THIS CHURCH CANNOT STAND AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED.

SEEK GOD FIRST...AND LAST.

...and in everything in-between.

One of the foremost words of the holy Scriptures is this: “But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you”. See Matthew 6:33.

Without any shadow of doubt, God is the Creator of all things under the universe; and all things consist in Him.

In Him, and in Him alone, whatsoever that has breath, lives, walks and has its being!

Unarguably, therefore, God is the Father of the spirit of all living. Yet, it has pleased Him to further establish a special family on earth – a family that consists in whosoever unconditionally yields to His everlasting authority and commandments, which authority and commandments are embodied and revealed in His Christ.

Thus, we can boldly and affirmatively speak of the family of God on earth - a heavenly family on earth, embodied in Christ and in His true Church, which exclusively represents that glorious family on earth.

This is the picture of true Christianity, and in its purest form, consisting in “one body, and one Spirit...one Lord, one faith, one baptism: one God and Father of all, Who is above all, through all and in us all” (Ephesians 3: 4-6, paraphrased). Hallelujah!

Understand, therefore, that true Christianity; that is, that which is truly of Christ, transcends family, culture, race, color, patriotism, language and whatsoever be the natural and fleshly ties that bind the living together.

True Christianity is principally a spiritual family, members of which are essentially spiritual beings; whom, though they live in the flesh, consciously walk in the same Spirit that binds them together – the Holy Spirit.

And because true Christians walk in the spirit, they invariably live above those natural and fleshly ties that bind humanity. And in so doing, they, the true Christians, consistently manifest the savor of the same Christ.

But, wherever the aforementioned fleshly and natural values, clash with the true Christian values, the end-product is a flawed image of Christ, an image that cannot stand the test of true Christianity.

Sadly, that is the domineering picture of today's Church.

*(This is a three-part message. And if you started it, necessity is upon you to also finish it)*