looking for some advice!

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hi, first post ever on reddit and i wanted to ask other christians a quick question. so i grew up between orthodox coptic and pentecostal (mainly orthodox) and i have always loved learning about god and know he’s there but i feel so far gone. i’ve just started to read the bible again starting from the top but is there any advice on what to read or where to start or changes i can be making. i feel like lost almost and i know i want to come closer to god it just feels difficult. i also feel like i haven’t had any one experience like feeling god or hearing him (or any i am aware of, like no knee-jerk reaction) and i feel like it invalidates me from wanting a better relationship because i feel almost unworthy. like i feel it in my heart and head ill randomly start singing worship or feel called to listen to some but i just want overall advice, sorry this post is everywhere but i can’t keep my head in one place. thanks!

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Is your faith that of a religion centered only on worship, doomed to repeat sin without end? Or are you a child of God who, by the mighty power of God working in His love, is reborn and transformed—putting to death the sinful habits of corrupt human nature—so that you no longer commit sin? Or are you a true Christian, freed from sin, who lives as an example and inspiration like the light and the salt of the earth? Now is the time to soberly examine yourself in the light of the Word of Scripture.

All the repentance of mankind, of every religious person, and of Christians—repentance that turns back only to commit sin again—is not the true repentance of rebirth in Christ as recorded in the Scriptures. The repentance of today’s Christianity, where sin is endlessly repeated even while repenting, is nothing more than a vain repentance that accomplishes nothing. True repentance exists so that one may never commit sin again. Yet without knowing the fundamental cause or problem that makes sin inevitable, people remain in a lukewarm state of faith—neither hot nor cold. I wish to introduce the true faith of Christ that breaks free from such lukewarmness.

Today, the majority of faith is nothing more than the desire to find comfort and consolation in lives wearied and worn down by the world. Within such faith, as life becomes increasingly exhausted and burdened, and as hearts become ever more impoverished and empty, the supposed inspiration and lessons of sermons appear to promise that all the hopes and ideals unfulfilled by the believer will soon be accomplished. Yet this momentary inspiration, like dough puffed up with yeast, vanishes as soon as one turns away—nothing more than a mirage in the delusion of the mind.

The comfort and consolation offered by teachings that make it seem as though all the hopes, ideals, and dreams of worldly believers will be fulfilled is a vain delusion, collapsing before reality, like droplets that vanish into the air. Such flattery, meant only to inspire or console, cannot quench the thirst of an impoverished heart or fill the emptiness of the soul. Thus, across countless years, the inspiration and lessons that merely ignite the passions of desire and greed only pile up sin upon sin. As a result, the conscience (spirit) grows increasingly desolate, and life becomes nothing more than growing thirst and deepening emptiness. Who, then, will hear and awaken to the warning cries of a dying conscience, crushed beneath the weight of ever-accumulating sin?

1. Church-Centered Faith (Church-Centered Faith That Must Inevitably Collapse on the Day of Judgment)

Today, countless churches and pastors emphasize a church-centered faith, teaching that salvation comes through the church, and that all the works of God are fulfilled through the church. Because of this, multitudes of believers likewise accept this teaching, serving and depending upon the church as their center. Yet behind the outward appearance of solemnity and holiness, countless churches have been handed down through generations, developing into hidden systems of evil, corruption, depravity, lawlessness, and falsehood. Therefore, there must be a clear discernment and wisdom to judge whether these churches are truly the righteous temple of God before Him. Only then can one have a steadfast faith that does not carry a doubting heart concerning whether one truly possesses genuine belief. For this reason, let us now examine the whole matter in the light of the Word.

Are the churches built by human hands, as taught today by so many churches and pastors, truly the temple of God? And, as pastors claim, is God and Christ truly dwelling inside the church building? Yet the Scriptures plainly declare that God does not dwell in churches made by men. Thus, the teaching repeated today by countless churches and pastors—that God abides within their man-made buildings—is a lie not found in the Bible. For this reason, God caused it to be recorded for all generations, shepherds, and believers to remember, by writing of Solomon’s temple that was destroyed. Nowhere in Scripture is there any verse that says God dwells in a man-made church that cannot be eternal, nor any verse that calls a man-made church the holy temple of God. On the contrary, the Word clearly proclaims, using the example of Solomon’s ruined temple, that God neither dwells in nor can dwell in buildings made by human hands (Acts 7:47–50).

How dare anyone claim that the Most High—so great, so exalted, and so holy that even heaven itself cannot contain Him—should be confined to this earth, or worse, to a perishable church building made of brick and stone? Can the eternal glory of God dwell within walls destined to decay? How can this earth, His footstool stained by sin, contain Him whom even heaven cannot contain? How can churches, filled with sin and greed, ever bear Him?

Those who dare to call perishable, man-made church buildings the temple of God are exalting themselves and their institutions, bringing God down to this earth only to elevate and deify themselves. In doing so, they profane not only the eternal, glorious heavenly temple of God, but also blaspheme against His Word by placing themselves above it. Such churches, which betray and oppose the Word, dishonor God’s eternal heavenly temple. And the Word declares: he who betrays the Word is one who betrays God Himself, for the Word is God.

God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;(Acts 17 : 24~25)

Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?(Isaiah 66 : 1)

But Solomon built him an house. Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? Hath not my hand made all these things?(Acts 7 : 47~50)

The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.(Psalms 11 : 4)

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.(Jeremiah 7 : 4~11)

How and why did the pretext of the “church building as the temple of God” ever arise—the claim that dares to drag God down from His eternal, glorious heavenly throne in order to exalt men and justify themselves?

It began with the theft of tithes and offerings. These were originally given so that the poor and needy sheep might be fed, provided for, and cared for, thereby showing believers an example of mutual love, service, and sacrifice—forming within them the beautiful temple of the heart that bears the love of the cross and reflects the nature of God, fitting them for salvation. But in order to steal these tithes and offerings, men created traditions and doctrines never found in the Word of God: the ideas of church-centered, altar-centered, and worship-centered religion. In other words, the pretext of “church-centered faith” was invented to justify using the tithes and offerings—meant for the poor and needy—as a means to satisfy their own selfish desires. This is not the true worship of Christ, which sets the example of feeding, giving, and sharing with the poor and needy sheep. Rather, it is a man-made justification created to rationalize sermons and worship that exalt only words and theories, devised as a pretext to steal tithes and offerings. Thus arose the doctrines of church-centered, altar-centered, and worship-centered faith, which have been developed and handed down to this very day.

From the beginning of creation, religion has been created and spread by rulers who used it as a tool of governance. Most of the relics and ruins discovered from past civilizations prove that religion was propagated by monarchies in order to consolidate power. In nearly every artifact of human civilization discovered today, we see that the altars of kings and authorities were established for the purpose of religious rule in support of royal authority. Civilizations such as the Yellow River, Egypt, the Maya, and Rome—all bear ruins where kings established altars to worship gods. Humanity already knows that these altars of worship were carried out and governed by kings themselves.

In other words, by exploiting the uniqueness of religion—absolute obedience and absolute authority—kings made themselves gods or representatives of gods, and thereby established religious rule as a means of enforcing unconditional obedience. Such a system of religious governance was far more absolute than even a military dictatorship capable of staging a coup.

Thus, when Rome entered a period of decline marked by constant military upheavals, the empire was divided between East and West, and the rulers began to govern not by military power but by religion—using absolute obedience and absolute authority as the means of control. Likewise, all of humanity’s major religions—Buddhism, Hinduism, Roman Catholicism, and Islam—were spread by royal families or those who held power. If the Roman church had truly followed the love of Christ, who gave even His life, it would have had no reason to alter or delete the Scriptures, nor would the original Hebrew Scriptures have been replaced by Greek.

As evidence, the Greek words church and baptism do not even exist in Hebrew. In other words, the transformation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek was an act of manipulation, changing terms according to their own desires and standards in order to establish religious rule. The Hebrew terms synagogue and circumcision were replaced with the Greek terms church and baptism. God is the God of the Hebrews. Christ said He came to gather the Hebrews who were scattered abroad. When He declared Himself the God of Israel, it cannot be denied that all His words were originally recorded in the language of Israel. For this reason, even today no biblical scholar disputes that the original Scriptures were written in Hebrew, the language of Israel.

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.(Malachi 3 : 8)

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.(Matthew 21 : 13)

And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.(Luke 21 : 5~6)

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.(Jeremiah 7 : 4~11)

I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.(Zechariah 5 : 4)

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.(Romans 2 : 17~24)

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. 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.(Ezekiel 22 : 25~26)

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.(Isaiah 10 : 1~4)

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?(Jeremiah 5 : 26~31)

From that time onward, traditions and practices under the false pretense of “the temple of God” were developed—traditions that robbed tithes and offerings from the poor and needy, perverting them into a means of greed and self-exaltation. These man-made doctrines—church-centered, altar-centered, and worship-centered faith—were handed down as traditions, corrupted upon corruption, falsehood upon falsehood, until they reached the present day.

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?(Matthew 23 : 16~19)

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.(Jeremiah 7 : 4~11)

Therefore, those who teach and insist that perishable, man-made church buildings are the temple of God blaspheme the eternal God, profane His eternal heavenly temple, and drag down His eternal holiness and glory, exalting themselves instead. They parade their sermons and worship as righteous, yet it is nothing more than a means to steal more tithes and offerings to fill their insatiable bellies and satisfy their selfish desires. These so-called “holy” church buildings are nothing but dens of robbers; these lofty pastors’ seats are but thrones of thieves; these sweet-sounding sermons and gentle appearances are disguises used to deceive believers. They are wolves in sheep’s clothing, foxes that plunder, outwardly appearing holy and kind, yet inwardly devouring and corrupt.

Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.(Malachi 3 : 13~15)

I want to ask every pastor and believer plainly: is it truly, truly fitting that the eternal God of unfading glory should dwell in a man-made church destined to perish? How could the Lord of all creation, whom even heaven itself cannot contain, abide in this earth—which is nothing more than His footstool—and in churches stained and defiled by sin? To exalt themselves as righteous, they drag down heaven itself and even the throne of God, daring to profane His holiness and mock the eternal glory of God. Are not these man-made church buildings and their pastors, in truth, nothing more than those who exploit the church as a means to satisfy their own selfish desires? How long will you test the patience of the abundant riches of God?

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.(Ecclesiastes 8 : 11)

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;(Romans 2 : 4~5)

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.…(Hebrews 8 : 1~5)

Solomon’s fallen temple was the first and the last man-made church, given as a reminder to all generations that the holy temple of God can never be established, nor exist, nor dwell upon this earth. The Lord of all creation, the source of all things, the fountain of holiness, the glory of eternal glory—God Himself—can never belong to a perishable building of stone made by sinners. Therefore, in order to set as an example to all the earth and to every generation that a man-made church must inevitably fall, He allowed the temple of Solomon to be destroyed (Acts 7:47–50).

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.(Jeremiah 7 : 4~11)

The pretext of “church-centered faith” was created by lying that man-made buildings are the temple of God, so that believers might regard them as the holy temple of God, and thereby their wealth and possessions could be taken under the name of tithes and offerings, used as a means to satisfy the worldly greed and insatiable appetites of those who exploit them.

The churches of God and of all the apostles of Christ were never magnificent, grand, or splendid buildings like today’s churches. Rather, they were all humble tents—simple gatherings where those who desired to hear the Word assembled. That alone was the church of Christ.

▼ The Tabernacle Church of Moses

(Exodus 36:30–38:20) (Acts 7:44) (Hebrews 8:5)

▼ The Tabernacle Church of David

(2 Samuel 6:17) (2 Chronicles 1:4–6) (Isaiah 16:5)

▼ The Tabernacle Church of Isaiah

(Isaiah 54:2–3) (Isaiah 33:20–21)

▼ The Tabernacle Church of Jeremiah

(Jeremiah 10:19–20)

▼ The Wilderness Church of John

(Mark 1:1–5)

▼ The Wilderness and Mountain Church of Christ

(Hebrews 11:38) (John 2:8–21)

▼ The Tabernacle Church of Peter (Early Church)

(2 Peter 1:13) (2 Peter 1:14)

Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;(2 Peter 1 : 13)

Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.(2 Peter 1 : 14)

▼ The Tabernacle Church of Paul (Early Church)

(2 Corinthians 5:1) (2 Corinthians 5:4) (Acts 18:1–3)

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.(2 Corinthians 5 : 1)

For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.(2 Corinthians 5 : 4)(Acts 18 : 1~3)

Thus, the churches of God and of all the apostles of Christ were tabernacle churches. The fundamental reason is this: the One who is so great and exalted that even heaven itself cannot contain Him could never dwell upon this earth, and the eternal temple fitting for God’s presence is in heaven. For this reason, they did not build man-made church buildings. In other words, to call a constructed building the temple of God is like dragging down the Holy God, who is enthroned in heaven, onto this evil earth—defiled as a mere footstool of sin.

Therefore, the so-called “temples of God” built today under the pretense of being established by the apostles of Christ are in truth nothing of the sort. They are dens of thieves—constructed by those who sought only to steal the tithes and offerings meant to feed the sheep. They are church buildings that have been exploited as a means of filling their own bellies and selfish desires under the false pretense of being God’s temple. According to the testimony of the Word, man-made church buildings are the tabernacles of thieves, the churches of lawlessness, the churches of heresy, and of antichrist.

Then is every church false and antichrist? The answer is clearly this: most of them are. Why? Because there is no longer any need for worship for the forgiveness of sins, since forgiveness has already been granted through the blood of Christ. Yet they continue to practice the worship of the law that has been abolished through Christ’s blood. In other words, though they claim with their lips, “the blood of Christ is the power of forgiveness, the blood of remission,” in reality they do not believe it. If they truly believed, they would no longer hold worship for the forgiveness of sins. (For further detail, see: Worship-Centered Faith).

The man-made churches, built under the pretense of being the house of God, arose for the purpose of drawing in more believers so that the tithes and offerings meant to feed the poor and needy sheep could instead be used to pursue greater greed, wealth, and power. This began with Judaism and was carried forward by the rulers of Rome. Thus, Roman architectural culture itself was developed and passed down through these church buildings, continuing to this very day.

At the time Christianity was established, Rome was nearly bankrupt from long wars. Heavy taxation of its subject nations stirred up constant resistance and opposition, while divisions within the military regime made it clear that drastic measures were needed. At this time, Rome’s emperors and rulers, taking note of Judaism’s exploitative worship, sought to replace the failing military regime with a powerful religious empire that demanded absolute authority and absolute obedience. Contrary to what Roman Catholicism and modern Christianity now claim, this was not a genuine conversion to Christianity. In truth, such a shift was not unusual for that era, since in Asia even Buddhism and Hinduism had already been adapted into religious states that served the power of their royal houses.

Thus, Rome’s emperors and rulers simply changed their method of governance, turning to a structure of absolute authority and absolute obedience, exploiting the peculiar power of religion. By doing this, they quieted rebellion caused by oppressive taxation and, under the pretense of “holy offerings and sacred gifts to God,” established a system by which wealth could easily be plundered from all subject nations. This is the origin of religion and man-made church buildings. From the very beginning, Christianity’s seemingly holy worship was devised as a means of theft—created to steal tithes and offerings—thereby deceiving the eyes and ears of all humanity and all believers, and providing the pretext for countless acts of evil, lawlessness, and lies. This is the foundation of the doctrines of “church-centered” and “altar-centered” faith.

These doctrines were created to induce believers into blind loyalty, so that under the pretense of “tithes and offerings,” their wealth and possessions could be used to build more churches and ever larger churches, all to fill the insatiable bellies and selfish desires of men. The supposed purpose of building these churches—claimed to be “God’s temple” and “the spread of the gospel”—was nothing more than a pretext. And even today, throughout the world, all tithes and offerings of the Roman church are funneled back into the Vatican, the seat of Roman power. This tradition, passed down for thousands of years, bears witness that Roman Catholicism is a religion and a church of theft. And modern Christianity, having witnessed and split away from the corruption of Catholicism, is nothing more than its branch.(Malachi 3 : 8)(Isaiah 1 : 23)(Ezekiel 22 : 25~26)

Under the pretense of being “the temple of God,” today’s man-made churches build ever more and ever larger buildings, collecting greater tithes and offerings in order to satisfy their insatiable appetites and selfish desires. They place the faith of their officers and members under a snare, even demanding unreasonable pledges and guarantees without hesitation. Such churches, which masquerade as the temple of God, are clearly defined by the Word as antichrist and lawlessness.

Tithes and offerings were meant to feed, provide for, and care for the poor and needy sheep—teaching believers by example the love of the cross, which leads to salvation: to honor one another, to cherish one another, and to serve one another. But instead, under the vile pretense of being God’s temple, today’s man-made churches were created only to gather more wealth and material gain, to satisfy the insatiable greed of those who seek to fill their own bellies.

But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.(Jude 1 : 17~19)

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.(Galatians 5 : 19~21)

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,(Romans 5 : 8~12)

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them….(Amos 5 : 11~14)

Today, sites are claimed to be “the church of Peter” or “the church of Paul,” turned into shrines and monuments. Yet these are false churches of false apostles, created only to rationalize man-made church buildings. To fabricate legitimacy for their religion and their churches, they portrayed Peter and Paul as if they had been the first popes—a cunning and shallow deception. They even used the very apostles of Christ, whom they once persecuted and killed, to justify their own religion and to lay the foundation and center of their churches. In the process, every piece of evidence that stood as a stumbling block was mercilessly destroyed and erased. This is the true root of Roman Catholicism and of man-made churches today. For if Constantine had truly converted to Christ, and if the Word is God, then why were so many portions of Scripture deleted?

The greatest evidence and testimony of this merciless deletion of Scripture is found even in the life records of Augustine—whom both Catholicism and Christianity today honor as their greatest saint. Many parts of the Bible were intentionally deleted or altered, and the proof of this corruption can still be found clearly within the Scriptures themselves. It is for the purpose of declaring this to the whole earth that God has sent this writer with His Word.

These deleted and altered passages were created to provide justification for stealing tithes and offerings, turning them into a pretext for rationalization. The Roman church of that time sought to legitimize their church as Christ’s synagogue in their own way and to appoint false shepherds who would be suited to plunder tithes and offerings, while removing the authority of God’s true shepherds who came with the foundation of the Word.

In other words, just as Elijah came as John the Baptist according to the prophecy of Isaiah, and just as Christ came according to the Word spoken through Isaiah, so in every generation the authority of God’s shepherds has been grounded in the Scriptures. But in order to erase this authority, the Old Testament that humanity reads today was also deleted and altered by Judaism and the Roman church. Under Emperor Constantine, with the thorough planning of Eusebius and many religious scholars, fifty altered copies of the New Testament were produced, and even the Old Testament in its present form was reshaped. Because the Old and New Testaments were altered and portions deleted, this ultimately laid the groundwork for the creation of the Qur’an of Islam.

The New Testament is in Greek—Hellenic translation. Today, all religions that put forward the name of God and Christ are in truth nothing more than false churches through which Satan works—shepherds who, under the guise of being apostles of Christ, are no different from thieves who steal tithes and offerings meant to feed the poor and needy flock, promoting false salvation. This is why judgment is inevitable. The evidence lies in the lawlessness, falsehood, corruption, depravity, wickedness, and sin that Christians and Romans commit endlessly throughout their lives (Jude 1:17–19; Galatians 5:19–21; Romans 2:8–12).

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them….(Amos 5 : 11~14)

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.(Matthew 21 : 13)

I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.(Zechariah 5 : 4)

And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.(Luke 21 : 5~6)

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.(Job 12 : 6)

I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.(Revelation 2 : 9)

You who drag down the Most High God’s glory and throne in order to exalt yourselves, and who worship only to steal the tithes and offerings meant to feed the poor and needy sheep! You who are bold in sin, delighting in lawlessness, falsehood, theft, corruption, and depravity! Do you think that because your sins and lies are not immediately exposed, and because their wages do not swiftly fall upon you, that God does not know? You who have no pangs of conscience, who present vile churches—built on lies, hypocrisy, and lawlessness for the sake of theft—as if they were the holy temple of God, established by His grace! Do you despise the great mercy of God, who has not quickly struck you down for your wickedness, but in His abundant patience has long waited, hoping that even one among you might turn and bear the fruits of repentance?

The reason so many pastors and church officers today teach that their church buildings are the temple of God is simply to make people serve their constructed churches and altars, thereby exalting themselves as objects of service and dominion. It is a blatant lie, created to rationalize their elevation and to deify themselves as figures of authority, so that under the pretext of tithes and offerings they may covet the wealth and possessions of the congregation. This is the true reality of today’s churches.

By making people serve perishable buildings and altars, they fill their own power and greed with the tithes and offerings that were meant to feed the poor and needy flock. They present sermons and worship—based only on words and theories—as though they were the true worship of Christ. In doing so, the Word and truth have completely disappeared, even though God’s intention was to form His children into true sons and daughters through the temple of the heart, marked by the love of the cross, where believers support, cherish, and serve one another by example through feeding, giving, and caring for the poor and needy.

In other words, instead of teaching believers the supreme law of the love of the cross—through which they are to support, cherish, and serve one another—they teach with sermons that put forward only words and theories, sermons that cannot put to death the evil habits that cause sin to be repeated for a lifetime. By human lessons and emotional words, they lead believers into leavened teaching that ensures they will never escape from the sinner’s path of endlessly repeating sin.

And what, then, is at work in those constructed churches and altars where the holy glory of God is dragged down in order to rationalize a worship of theft? Who bears witness to it? As a natural result, false testimonies and lying wonders—no different from shamans serving false gods or idol worshippers—are spreading without end. That is why today’s churches are filled with false spirits, false salvation, false testimonies, false gifts, and false tongues (Malachi 3:8).

God’s children do not commit sin. Christians are freed from sin and do not commit it. You, who repeat sin all your life—are you truly a child of God who does not sin? Are you truly a Christian, freed from sin and no longer committing it? Or, as the Scriptures clearly say, are you instead a child of the devil, a servant of sin, repeating sin all your life while claiming you are saved? You say you have received the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth that understands all the mysteries of God?

Whom do you believe? Do you believe the lies of men who teach things not found in Scripture? Or do you believe the Word of God, which calls you to examine yourself in the light of Scripture and to cast away the lies and claims of men that are not in the Word? According to your choice, the path of salvation or the path of judgment will be set before you.

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;(1 Timothy 4 : 1~2)

What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.(1 Corinthians 10 : 19~21)

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.(1 Corinthians 12 : 1~2)

This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.(Jeremiah 13 : 10~11)

And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:(Jeremiah 9 : 13~14)

I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.(Hosea 2 : 11~13)

Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.(Ezekiel 14 : 4~11)

God sent His only begotten Son into the world because the love of the cross is the true and only way into the eternal kingdom of salvation. By giving us the divine nature through the love of the cross, He draws us into His perfect glory. Thus all truth, all value, and all meaning exist for this one purpose: that we might bear the divine nature of God. The love of the cross and its sacrifice were given for this (1 John 4:7–21).

By perfecting us as children of God—the very source of love—He makes us fit to be heirs of His eternal kingdom. All creation, all ideals, and all values exist only for this. God is not One who reveals Himself as an object to be worshiped in buildings, nor one who lords over man through human hands or human inventions (Acts 7:47–50; Acts 17:24–25).

Those who regard God as an object of worship and domination are blind. Their sermons and teachings are false, created to gratify their hidden greed and to deify themselves as lords over the people. Such men, blind to the love of the cross—so blind that they cannot even fathom the love of God who gave even His only Son—are miserably stingy toward true love, yet they presume to teach about the God who is love (John 3:16–18).

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 sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 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. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.(2 Thessalonians 2 : 3~12)

God is love. For this reason, He sent the love of the cross into the world, commanding us to follow it, so that we may be perfected with the character of salvation and be made His children. Thus the love of the cross is the proof of salvation and resurrection, the covenant of perfection, our way, our truth, and our life. God is not the God of Christianity, nor the God of Rome; He is the Lord of all creation and the God of all origins. But men, seeking to justify their religions and their churches, have made Him into “the God of Christianity” or “the God of Rome.” Yet God is not the God of religion. He is the God of all—of Christians and Romans, of believers and unbelievers, of Gentiles and sinners—for He has created all and rules over all, and He loves even the wicked and the ungodly. Therefore, God works only according to His will in those who practice and live the love of the cross—feeding, giving, caring, and serving one another in love. Whether Christian or Roman, believer or unbeliever, only those who walk in this love—who resemble God in the love of the cross—are truly worthy of salvation and of being called the children of God.

Why did Christ call the churches a den of robbers, and why did He refer to the shepherd not merely as a thief but as a robber?

God is not like a false deity served by human beings, nor did He ever create mankind in order to receive their service. Since God is love, the fundamental reason He created man was never so that He might be served, but rather to grant them the glory of becoming perfect children who resemble Him and to give them eternal life. For this reason, He sent the love of the cross into this world, as the evidence of salvation and resurrection which mankind must necessarily possess.

Thus, to obtain the love of the cross—the very character of God that leads to salvation—is the true way, the truth, and the life of Christ which we must walk. Because God is the source of love, it is absolutely necessary that we obtain His nature, the love of the cross, so that we may become children of love.

God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;(Acts 17 : 24~25)

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.(1 John 4 : 16~17)

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.(1 John 4 : 7~11)

God did not create mankind in order to receive service or worship. Rather, because He is the source of love, His purpose was that human beings might become the temple of a beautiful heart filled with His love, and that they might be made into perfect children of His love; for this reason all providence and ideals exist.

Yet today’s religion has exalted and elevated God and Christ merely as objects of service, and under the pretext of being God’s shepherds they have deified themselves as objects of absolute dominion, establishing a pretense for building up their own power and wealth through tithes and offerings. Among the most prominent justifications by which today’s pastors deify themselves are none other than the abolished worship of the law and the brick-built church.

A true shepherd and apostle of Christ can never be set up as an object of dominion or reverence, for such a one cannot embrace and serve the poor and wretched sheep with the love of the cross. Thus, the lament of an elder—“There are many pastors, but no shepherds”—reveals the grim reality of Christianity today.

For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.(Hebrews 9 : 17~22)

For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.(Leviticus 17 : 11)

The blood of Christ’s forgiveness, which follows the love of the cross, is likewise the forgiveness of sins according to the covenant that followed the worship of blood atonement; and it is also the forgiveness that comes through the covenant established by the love of the cross. Therefore, the blood of Christ is the perfect and complete forgiveness of sins that follows the love of the cross. Hence, a faith that does not bear its own cross and follow the love of the cross, while claiming to be covered by His blood, is a dead faith without love, unworthy to receive forgiveness of sins. It is nothing more than an abominable faith, unfit to become a child of God, who is the source of love.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.(1 Peter 4 : 8)

…Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.(Proverbs 10 : 11~12)

Even throughout both the Old and New Testaments, God has never desired worship. He has desired only the love of the cross, by which we may become the children of God. And because love covers all sins, the blood of Christ, which follows the love of the cross, has covered all our sins according to the covenant of the worship of blood and the worship of love.

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.(Matthew 12 : 7)

But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.(Matthew 9 : 13)

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.(Hosea 6 : 6)

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.(Psalms 51 : 16~17)

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.(Amos 5 : 21~22)

Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.(Isaiah 1 : 13~17)

As the word above declares, from the time of the Old Testament God desired only love in making man His children, and He never sought worship or adoration as is done today. By the blood of Christ, which perfectly atones for our sins, the worship of the law that we once offered day by day has been abolished; therefore, the worship of the law can never be made perfect.

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:(Hebrews 10 : 1~11)

For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.(Hebrews 7 : 18~29)

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.(Hebrews 9 : 22~28)

But why is it that, even though the blood of Christ has already given the forgiveness of sins and abolished the worship of the law, the churches still continue to perform it to this very day? Is it because they do not truly believe in the blood of Christ that forgives sins, that they continue in the abolished, imperfect, and partial worship of the law? Who was it that, through the blood of Christ which abolished it, revived the worship of the law and thereby deceived all mankind and the saints?

Then for whose sake does there exist the already abolished worship of the law—one that is still practiced, even as it disgraces the love and blood of the cross? Within the abolished worship of the law, where the blood of Christ that forgives sins is not believed, how can there ever arise salvation and resurrection united with the love that leads to true salvation? At the very least, one must now have eyes and ears that rightly see and hear the Word of God, if one would save his soul and life.

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.(Hebrews 10 : 16~18)

Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.(Hebrews 9 : 25~26)

The imperfect worship of the law was meant to exist only until the coming of the perfect covenant. Since the blood of Christ, who is perfect, has come for the forgiveness of sins, the partial worship of the law has rightly been abolished. Then why is it that the worship of the law, which has been abolished, is still being practiced?

But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.(Hebrews 9 : 7~10)

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.(1 Corinthians 13 : 9~10)

Because the covenant of salvation—arising from the perfect and complete love of the cross, worthy of leading us to salvation through the blood of the cross that perfectly and completely forgives our sins—has come upon all the earth, the partial worship of the law has already been abolished. And since the blood of Christ has come forth from the love of the cross, the love of the cross is the very proof of our salvation and resurrection. Therefore, in place of the abolished worship, the teaching of the cross is this: if you also, like Christ, take up your cross and follow the love of the cross—serving your brothers and neighbors as your own body, as though it were the highest law and the greatest commandment—you too, like Him, shall obtain salvation and resurrection.

But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.(Galatians 3 : 23~29)

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 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. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.(Hebrews 8 : 1~13)

God, who is the source of love, desires only to make us children of love who, by following the love of the cross, become conformed to Him; therefore, it is love, faith, hope, the Word, grace, gifts, worship, and prayer. Thus, the true worship of Christ that pleases God is not the worship of theft that exalts only words and sermons, but rather the beautiful worship of forming a temple of a pure heart that follows the love of the cross—feeding, giving, and caring for the poor and needy sheep—and thereby becoming the children of salvation.

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.(Hebrews 13 : 15~16)

And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.(Acts 2 : 44~47)

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.(Acts 4 : 32~35)

The true purpose, ideal, and providence of God and of Christ is only this: to invite the poor and needy sheep, and through the example of feeding, giving, and sharing with them by means of tithes and offerings, to make known to the saints and to all people the love of the cross—that love by which they care for one another, cherish one another, and serve one another. In this way they may be conformed to the divine nature of God, who is love, by imitating the love of the cross, so that they may resemble God, the source of love, and be made into His eternal children. This is the Word, the Sabbath, the faith, the hope, the apostle, the shepherd, the gift, the prophecy, and the salvation.

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.(Hebrews 13 : 15~16)

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.(2 Corinthians 9 : 8~9)

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.(Psalms 112 : 9)

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.(Proverbs 14 : 31)

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.(Jeremiah 22 : 16)

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.(Proverbs 19 : 16~17)

Because tithes and offerings—meant to feed the sheep—have been handed down and developed by those who sought only to satisfy their own selfish desires, they have cast aside the blood of forgiveness and the love that lead to salvation. Instead of using them to feed, give to, and care for the poor and needy sheep, thereby fulfilling the love of the cross—the divine nature of God, worthy of salvation, in which people care for, cherish, and serve one another—these shepherds have stolen the tithes and offerings entrusted to them, using them as a means to gratify their own desires. Thus, by opposing the holy will of God and the love of the cross, and by turning to the things of the world and of the flesh that destroy even the souls of the saints, they were called not merely thieves but robbers; and for this reason, their churches were called dens of robbers.

For while God desired to grant a beautiful heart conformed to His own, through the love of the cross worthy of salvation, these pastors have despised and opposed His holy will, and have instead taken the tithes and offerings meant to feed the poor and needy sheep and used them as tools for their own greed. With abominable doctrines and teachings born of their own taste, and with sermons grounded in worldly learning, theories, success-driven ideologies, and the pursuit of happiness, they have led the saints into lives bound to the world and the flesh, stirring up sin and desire all the more.

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.(Malachi 3 : 8)

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.(Isaiah 1 : 23)

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.(Isaiah 10 : 1~4)

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. 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.(Ezekiel 22 : 25~26)

Because they have not departed from the path of sinners, but instead, according to their own interests, have repeated meaningless repentance again and again—leading only to excuses for sin and a hardened immunity toward it—those deceitful ones and churches that, with a corrupted and double heart, seek to serve God while clinging to the world and to material gain, He has called a den of robbers.

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.(Job 12 : 6)

And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.(Luke 21 : 5~6)

I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.(Zechariah 5 : 4)

If one thinks that the above Scripture has nothing to do with himself or with his church, then this is plainly and clearly a faith that disregards the Word of God, a faith that has abandoned His Word, and therefore will inevitably be cast away on the Day of Judgment. Such people believe according to their own taste, without even feeling the prick of conscience, and they regard their own impulses, convictions, and self-exaltation—which are always swayed by self-interest—as if these were faith itself. These are corrupted and false faiths, armed with a double heart, seeking to serve God while clinging to the world and to material gain. They merely attend church, but they are by no means true Christians. According to their interests, they endlessly repeat sin and repentance, yet only nurture excuses and justifications to rationalize their sins. Because they have neither been born again nor attained true repentance, they possess neither the power nor the fruit of even mustard-seed faith, and yet they presume to regard themselves as if they had received the Holy Spirit, as if they were anointed, as if they had received prophecy.

Their faith, devoid of power and proof, is nothing but pride that raises its voice according to its own taste, and their standard, measure, and center are nothing more than corrupted and false doctrines—self-fashioned mixtures by which they pick and choose, selectively taking what suits their appetite, while still attempting to serve God together with the world and with material gain. If they claim that neither they nor their church are addressed by the Word, then indeed there would be no need for them to believe or to learn the Word at all. Yet the Word is God. Now the saints must, with the eyes and ears of conscience, listen to and learn from the rebuke and admonition of the Word of the Spirit. For this is not spoken by the words of man, but written in the words of our Lord Jesus Christ who is in heaven. From the beginning it has been written by the Word and by prophecy, that the one born according to it might expose every sin hidden in darkness, in order to open the last chance for repentance, and thereby lead to true salvation and resurrection.

The true shepherd of God is the one who exposes every sin hidden in darkness and teaches admonition and instruction that lead to repentance worthy of turning back, and he is the one who possesses the whole prophecy, having been given according to the Word and the covenant that were appointed from the beginning.

It is love that leads those who follow God’s true shepherd to obtain the evidence, the tokens, and the fruits of God’s power. The unshaken love of God’s truth becomes our strength, guiding us to receive the authority of God that delivers us from the evil habits of mankind—where sin can only be repeated—and from the path of sinners. The truth of love is the very beauty of abundant liberality, overflowing thanksgiving, and praises within the love of God. Any shepherd who does not lead others to bear this beautiful fruit and evidence of love is, whoever he may be, nothing but the greatest adversary and enemy before God.

Come out of the path of sinners, and become a true Christian who receives and practices the power of God that leads into the path of the righteous, following the love and mercy of God. Become a servant of God. For you are now nothing more than a slave to a religion that repeats sin, or a slave to men. The servant of God is the one who becomes one within the love of God.

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.(1 Timothy 4 : 6)

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.(Ephesians 4 : 15~16)

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:(Colossians 1 : 10~14)

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.(Titus 2 : 11~14)

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.(Romans 6 : 16~18)

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.(Romans 8 : 19~21)

The shepherd of God is the power, the might, and the authority that, through the truth which enables one to obtain the power of God, leads them out of the path of sinners and into the path of the righteous, guiding them to practice the unshaken love of God. It is not service or charity born of man’s frail will, swayed by circumstances, by moods, or by feelings. Rather, the divine power that follows the love of God—where the power of love is at work—comes forth from obedience that follows love, a love that sacrifices everything of oneself, adding patience to patience and temperance to temperance. (Matthew 5:46–48) (Luke 6:32–33) (Matthew 6:16–17)

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.(1 Peter 4 : 1~2)

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.(Jeremiah 23 : 17~22)

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.(James 5 : 19~20)

And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.(Daniel 12 : 3)

My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.(Malachi 2 : 5~6)

For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.(Romans 10 : 3)

The charity, almsgiving, and service of religious people or Christians that arise from human will are but human righteousness, for which no heavenly reward can exist. But the charity, service, and love that follow the divine power manifested in the love of God are called the righteousness of God. The righteousness that receives salvation as a reward in heaven is only the charity, service, and love that follow the divine power revealed in the unshaken love of God.

The love of Christ is not the social charity or religious service that springs from man’s own will, from momentary emotion, from changing circumstances, from moods, from interests, or from responsibilities, nor is it the kind that seeks to boast of oneself or advertise oneself. Such charity and service, which are mere pretense and hypocrisy, promoting and advertising one’s religion, church, or self, are no different from the charity and service of worldly corporations, which anyone can do. Rather, such works only disgrace the love of the cross of Christ, who gave even His life.

But the charity and service of love that follow Christ’s unshaken love, where the power of God is at work, are treasures stored in heaven that become merit leading to salvation. The righteousness that builds the beautiful character of God through the goodness and righteousness that follow the love of God is the way, the truth, and the life that lead all people to heaven and salvation.

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.(Jeremiah 23 : 21~22)

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.(James 5 : 19~20)

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.(1 Peter 4 : 1~2)

And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.(Daniel 12 : 3)

My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.(Malachi 2 : 5~6)

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.(Titus 2 : 11~15)

The true shepherd of Christ is a shepherd of love who leads souls away from the path of sin and onto the right path.

The kingdom of God is a kingdom of love, and only those who possess the love of God can enter it.

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:(Colossians 1 : 13~14)

Whoever, by the beautiful love of God being poured out, cannot lead others to obtain the divine power that transcends the limits within the evil human habits by which one can only go on repeating sin—whoever they may be—is not a shepherd sent by God. God’s shepherd comes only in accordance with what is written in the Word of Scripture. Teaching and learning that put forward the human mind and intellect, founded on words, theories, knowledge, and scholarship, do not have the power of God at work; therefore, one can never depart from the sinner’s path on which sin is only repeated throughout a lifetime.

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.(Matthew 12 : 17~21)

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.(Isaiah 42 : 1~7)

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to this temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifer of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.(Malachi 3 : 1~3)

And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.(Isaiah 19 : 20)

This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.(Acts 7 : 37)

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.(Revelation 15 : 3)

Consider and ponder why, in the last days, those who survive will sing the Song of Moses. I only hope you remember that, for all who treat the words of Scripture as nothing more than old tales and regard salvation as a matter of their own opinion, the punitive judgment set before them will be a continuum of unimaginable terror, anxiety, and fear for mankind. If this Scripture does not bear witness, then we have no reason to look at the Word of God nor any reason to believe it. The Word of God is the immortal truth in which not a jot or tittle can ever pass away. Anything that bears no witness in Scripture is, before God, an adversary, an enemy, and an antichrist.

That judgment is at hand is something anyone can sense by seeing the many disasters, calamities, and natural laws unfolding in the world. Yet, be mindful that the way God’s Word will work in this world will be fulfilled exactly as the Scriptures themselves declare. Whoever denies the Scripture concerning Moses coming again to this earth as the Savior will by no means, without exception, escape the fearful and dreadful judgment of God. Your salvation depends upon your choice.