. Subsequently, if anyone would try to understand this book, reading only the author’s words and not reading all verses of the Word of God given here, and don’t think about them, then such reading of the book may cause him a more damage and confuse instead of help.
That is why my sincere advice to you is to read the whole book.
This book is much more difficult for those, who don’t know the Word of God and who are far from the spiritual problems, church life and different theological points of view.
Here the Word of God is given without discussing the content (theme, about which it is spoken) with the hope that reader is well acquainted with the theme of the given verses, since this book isn’t intended for those who aren’t familiar with the given problems, otherwise it would require comprehensive analyses and explanations, and because of it for those people must be written another book. But with the help of Holly Ghost they also can understand those hidden and vital truths, which Father wants us to understand.
The other special feature of this book is its conciseness in comparison with the size of problems about what it talks; because of it we must be attentive in the study of this book.
Thus in case of it, if even a one word in this book would be understood wrong or not by exact meaning or would be wrong translated may distort the discussing thought. That’s why the author himself verified and corrected the English version of the book to escape any distortion of the thoughts, which may take place while translating.
Some of Words of God are repeated in different parts of the book, so that a reader has not to return to preceding pages to learn the theme. This book will also help you to have and to know those Words of God with the help of which you can fight against semi-truth, if, of course, you are jealous for truth.
So, let us move forward bravely and joyful, as we must live in our whole life of Faith as God ordered us to be brave and joyful.
So we call all of you whatever you hear or read in this book and in other books, always remember, that in any case the measurement of the truth is the Word of God and not this or other books.

Jn 8:31-32, 44
“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”.
“Ye are of father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it”.





1. WHAT IS THE CALL AND THE MISSION OF THE TRUE CHRISTIAN.


MK 16:15
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature”.

Dan 7:27
“And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him”.

Rev 3:21
“To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcome, and am set down with my Father in his throne”.

Is 43:1, 3-4
“But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine”.
“For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life”.

I Cor 3:22-23
“Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s”.



2. WHO CAN BECOME A MEMBER OF A CHRISTIAN CHURCH OR OF A BROTHERHOOD.


A member of Christian church and brotherhood can become the one who believes that Jesus Christ is God.

Heb 1:8-10
“But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is scepter of thy kingdom.
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above the fellows”.

I Tim 3:16
“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: god was manifest in flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory”.

I Jn 5:20
“And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life”.

Jn1:1, 3
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”.
“ All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made”.

Rom 9:5
“Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen”.

Jn 20:28-29
“And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed”.

Jn 5: 22-23
“For the Father judge no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.
He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent Him”.

Is 9:6-7
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this ”.



3. A CHRISTIAN MUST ACCEPT JESUS AS THE LORD OVER UNIVERSE AND OVER HIMSELF


Mt 28:18-19
“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost”.

Jn 3:35
“The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand”.

Jn 5:22-23
“For Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him ”.

Phil 2:9-11
“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth.
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father”.



4. A CHRISTIAN MUST BELIEVE IN HIS SALVATION BY JESUS’ NAME.


A Christian must believe in his salvation by Jesus Name.
A Christian also should accept everyone as his spiritual brother, who believes in his salvation through the name of Christ, lives the life of love and in obedience to Ten commandments of God and doesn’t persist in sin, but confesses and releases himself from them.

Jn 6:47
“Verily, verily , I say unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life”.

Jn 14:13-14
“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If ye shall ask any thing in my my name , I will do it”.

Rom 10:9-10
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mout the lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed”.

Col 2:6
“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him”.

I Jn 4:15
“Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God”.

I Jn 5:1
“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him”.

I Jn 5:13-14
“This things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us”.

II Cor 1:20
“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us”.

Gal 3:9, 29
“So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham”.
“And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise”.

Gal 3:22
“But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe”.

Rom 3: 22-24
“Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus”.

I Jn 1: 9
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”.

I Jn 3:23
“And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment”.

I Tim 2:5
“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus”.

Acts 4:12
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved”.

 

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Here second part.

5. THE CHRISTIAN MUST NOT HAVE IDOLS. THE GOD’S RIGHTS BELONG ONLY TO GOD


A real Christian must accept that the God’s rights so called on spiritual meaning belong only to Jesus Christ and Father-God. (The spiritual meaning is that when each phenomenon is studied through its super former, hegemony (dominion) and supreme reason, which is spiritual, and from the point of view of the acceptation of Spiritual, worship to it and blessing from it). These are;
A. To be the Lord,
B. To be the Lawgiver and the Judge,
C. To be the Doctrinaire and the Teacher,
D. To be the Redeemer and the One Who Blesses (Blesser).
Those things and actions, to which these God’s rights wholly or partially are ascribed are idols. These God’s rights divine (qualities and attributes) are given only to Jesus.
Idols are divided into worldly-human and church-religious.
Worldly-human idols, made by man for example are power, money, gentile idols and others.
Church-religious idols are made, for example are church (church worshiping), traditions, the saints, preachers, not vital believes of church, the union of church, the division for the sake of own peculiarity, the gifts of the Holy Ghost, the structure of church and others.
And let us consider these four rights of Father and of the Jesus separately.


I. Being the Lord

Read the verses of Unit 2.

Phil 2:11
“And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God Father”.

I Cor 3:11
“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ”.

Ex 20:2-6
“I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth”.

Rom 1:25-26
“Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections…..”.

Rev 22:8-9
“And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things
Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God”.

Mt 22:37-40
“Jesus said unto him, thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets”.



II. Being the Lawgiver and the Judge

Isa 33:22
“For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our Lowgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us”.

I Cor 4:3-5
“But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
For I know nothing by myself: yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is Lord.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God”.

Mt 7:1
“Judge not, that ye be not judged”.

Mt 6:12
“And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors”.

Rom 14: 4
“Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand”.

Jam 4:12
“There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that that judgest another”?

Jn5:22
“For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son”.

Rom 14:1
“Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not doubtful disputations”.

III. Being the Doctrinaire and the Teacher.

Mt 23:10-11
“Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant”.

Dt 4:2
“Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you”.

I Jn 2:27
“But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man reach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him”.

Gal 1:7-8
“Which is not another ; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed”.

Heb 8:11
“And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest”.

Jer 33:3
“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not”.

Jn 14:23
“Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him”.

I Jn 2:20-21
“But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth”.

II Cor 1:24
“Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand”.

I Pet 5:3
“Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock”.

Now you can see how a pastor must treat the ordinary members of church, because here is what Paul advice Timothy, who was the pastor of the church.

I Tim 3:15
“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth”.

About that, that spiritual servants can be misled and subsequently one don’t need follow them in spite of their high post and being authoritative members of church.


Acts 20:29-30
“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock”.

II pet 2:1
“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction”.

II Cor 11:13-14
“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light”.

Phil 3;2
“Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of concision”.

Ez 20:18
“But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols”.

Ez 22:26 “Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them”.

Col 3:16
“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord”.

Mt 20:25-26
“But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of The Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
But it shall not be so among you, let him be your minister”.

Mt 23:13
“But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in”.

Mt 7:15-16
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you is sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?”.

I Cor 1:12-13
“”.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.
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

I Cor 14:26-31
“How is then, brethren? When ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying
If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be conforted”.

I Cor 1:30-31
“But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption
That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord”.

IV. Being the Savior and Blesser.

Is 49:15
“Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet I will not forget thee”.

Jn 6:47
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life”.

Jn 10:28-30
“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
My Father , which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
I and my Father are one”.

I Tim 2:5
“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus”.

Is 63:16
“Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou , O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting”.

Acts 4:12
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved”.

Ez 36:26
“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh”.

Prov21:30
“There is no wisdom nor understanding no counsel against the Lord”.

Ecc 3:14
“I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him”.

Prov 18:10
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runneth into it, and is safe”.

Prov 29:26
“Many seek the ruler’s favour: but every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord”.

Jer 10:6
“Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might”.

Prov 10:22
“The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it”.

Ps 37:4-5, 22
“Delight thyself also in the Lord;and he shal give thee the desires of thine heart.
Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass”.
“For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off”.

Jer 17:5,7
“Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord”.
“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is”.

Jn 16:23
”And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name , he will give it you”.

Jn 14:12
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father”.

Mt 18:18-20
“Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name , there am I in the midst of them”.

Is 45:24
“Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are in incensed against him shall be ashamed”.

Is 9:6-7
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this”.

 

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Thus only Jesus is
1) The Lord,
2) The Lawgiver and judge,
3) The Doctrinaire and Teacher,
4) The Savior and the Blesser.
Consequently, the true Christian founds his faiths on Jesus and Word of God, and does not give these four rights/attributes to anyone else, or to senior brethren, pastors, to his preacher, church, to any glory etc, and doesn’t take on himself. True Christian must also be careful so that no one can undertake God’s four duties upon himself, which are to be the Lord, the Judge, the Teacher and the Savior.
He believes that God can announce and fulfill His will and rights by the Holy Ghost, any human being, church and by any other means but only by to have a faith to Jesus’ name and to the Word of God.
Thus, Christian doesn’t accept any worldly and religious idols, realizing that they more than have prevented and prevent the church and its members’ spiritual development.

Heb 1:1
“God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets”.

Mt 7:15-16
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves”.


II Thes 2:4
“Who oppseth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God”.

Is 66:3-4
“He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abomination
I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not har: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not”.

Ez 14:3, 6
“Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblinblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them”.
“Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Repent and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations”.

Acts 4:12
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved”.

Jn 5:43-44
“I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his name, him ye will receive.
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only”?

Jn 12:42-43
“Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
For they loved the praise of men more that the praise of God”.



6. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH MUST BE FREE FROM THE IDOLS.


When the church will be free from the ecclesiastical (religious) and worldly idols it will be able to get much more blessings from God and escape many curses and evils.
But only proclamation and confession that we are free from idols and that we only worship God are not enough and doesn’t mean that we are really free, but we must realize do we really appreciate and love the Word of God, and the Word of God is the most beloved and primary criteria for us, or are there values which are more important and beloved or not? And that don’t we give Rights that only belonged to God to the religious-church and worldly- mankind values or phenomenon’s?
Pity but idolatry is widely spread in the churches, for example is “worship of the minister”, when all the positions are given to a pastor, such as preaching, healing, prophesy, revelation, ruling (administration), and other duties, which freezes and quenches the Spirit and the brotherly Christian relationship.
Christians must to seek and do their best in order that the church and the Christian brotherhoods live and function in the spirit of the Gospel’s love and freedom, but not in the air of dictatorship and monarchical system, which opposes to the evangelical spirit of love.
It is the Christian love that must protect and distinguish the church, but not the church traditions and the rigid pyramidal like organization system of church.
We must note here that so-called churches are not churches in reality in the evangelical point of view (meaning) but every church represents some theological school of teaching made by clergies class, and we think that it is not compulsory that the people of believes must attend only absolutely through one theological school which is wanted most of spiritual ministers of a church. The people of believes which is the same Church in the evangelical point of view may attend various theological schools and still can be unanimous, the one church united by their faith and love, instead of pressing on the conscience. We can say that nowadays in the churches in the name of unity people try to
attain to merging in one monolith organization and to attain resemblance, but not a real unity. Here is a place to remind you, that Jesus in His Gospel didn’t nominate any apostle as a ruler and left so, rose to heaven.
Here you also will see that God’s people in certain periods didn’t have monarchical state and that periods sometimes came forward war leaders and Judges for judging problems, but they didn’t become monarchs or dictators.

Jn 13:35
“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another”.

Acts 13:15
“And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on”.

As you can see, they, Jewish leaders allowed strange people who weren’t the members of their community, to had a talk. Even more, Peter was preaching here a faith` teaching which they did’t accept.
Such comparatively liberal mentality we also meet in Jewish community, when Christ preached the Heavens’ Kingdom.
Could you imagine nowadays in our churches a free preachment of Word of God, even through the members of church? When all aren’t allowed to preach or speak, except a pastor and the persons appointed by him.



Mt 23:13
“But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in”.

I Cor 14:26-31
“How is then, brethren? When ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying
If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be conforted”.

I Thess. 5:19-22
“Quench not the Spirit.
Despise not prophesyings.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Abstain from all appearance of evil”.

Some examples from the Bible about our theme and also about a right for governing which was a result of sequence, of lot or of election, in other words the rulers haven’t been appointed by monarchy or main pastor.
These examples are necessary, because some of have prejudice that God is against democratic principles in the church life.

I Cor 1:12-13
“Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I if Apolos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptized in the name of Paul”?

I Cor 11:3
“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and head of Christ is God”.

I Cor 12:8-11, 28
“For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another th word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
To another the work of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues;
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will”.
“And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues”.

Acts 5:42
“And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ”.

I Pet 1:23
“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever”.

I Jn 2:27
“But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and you ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him”.

I Jn 4:1
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the word”.

Mt 20:25-26
“But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister”.

These are examples of democratic, but not dictatorial society among God’s people.

Lk 1:8-9
“And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,
According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the lord”.

I kgs 4:7
“And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision”.

God is against ruling by dictatorship, especially among His people.

I Sam 8:6-7
“But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.
And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them”.

Ex 4:29
“And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel”.

For example when one tribe directly applies to another tribe, without leader’s intermediary, which testifies about that that there is not monarchic but democratic society, ruling by people.

Jdg 1:3
“And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him”.

Here is an interesting and teaching example, how a spiritual person refused to be a king, realizing that it wasn’t pleasant for God and His Spirit.

Jdg 8:23
“And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you”.

Josh 24: 31
“And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel”.

Dt 19: 12
“Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die”.

Mt 26:59
“Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death”.

Acts 1: 23, 26
“And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Jestus, and Matthias”.
“And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles”.

We, who already live in democratic 21/st century, can see in most part of churches, if not of all them, believers are more retrogressive, servile, man-worship and church-
-worship than the Jewish society of Jesus time. Nowadays Devil so confused the people in church that even in the most of churches a dictator system dominates, while the whole world moves toward democracy.
Devil inspired that it must be so. Mean vile in churches must be free brotherly relationship around ten commandments of God. But the world had to live under ruling of the church, church in evangelical meaning (not ruling by spiritual servants). What occurs nowadays is contrast to it and life of the church and the power of the Holy Ghost is choked (strangled) in churches by spiritual servants of the church with not evangelical but with the dictatorship system.

II Cor 11:20-21
“For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak….”.

Here is the description of true believers, which is given in the book of Revelation

Rev 14:3-5
“And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God”.

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7. TRUE CHRISTIANS MUST STRUGGLE AGAINST EVERY KIND OF IDOLATRY.


True Christians must be careful that in future to not be degenerated into new idol of church worshipping and do not create new centers of church and of tradition worshipping, as it happened with so many Christian movements. A Christian, being free from religious and church’s idols should also be careful not to become a captive of worldly-mankind idols (which is peculiar for nature of man to fall from one extreme to another extreme), from which may be self worship revealed as arrogance and material worship as greed.
A true Christian will never prohibit anyone to express his thoughts, which come from the Word of God, during divine services.
But ideas declared as from the Word of God may be don’t accepted, if they don’t come from Word of God (there are not verses which assert that idea) or we are forced to give God’s four rights to a worldly-mankind or a church-religious value, in other words, to transform this value (merit) into idol for us.
True Christian should be careful that religious, not vital opinions accepted by him or by a church and distinguished Christians not to be degenerated into idols for Christians and
for other people. Let us again to note those God’s four rights (remember or read unit 5).
1. Being the Lord.
2. Being the Lawgiver and the Judge.
3. Being the Doctrinaire and Teacher.
4. Being the Saver and Blesser.
Christians should struggle against church-religious idols through the Word of God, explaining when the churches’ value transforms into idol (when four rights of God are ascribed to these values). Here is the example, when Paul warns, do not make idols of not essential religious opinions, and so don’t make them condition of relations between brothers and us.
In this case to this religious opinion may be given so great importance, which only the Faith to the name of Jesus Christ and God’s ten commandments of moral can have.

Rom 14:1, 5
“Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations”.
“One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind ”.

Isa 42:8
“I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images”.

II Kgs 18:4-5
“He removed high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him”.
Compare with Jn, 3:14, where this brazen serpent is symbol for Christ.

Jn 3:14
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up”.

II Kgs 17:38-39
“And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies”.



Jn 5:44
“How can you believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only”.

Rom 15: 6-7
“That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Wherefore receive ye one another, a Christ also received us to the glory of God”.

I Cor 12:3
“Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost”.



8. THE IMAGE OF THE TRUE CHRISTIANS, AND THE GLORY WAITING THEM.



Col 3: 17
“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him”.

A true Christian must know his position in this world. He should know that he is God’s child (son), which must don’t make him proud, but he must be as gentle and perfect as his heavenly Father is.
With brothers in one faith must come to unanimous and agreement on themes of a prayer, agreement must be serious, with explanations, additions of the participants, objections and questions in accordance with the theme of a prayer. After that they should come to the agreement with their own free will and then to pray.
A true Christian believes in Jesus divinity and in salvation by His name. He accepts Jesus as the Savior and the Lord of his personal and all mankind’s.
They don’t accept no a one worldly-humankind and church-religious idol.
They, true Christians are not church worshipers and are not tradition worshipers, but they are God worshipers.
They faith is founded only on the Word of God.
They love the God with whole heart.
They love and respect brothers more than to unbelievers.
They live in accordance of love and of Evangelic commandments of moral.
True Christians are honest, kind, courageous, joyful, educated (polite) and gentle.
They are not greedy and pugnacious.
They always study and keep in their hearts the Word of God, keep His promises and are ceaseless in their prays in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.


Mt 18:18-20
“Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name , there am I in the midst of them”.

Jn 14:15
“If ye love me, keep my commandments”.

Col 2:6-7, 9-10
“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving”.
“For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power”.

Isa 55:11
“So shall my word be that goeth fort out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it ”.

Isa 62:6-7
“I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,
And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth”.

Mark 10:28-30
“Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,
But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time , houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life”.

Math 5, 5
“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth”.

Revel 5, 10
“ And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth”.

Isa 60:10
“And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee”.

Isa 43:1, 3-4
“But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel , Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by name ; thou are mine”.
“For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee
Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thee life”.

I Cor 3:22-23
“Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s”.

Jer 33:9
“And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all prosperity that I procure unto it”.

In Jesus Christ’s Name

Amen, Amen, Amen.
























CONTENTS:


Introduction………………………………………………………………………….
CHURCH FREE FROM IDOLS

1. WHAT IS THE CALL AND THE MISSION OF THE TRUE CHRISTIAN

2. WHO CAN BECOME A MEMBER OF A CHRISTIAN CHURCH OR OF A BROTHERHOOD
3. A CHRISTIAN MUST ACCEPT JESUS AS THE LORD OVER UNIVERSE AND OVER HIMSELF.
4. A CHRISTIAN MUST BELIEVE IN HIS SALVATION BY JESUS’ NAME.
5. THE CHRISTIAN MUST NOT HAVE IDOLS. THE GOD’S RIGHTS BELONG ONLY TO GOD
A. To be the Lord.
B. To be the Lawgiver and the Judge.
C. To be the Doctrinaire and the Teacher.
D. To be the Redeemer and the One Who Blesses (Blesser).
6. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH MUST BE FREE FROM THE IDOLS.
7. TRUE CHRISTIANS MUST STRUGGLE AGAINST EVERY KIND OF IDOLATRY.
8. THE IMAGE OF THE TRUE CHRISTIANS, AND THE GLORY WAITING THEM.

 

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Please correct gramar and send me copy.
Orange in Christ

 

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Correcting grammar is a serious professional service for which people who can do it well tend to charge real money. It's sort of a putting food on the table kind of thing.

 

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Correcting grammar is a serious professional service for which people who can do it well tend to charge real money. It's sort of a putting food on the table kind of thing.

So is correcting theology, which you might want to have someone do as well.

 

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So exactly who is this directed at?

 

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Please correct gramar and send me copy.
Orange in Christ

1) Office XP has a built-in spelling and grammar checker.
2) If that isn't good enough for your needs, you might want to investigate SpellCatcher Plus, which is a professional-strength spelling checker; and/or Grammarian Pro, which is a professional-strength grammar checker.

It's really an imposition to post a HUGE amount of text, as you've just done, and hand it off to someone to proofread and edit -- and then expect them to do it for free. Professional editors make $40,000 or more a year. Purchasing SpellCatcher Plus and Grammarian Pro will set you back less than $100.

 

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I have not so much mony to do so. In Armenia wage in one month is 50$. And 70% have not a work here now.
But I have given this book to translate two time in Armenia, it cost for me 10$.
But I want that Englishman or American man to do it. It is alraedy corrected.
So if one have enough goodness he will corect this for the help, in any way this book
not for me but for many protestants. I hope that will be one who will do it.
God bless he in the name of Christ.

 

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In any way how your opinion abou "Church free of Idols"???
And your opinion about "What is the Church of Christ"???

 

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In any way how your opinion abou "Church free of Idols"???
And your opinion about "What is the Church of Christ"???

Have you asked the Armenian Church ?

 

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Armenian Church not Protestant church, I am Protestant.
Artak in Christ

 

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Hi

 

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Armenian Church not Protestant church, I am Protestant.
Artak in Christ

Of course it is not Protestant. You are writing against the Church that has nothing to do with the Protestant Reformation, in fact it predates it by at least 1000 years.

Have you ever been to an Armenian service, they are quite beautiful.

 

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Test

 

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I have been in Armenian service many time,may be they are beautiful, but I dont like ceremonies
That Word of God did not give us to do such ceremonies..
Aratk in Christ

 

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It is for you to read.

What is the Church of Christ!


Hi all. I want to speak about our Faith to God, and about Churches.
Me must understand that it is different thing to be a son of God, member of spiritual Church, and to have spiritual knowledge. We can have wrong spiritual knowledge’s, but to have right Faith to God, and to Jesus.
This imagination that we have only correct, true knowledge about God, Bible, and that we must have only correct, true knowledge about Faith for to be saved it is very wrong and not Biblical. Bible teaches that we must have Faith in to few subjects, that is necessary, I will try to say.
1. Faith to the creator God.
2. Faith to the Jesus Christ as king of universe and head of spiritual Church.
3. Faith to your salvation.
4. Faith to the resurrection of Jesus Chris.
5. Faith to the name of Jesus Christ.
6. Faith to the eternal glorified life of sons of God.
7. Destruction of sinners.
8. Faith to the moral Law of God, (10 commandments of God).
Faith to have moral life. And love Christians as our brothers and sisters.
9. Faith to that we must confess our sins to God and repent our sins.
10.Faith to the Bible as word of God and to the Gospel.
I think it is all.
So I say there is many other subjects that are truths, but they are not necessary for to be saved. It is right that when we have a correct knowledge’s about Word of God and when we are wiser then our life will be more blessed. And so every believer can understand many words, verses in Bible in wrong way, but when they not essential for the salvation the believer continues to be son of God and member of spiritual Church.
There are many questions that they are very interesting, but not essential.
For example,
1. To have resting in Saturday or in Sunday.
2. Eternal life is in spirit or in body.
3. We must eat meat or not.
4. Church must have democratic structure or not.
5. The Earth is spherical or flat.
And so on. You can see, if you would want that, in itself many of these questions Not religious questions, but philosophical, scientific questions.
We must differ what is Church and what is spiritual servants of a Church.
Church it is all the believers of Christ. But many speak about church as a organization of a spiritual servants of the Church. Catholic Church, Protestant Church, Lutheran Church, Orthodox Church and so on. But these are not Churches in Biblical view; these are only theological Schools with big traditions of even 2000 years old. These theological Schools want to have answers in every spiritual question, this make them to do many wrongs. Beside that they enforce the members of their Churches to believe in their theological resolutions they maid. And who don’t want to believe them they think that they have a right to throw the believe of Christ, son of God from the Church, and so in 2000 years. Especially have a big sin in this question Catholic Church but Protestants also not innocent in this subject. Our enemy not Catholic Church or Protestant Church, our enemy is the World and all satanic forces. May many Christians are fooled by the Devil and they work for him, but they don’t understand it as in his time Catholic Church did.
Noting can separate us from God if we have a Faith to Jesus Christ.
I think we must give a little attention in many interesting questions and don’t persecute other Christians, our brothers and sisters, sons of God
for not essential subjects.
We Christians are very powerful, we can conquer all the world, God have given us every thing in the world.
God bless you
In the name of Christ

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4th February 2004, 11:14 AM #2

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I have been in Armenian service many time,may be they are beautiful, but I dont like ceremonies
That Word of God did not give us to do such ceremonies..

Have you not read the OT that describes the temple worship that prefigures the worship of Christians today ? Do you not know that the word of God prescribes a Liturgical service to worship our Saviour. These 'ceremonies' are patterned after the heavenly worship that is described in Revelation and are quite in tune with the word of God.

Please check out Early Christian Liturgics

 

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We have not direct comand of Jesus Christ. And the Laws of Old Testament it is not for Christians.
Orange in Christ