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Jesus/Yeshua: "May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you [Father God] sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me." -John 17:23 "For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations" -Isaiah 56:7 God's Bride is the Church of Christ Jesus "I refer, of course, not to any particular denominational body, but to the Church as the body of Christ: what the Apostle Peter called 'the holy nation.'" -Against The Night- Living in the New Dark Ages, Chuck Colson; pg 134 "And God placed all things under his [Jesus'] feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way." -Ephesians 1:23, 24 "This is what God the Lord says- he who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it: 'I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness;'" -Isaiah 42:5, 6 "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee." -Isaiah 60:1
"Most of all, love one another
deeply. Love erases many sins by forgiving them. Welcome others into
your homes without complaining." -1 Peter 4:8-11
It is important to remember that Christians
are to be
in the world, but not
of it...and not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers (II Corinthians 6:14). Thomas Millington, Ambassador II Cor.5:20, Ambassador to Jerusalem "And he shouted with a mighty voice, She is fallen! Mighty Babylon is fallen! She has become a resort and dwelling place for demons, a dungeon haunted by every loathsome spirit, an abode for every filthy and detestable bird; Because all nations have drunk the wine of her passionate unchastity, and the rulers and leaders of the earth have joined with her in committing fornication [idolatry], and the businessmen of the earth have become rich with the wealth of her excessive luxury and wantonness. I then heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out from her, my people, so that you may not share in her sins, neither participate in her plagues." -Revelation 18:2-4 (Reference: Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 50:8) Amplified Bible
www.embassyofheaven.com www.mercyseat.net The late Pope John Paul II was quoted saying that, "[he] loathed totalitarianism- 'substitute religion.'" Vermont Rutland Herald, 4-3-2005 "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord." -Romans 12:19 A Christian's View Toward Military Service Quick View "The state excludes the church from everything which it considers as belonging to the political sphere. At the same time the church is expected to shrivel up into nothing." -Hitler's Cross, Erwin W. Lutzer
“…religion flourishes in greater purity without than with the aid of government.” -James Madison (Twice President of the U.S.) Law: Usurpation. The unlawful (emphasis added) encroachment or assumption of the use of property, power or authority which belongs to another. An interruption or the disturbing a man in his right and possession. The unlawful seizure or assumption of sovereign power. The assumption of government or supreme power by force or illegally, in derogation of the constitution and the rights of the lawful ruler. -Blacks Law Dictionary, 6th Edition
Letter from Congressman Christian persecution growing in the United States www.hischurchvt.org www.biblestudent.com www.OutreachSpeakers.com In the book Hitler's Cross, Erwin W. Lutzer "Explores the story of Hitler's Cross- how a whole race of people so in need of a champion found little help from the Church of Christ and so invited the judgment of God." Only a God-given reawakening to Christ and the full extent of His supremacy can resuscitate the Church's hope and passion, and re-engage her effectively in the worldwide advance of His Kingdom. -David Bryant www.davidbryantdirect.com www.holylandexperience.com Bob Mumford said recently that "agape is the spinal cord of the Body of Christ," meaning the Church is not an institution, it is alive and a person with hands and feet. It is behavioral. It is an action. We have disregarded the commandment to love, replacing it with religion and legalism. Religion and legalism do not change hearts, but promote activities and performance. I remember that song, "What's Love Got to Do With It?" How about EVERYTHING God does not use doctrine for determining unity, but, rather, by individual love for Christ lived out in daily living! One Body, Many Parts It is written: "The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body- whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free- and we were all given one Spirit to drink. ... there should be no schism in the body, but that its parts should have the same care for another." -1 Corinthians 12: 12, 13, 25 "That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame. -Romans 10:9-11
A new commandment I [Jesus] give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -John 13:35 “Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another, forgive as the Lord forgave you.” -Colossians 3:13 “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all of the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” -Ephesians 3:16-19
GOOD NEWS! Jesus says: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me (Jesus)"... "Jesus has the words of eternal life." John 14:6;, 6:68, 69. Jesus requires all persons to have a personal relationship and walk with him as one who will give account for his life. I am praying that Churches increase in wisdom and stature (Luke 2:52) and increase in unity on "meat" issues (1Cor.3:2; Hebrews 5:12-14). May you not be found among those who "[you] will be ever hearing but never understanding; [you] will be ever seeing but never perceiving." For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them." -Acts 28:26-27 [Isaiah 6:9,10] We serve a Living God with Living Word: "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account." Hebrews 4:12, 13 -Thomas Millington, Ambassador for Christ www.christianitytoday.com/free/features/newsletters.html
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Find ALL Churches Find Synagagues Churches should support Israel "The vision is not to change the world alone; it's to unite the body of Christ to be the body of Christ." -Craig Groeschel www.LifeChurch.tv A desperate and sincere plea: God's People must believe, and they must agree with each other and with Jesus if all things are to be put under the Father's feet. Infighting must cease; a house divided cannot stand! Doctrinal error between denominations must be settled through prayer and the Holy Spirit. Unless God builds the house, its builders build in vain. So many don't realize being born anew (again) is just the threshold into God's kingdom. All believers must desire to grow in God's grace, faith, power, and Spirit. Many a Church has empty pews due to the fact that traditions of men have become substitute for obedience to God. Be doers of the Word not hearers only lest you deceive yourselves (James 1:22). The Church is not entertainment, but a place of fellowship and inspiration. Only when we fully believe in who we are as Believers will we begin to impact the world around us! Be encouraged! -Thomas Millington, Ambassador II Cor.5:20, Ambassador to Jerusalem "Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with feelings of compassion and with kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with one another; if anyone has a complaint against someone else, forgive him. Indeed, just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive. Above all else, clothe yourselves with love which binds everything together perfectly; and let the shalom which comes from the Messiah be your heart's decision-maker, for this is why you were called to be part of a single Body." -Colossians 3:12-14 Jewish New Testament Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. -Romans 13:8 Concerning separation between the Messianic Community and the Jewish People Finally, centuries
of Jewish rejection of Yeshua and Christian rejection of Jews has
produced a situation today in which it is commonly supposed that
Christianity is Christianity, and Judaism is Judaism, and never the
twain shall meet. Moreover, many Jews and Christians are satisfied with
this arrangement. But it was not God’s will that there be two
separate peoples of God. Gentile Christians who recognize that
they have joined Israel, not replaced it, and Messianic Jews who
identify fully with both the Jewish people and the Jewish Messiah,
Yeshua, must work together
Israel: Jesus to Peter: "Feed me Sheep" Jesus was Jewish. His disciples were Jewish. In the prevailing Christian view, the Bible was written by forty authors. Of these, thirty-nine were Jewish. The fortieth, Luke, was likely a convert to Judaism. None of the earliest Christians believed that they were starting a new religion. They merely sought to spread the news that Jewish prophecy had been fulfilled by the arrival of the Jewish Messiah. STANDING With ISRAEL, David Brog; © 2006 "It is well past time for all Christians to stand together for the fundamentals of the faith, for “mere Christianity.” This is what Touchstone magazine is all about—bringing Christians together around the historic doctrines of the faith; strengthening, encouraging, and equipping them for their everyday lives and witness in their homes, churches, and society." www.touchstonemag.com "Jesus said to
his disciples: 'Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe
to that person through whom they come. It would be better for him to be
thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to
cause one of these little ones to sin. So watch yourselves.'" -Luke
17:1-3a
Jesus: "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." -Luke18:16, 17 ***
Inspired and directed by the Holy Spirit: "Worthy art Thou, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for Thou didst create all things, and because of Thy will they existed, and were created." -Revelation 4:11 NAS Dedicated to God: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life." -John 3:16 NAS *** "Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations who love him and keep his commands." -Deuteronomy 7:9 “Love of neighbor, grounded in the love of God, is first and foremost a responsibility for each individual member of the faithful... As a community, the Church must practice love.” “The Church is Gods family in the world. In this family no one ought to go without the necessities of life.” “We contribute to a better world only by personally doing good now, with full commitment and wherever we have the opportunity.” -Excerpted from Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, “God Is Love.”
Exhortation: "No Human being--even churchgoers and ministers and priests-- have been granted the right to specify that certain humans are "qualified" to be claimed by God. ... There is a Spiritual Nation, governed by God Himself. This spiritual nation exists both now, in this world, and in the heavenly realm, and the life to come. ... The earthly geographical location, and the racial origin of the inhabitants of God's spiritual nation do not matter at all. "Membership" in a specific denominational church does not open the gate to this nation. Humanly will and effort do not bring about admission into God's Spiritual Nation. Historical case law worthy of attention: No, I'm not a legalist; however, it may be useful to know that the law profession acknowledges "Church", "Religion", "Religious freedom" and "deprogramming" by these legal definitions (Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Edition): Church. In its most general sense, the religious society founded and established by Jesus Christ, to receive, preserve, and propagate His doctrines and ordinances. It may also mean a body of communicants gathered into church order; body or community of Christians, united under one form of government by the profession of the same faith and the observance of the same ritual and ceremonies; place where persons regularly assemble for worship; congregation; organization for religious purposes; religious society or body; the clergy or officialdom of a religious body. Religion. Man's relationship to Divinity, to reverence, worship, obedience, and submission to mandates and precepts of supernatural or superior beings.....Bond uniting man to God, and a virtue (moral excellence) whose purpose is to render God worship due him as source of all being and principle of all government of things. Religious freedom. Within Constitution (First Amendment) embraces not only the right to worship God according to the dictates of one's conscience, but also the right to do, or forbear to do, any act, for conscience sake, the doing or forbearing of which is not inimical [unfriendly, harmful, hostile] to the peace, good order, and morals of society.
"No free government now exists in the world, unless where Christianity is acknowledged, and is the religion of the country." -Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1824. Updegraph v. Commonwealth; 11 Serg. & R. 393, 406 (Sup. Ct. Penn. 1824). "A powerful State has always been a threat to the existence and influence of the church. Whether the threat be Nazism, Communism, or humanism, a state that is hostile to religion will always attempt to push the church toward forced irrelevancy. ... As the state expands its powers, it can initiate laws that limit the church's freedoms. -Hitler's Cross, Erwin W. Lutzer Deprogramming- as the term has become known, is the process whereby individuals who are members of certain religious groups are subjected to a scheme of brain -washing or mind control in an attempt to dissuade them of their religious beliefs. Baer v. Baer, D.C.Cal., 450 F.Supp. 481, 485 [Brothers and Sisters in Christ: take this one seriously! Never deny Him or His precious name! See Matthew 10:33] Cultural Communism- The Cult of Political Correctness Communism isn’t dead, it’s just been renamed. “With the political correctness movement we see an attack on the Christian culture so that the communists can take over. And cultural bolshevism [term stemming from 1917 when the Bolsheviks came to power in Russia] is winning while Christian leaders wring their hands. …And when Western Christian culture is destroyed, it will be replaced by chaos, anarchy and violence as a norm. All this without any casualties on the side of the conspirators.” –By F.C. Blahut; A special investigative report from AFP (American Free Press) exposing a sinister cult; January 16, 2006 Secular State: "When the government and legal system is separated from control of the priests or the religious establishment. The state's values are based on systems not overtly drawn from religious examples... Communist States are secular." -DK, The Book of Rule P.s. Don't fall for "separation church from state."- Keep God's love in government! "Over 4,000 priests, pastors, and ministers from all denominations were assembled. They had elected Joseph Stalin as their honorary president. One after another went to the podium proclaiming that Christianity and communism were fundamentally the same. They could co-exist. They could "all get along." www.persecution.com "Every Communist must grasp the truth, Political power grows out of the end of a barrel."- China leader Mao Zedong |
The United
States is a pluralistic society; that is, the condition in which minority groups
participate fully in the dominant society, yet maintain their cultural
differences. Cultural differences, by definition, meaning improvement of
the mind, morals, etc., and transmitted to succeeding generations.
to heal the greatest schism in the history
of the world, the split between the Church and the Jewish people.
The Jewish New Testament has a part to play in this great task of
bringing the two together in a way that preserves the identity of the
Jewish people within the Messianic Community, as both Jews and Gentiles
honor God and his Messiah according to the Tanakh and the New Testament.
-Jewish New Testament, David H. Stern 
Title: "Resting on Jesus"
By Lynn Louise
Millington Darling (Tom's sister) copyright December 31, 1989
Trinity- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in One Godhead. This is a
fundamental foundation in
Christian teaching.