Belonging to any kind of a group
offers a certain sense of identity, security, fellowship,
belonging and so on. There is nothing wrong with associating in
groups. Some things can only be accomplished by a group effort.
Whether it be a race, a country, a province, a city, a town, a
family, which ever groups we belong to will, to a very large
extent should show us who we are collectively and individually.
The aforementioned groups are examples of groups we are born
into without choice and can also represent groups within groups.
Some group associations are
established through conscious choices; the friends we have, the
people we work with, the religion we belong to etc.
It is very easy by virtue of
belonging to a specific group that we can be complacent about
the groups we belong to without questioning the relationships
within the group, the purpose behind the existence of a group,
its objectives etc., with complete objectivity. To ask these kind
of questions could undermine ones relationship to a group and
might make one decide to exclude one self or invite others to
join.
Christianity is
a
collective group. Most who are born into Christianity have
historically accepted it and carried on with the customs,
ceremonies and doctrines of this extremely sound faith. In time
there were reformations, protesting the doctrines of the Mother
Church (Roman Catholic) but, never the soundness of
Christianity. This is interesting because Christianity is never
really called into question; it is the Christian institutions
that are called into question. The conclusion being that
Christianity itself is good, sound and can be trusted, but those
who are its self-appointed stewards, who represent it and
propagate it in all likelihood may not be.
If Christianity is itself sound,
then, it would stand to reason that it can easily stand alone
without an institution to push it. And, if it is indeed sound
and can stand alone any individual aught to be able to stand
with it completely alone. Historically, those who have presumed
to have done this have been martyred by the collective group
because this type of behavior threatens the necessity of the
group. And, as there has historically been incredible sums of
money to be made by those who govern the group, Christian
individuality would threaten the gross livelihood of the very
small group within the much larger unsuspecting group (the
Church) - so they killed the threat even though it was against
the teachings of Christianity.
Many find a certain safety by
belonging to one Christian sect over another. Believing that
their sect is the true sect they allow their mind to be made up
by the dictates of that sect. This takes away the need to have
to think for one's self which results in complacency and
spiritual laziness. Although, there is a certain discipline
required to attend a Sunday service, some seem to believe that
simply showing up for church services on Sunday is all that is
needed to be Christian. Where is the personal spiritual effort?
Without actual spiritual effort going to church on Sunday is
reduced to a physical activity that anyone can do. Many Mafia
Don's were reputed to have been regular church goers too! Is there such a thing as a
spiritual "hit?"
Some will say that, "to accept Jesus
Christ as the Savior is all that is needed to be Christian;"
These people should be reminded that this is just a starting point. One could
easily accept Christ as the
Savior and then in "good Christian fashion" go out and shoot
someone in the name of God and country or shamelessly profiteer
from the "sweat" of others.
Even though the concept of
Salvation is largely misunderstood, it is very correctly
propagated as being a "personal endeavor." One could conclude
that
since Christianity is an
individual spiritual
pursuit it requires significant courage and is not for the faint of heart or those too lazy to
investigate it thoroughly. The courage is not required to
confront others with, it is needed to confront ones own person
and in order to be daring enough
to stand alone and investigate Christianity thoroughly.
Confronting others and their beliefs is not only completely
unnecessary, it is extremely foolish and results in unnecessary
quarrelling.
It is never necessary to call
ones own core belief into question. What needs to be questioned
is the concepts we believe in and their actual validity. Often a
paradigm shift can occur within ones conceptual view of what
they believe in. This shift should serve to better complete the
picture or concept of what they believe in, regardless of what
the authorities of their religion may expound. This willingness
to think and question takes real courage. Fighting is the
activity of fools and those who haven't got the courage to
confront themselves and their own shortcomings; better known as
sins.
It takes courage
when presented with a clue that
might bring one closer to God that appears unfamiliar to what we
may have been taught and to investigate it to the end - this is part of
asking, seeking and knocking. To do this takes great efforts and
above all, courage. One should be willing and daring enough to
cold bloodedly investigated it personally. The say of pastors
and priests are not substitutes for personal efforts or
experiences. Why have a faculty at all if it is used only for
material pursuits but never to be used towards Divine matters in
the end we have to account for ourselves, our activities not
those of another.
(It should be remembered that
historically among Christian sects there have been major
disagreements over insignificant things. Wars have been fought
over such disagreements that have nothing to do with Christianity.
These people have such a grand opinion of their self importance
that how one sect "dots its I's and crosses its T's" is grounds
to hate, sabotage or even kill the other. One has to decide
whether the fighting arose out of the silly pretense of these
differences or whether the differences were used to incite
others to kill for the personal profits of the other side. In
the world those in high places would do anything to misguide in
order to profit.)
Those who submit to this effort
for God's sake are among the meek before God but are
considered foolish before the worldly by being out of line with
the world or "group" view. Because Biblically, if the Wisdom of
God is seen as foolishness by the world, then it takes a meek
person to submit to Gods wisdom and reject the worldly
foolishness.
The meek are willing to look
where others would not look for fear of passing up an
opportunity of finding God.
For these, the
New
Revelation would make for an excellent Bible Study Companion.
Any
Christian wanting to understand the meaning of Gods words in
spirit or anyone wanting to discover Christianity in its purest
form will find it in complete conformity with Bible, if not
church doctrine, in the New Revelation.
One will soon realize through this
comparative study that Christianity is not a religion
at all - it is a way of life that is in constant threat of being
deadened by the various sects of
Christian religions that appear to be promoting Christianity are
often promoting themselves above Christianity.
When Christianity
is lowered to the level of a religion it becomes dead; reduced
to a mere ceremony. The stone buildings we have come
to call "houses of God," although symbolic, are
actually inanimate and devoid of life and are all too often
places of empty ceremony. People have relegated them to tourist
attractions all over Europe having realized the emptiness in the
building itself. The very idea of humans presuming to force the
presence of God into a building is absurd - a building is not
required. We human being are Gods temple. We have built physical
church buildings, but God made us. Where would He be more likely
to be felt and heard, in the churches that we have built or the
temple that He created?
It can safely be said that the only true church intended to and worthy of the Heavenly
Father's presence is the one He Himself created within the
sanctuary of the heart of the human being who truly loves Him
and his fellow man. Only from there will the Holy Father speak
to His child in privacy. This has only been possible since the crucifixion
of Christ. Before then, an intercessor was needed, a priest. A
priest is no longer necessary.
The Holy Father spoke to a worthy son in Jakob
Lorber and the result is the
New Revelation. Nearly 10,000 pages
making up 25 substantial volumes of continuous and precise
dictation from the Holy Father to Lorber's heart for nearly 25
years, from 1840-1864.
For this
reason he has been called the "Scribe of God."
Any
sensitive person who has sincerely pursued the Biblical
Scriptures with their heart will experience the same "feeling"
when reading the New Revelation. When the Bible is read with the
heart (not the intellect); the sense that God or the Lord Jesus
Christ is speaking directly to the reader can be felt. Those who
have read the
New Revelation say they have the same feeling.
