Peace in Christ.
We must not sit together in the man-based churches where they are keeping and serving their external writings….their church handwriting of ordinances/dogmas they used to judge others with. The kingdom/government of God is within us as that is where His commandments are written. His kingdom does not come with "observation"....the careful observation of outward church handwritings of ordinances/dogmas.
Luk 17:20-21 KJV
(20) And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
(21) Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
The churches of man are "man-based" as they are built upon their governing documents that they revere highly and use to judge others with.
They are usurping God’s function of being JUDGE of others by doing so. There is only One Lawgiver and One Judge. They are serving THE sin by doing so. We are not as "gods"...as "judges" for God... knowing what and who is good and evil. Genesis 3:5 .
James 4:12
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge another?
The man of THE sin (judging) are all those who are usurping God’s authority as Judge of others by judging others with their own standards (their church handwritings of ordinances/domgas)....and all the while believing the lie that they will have peace and safety in doing such things and that they are doing it in His authority...sitting in His throne.
They will be revealed for who they are. They will not believe in the Word of Truth when they will hear it. They will not repent but will behave badly towards what they hear in defense of their church denominations' handwritings.
2Th 2:3-4
(3) Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of THE sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
(4) Who opposeth 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.
They see themselves as judges for God as they do these things in His “name” or authority. They cast out others by judging them as “devils.”
Mat 7:22-23 KJV
(22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
(23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Our God is a jealous God (Judge)….the Spirit of God that dwells in us yearns to envy (jealousy) because of such things.
The churches of man are built (flimsily) upon their writings…their official documents (such as a “statement of faith” or a church “constitution.”)
We are people of “adultery” when we sit together with them. We are then a friend of the “world” by doing so.
The word for “world” is “kosmos.”
Jas 4:4-5 KJV
(4) Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world (kosmos) is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
(5) Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
“Kosmos” has the basic meaning (in ancient Greek) of "an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution"….a condition of orderliness, orderly arrangement, order.
It denotes what is well assembled or constructed from its individual parts.
The word “kosmos” (in ancient Greek) could be used for anything which was made up of parts was for example: a group of rowers of a ship or a troop of soldiers or the host of heaven.
The outside nations of the world are structured upon such governmental documents such as a “constitution” which is made up of individual parts…. “Article 1”, “Article 2” and so on.
This is the “rudiments” (basic principles) of the world (the orderly arrangement). The outside nations do not have God has their King nor do they follow His commandments.
They have come up with their own government and their own judgment system…putting themselves in the place where God should be. This is how Satan rules the outside world….through the things of man…his governing documents. These things are an “abomination” and are “devoted to destruction” because of it. We MUST utterly detest it....utterly abhorring it.
Deuteronomy 7:26 :
And you shall not bring an abomination into your house and become devoted to destruction like it; you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is devoted to destruction.
A “constitution” is a set of fundamental principles or rules that determine how a country (or a man-based “church”) is run.
Most governmental constitutions are “codified”, which simply means they are written down clearly in a specific document called “the constitution”.
We must not do the same things that the outside nations are doing in this. We are set free in Christ from the “rudiments” of the world.
“Rudiments” = stoicheion - something orderly in arrangement, that is, (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively): - element, principle, rudiment.
Beware of any man who will deceive you into going to a “church” that has documents (even if it is “just a “statement of faith”) that are patterned after the outside world’s governing documents…after the “rudiments of the world.” The rudiments…the elements…burn us up with the using of them. They are devoted to destruction...and we are also when we bring them into our places of worship.
They are an “IMAGE” of what they see in the outside world that they copy and place in their places of worship. They have copied the behavior of the outside nations who do not have God as their King and who do not follow His commandments.
They have a show of “wisdom” but they are not after Christ. They look “wise” but they do not have the wisdom of God contained in them.
Col 2:8-10 KJV
(8) 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.
(9) For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
(10) And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
If we are dead with Christ from the “rudiments of the world,” why as though living in the world, we subject ourselves to “ordinances” of the churches. The church handwritings have become a "Baal"....a husband or lord...over us when we go and subject ourselves to them. These handwritings were made by men who have a fleshly mind…who think that we must follow after the outside world’s example of having documents inside our churches.
Col 2:18-22 KJV
(18) Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
(19) And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
They are "devoted to destruction" as we mortally perish with the using of them.
(22) Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
Do NOT like the nations before us who are serving their “gods”….their governing handwritings that they use to judge themselves and others with in the place of God who is the Living Judge.
Do not be snared by following them…the nations that are before us. They are being destroyed because of it. If we follow after them, we are being destroyed also in the fire of His wrath. Our mortal bodies are destroyed from this earth.
Deu 12:29-31 KJV
(29) When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;
(30) Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
They pass down their governing documents to their future generations to keep and serve and are burned up in the fire of God's wrath.
(31) Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
We must not sit together in the man-based churches where they are keeping and serving their external writings….their church handwriting of ordinances/dogmas they used to judge others with. The kingdom/government of God is within us as that is where His commandments are written. His kingdom does not come with "observation"....the careful observation of outward church handwritings of ordinances/dogmas.
Luk 17:20-21 KJV
(20) And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
(21) Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
The churches of man are "man-based" as they are built upon their governing documents that they revere highly and use to judge others with.
They are usurping God’s function of being JUDGE of others by doing so. There is only One Lawgiver and One Judge. They are serving THE sin by doing so. We are not as "gods"...as "judges" for God... knowing what and who is good and evil. Genesis 3:5 .
James 4:12
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge another?
The man of THE sin (judging) are all those who are usurping God’s authority as Judge of others by judging others with their own standards (their church handwritings of ordinances/domgas)....and all the while believing the lie that they will have peace and safety in doing such things and that they are doing it in His authority...sitting in His throne.
They will be revealed for who they are. They will not believe in the Word of Truth when they will hear it. They will not repent but will behave badly towards what they hear in defense of their church denominations' handwritings.
2Th 2:3-4
(3) Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of THE sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
(4) Who opposeth 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.
They see themselves as judges for God as they do these things in His “name” or authority. They cast out others by judging them as “devils.”
Mat 7:22-23 KJV
(22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
(23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Our God is a jealous God (Judge)….the Spirit of God that dwells in us yearns to envy (jealousy) because of such things.
The churches of man are built (flimsily) upon their writings…their official documents (such as a “statement of faith” or a church “constitution.”)
We are people of “adultery” when we sit together with them. We are then a friend of the “world” by doing so.
The word for “world” is “kosmos.”
Jas 4:4-5 KJV
(4) Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world (kosmos) is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
(5) Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
“Kosmos” has the basic meaning (in ancient Greek) of "an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution"….a condition of orderliness, orderly arrangement, order.
It denotes what is well assembled or constructed from its individual parts.
The word “kosmos” (in ancient Greek) could be used for anything which was made up of parts was for example: a group of rowers of a ship or a troop of soldiers or the host of heaven.
The outside nations of the world are structured upon such governmental documents such as a “constitution” which is made up of individual parts…. “Article 1”, “Article 2” and so on.
This is the “rudiments” (basic principles) of the world (the orderly arrangement). The outside nations do not have God has their King nor do they follow His commandments.
They have come up with their own government and their own judgment system…putting themselves in the place where God should be. This is how Satan rules the outside world….through the things of man…his governing documents. These things are an “abomination” and are “devoted to destruction” because of it. We MUST utterly detest it....utterly abhorring it.
Deuteronomy 7:26 :
And you shall not bring an abomination into your house and become devoted to destruction like it; you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is devoted to destruction.
A “constitution” is a set of fundamental principles or rules that determine how a country (or a man-based “church”) is run.
Most governmental constitutions are “codified”, which simply means they are written down clearly in a specific document called “the constitution”.
We must not do the same things that the outside nations are doing in this. We are set free in Christ from the “rudiments” of the world.
“Rudiments” = stoicheion - something orderly in arrangement, that is, (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively): - element, principle, rudiment.
Beware of any man who will deceive you into going to a “church” that has documents (even if it is “just a “statement of faith”) that are patterned after the outside world’s governing documents…after the “rudiments of the world.” The rudiments…the elements…burn us up with the using of them. They are devoted to destruction...and we are also when we bring them into our places of worship.
They are an “IMAGE” of what they see in the outside world that they copy and place in their places of worship. They have copied the behavior of the outside nations who do not have God as their King and who do not follow His commandments.
They have a show of “wisdom” but they are not after Christ. They look “wise” but they do not have the wisdom of God contained in them.
Col 2:8-10 KJV
(8) 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.
(9) For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
(10) And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
If we are dead with Christ from the “rudiments of the world,” why as though living in the world, we subject ourselves to “ordinances” of the churches. The church handwritings have become a "Baal"....a husband or lord...over us when we go and subject ourselves to them. These handwritings were made by men who have a fleshly mind…who think that we must follow after the outside world’s example of having documents inside our churches.
Col 2:18-22 KJV
(18) Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
(19) And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
They are "devoted to destruction" as we mortally perish with the using of them.
(22) Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
Do NOT like the nations before us who are serving their “gods”….their governing handwritings that they use to judge themselves and others with in the place of God who is the Living Judge.
Do not be snared by following them…the nations that are before us. They are being destroyed because of it. If we follow after them, we are being destroyed also in the fire of His wrath. Our mortal bodies are destroyed from this earth.
Deu 12:29-31 KJV
(29) When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;
(30) Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
They pass down their governing documents to their future generations to keep and serve and are burned up in the fire of God's wrath.
(31) Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
