‍When the early church fathers changed faith to belief we assumed that they never imagined the billions of souls that would come to rely on their teachings for help, healing, or deliverance. Yet, all miracles ceased during the formation of the initialized church while the deeds of the patristic church fathers were glorified in history. To such, we’ve all celebrated and lauded our esteemed illustrious fathers who damned the world for a millennium. Resultantly, the church lost relevance during the arrival of the industrial revolution. With new wealth and access to medication, the people no longer looked to an indigent god and/or needed divinity for health and prosperity. Because of syncretism, atheists were just as blessed as pagans, satanists, and Christians. The more unscrupulous the man the greater his success, and dogma just couldn’t provide the proof of God once found in scripture. Prior to which, the truth of God was turned into a lie during a time when only fifteen percent of the civilized world was literate. The church retained sole possession of the bible and proceeded as if their misdeeds would never be discovered. So, what am I saying? I’m saying that everything you’ve ever known, been told and/or taught about God was a lie; even the saviors name isn’t Jesus. So, I started my quest.

‍I set out in search for God, because I wanted to know why God’s people were still living below levels of expectations as children of circumstance. Why they were still being evicted from their homes, shot dead in the streets, suffering oppression, and trodden under the foot of men. Why they were the borrower and not the lender, the tail and not the head. Why they claimed the victory through Christ Jesus but were clearly subject to defeatism. My congregation was vulnerable, and our God was ostensibly inept. We served a Lord that could neither deliver us from our pain or addictions, while we hoped that He could deliver us from sin. As a preacher I was tired of comforting grieving families. Providing answers to impossible questions. Watching people suffer. Struggling all of their lives. Never able to make ends meet. I was weary. Presiding over funerals trying to explain why God allowed one thing but didn’t prevent another. We’d all pray that someone would live, but they’d die anyway. [1]We asked the people to stand on all of the promises of God, while they still fell ill to sickness, and death. We’d ask them to believe, [2] but it only became the cause of doubt. Our lame never took up their beds and walked, and our clerics died from the same sickness and disease as the “Vicar’s of Christ”. But according to the recognized religious authority, we were the friends and faithful servants of the Host High, yet our congregants died in a manner contrary to their faith. So, the people fell into a dysfunctional relationship, chiding and feuding with Yah simply because He didn’t do as expected. Some were angry, cursed God and never returned. Carnality became a relief. Eventually, I learned more excuses than scripture; “God works in mysterious ways, it's not my gift, you didn’t believe, maybe it wasn’t God’s will, everything happens for a reason, trust in God's plan, have faith in God, just believe, God has a bigger plan, God sees the bigger picture, only God knows why, we can't always understand God’s will, God's timing is perfect, God may not show up when you want Him but He’s always on time, divine intervention is unpredictable, supernatural forces are inscrutable, the ways of God are unfathomable, the will of God is enigmatic,” etc., and so forth.

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For some of us faith is a gift, [3]theological virtue, belief, straight teaching, tradition and the sacraments. But to God, faith is a central component necessary for the salvation of man, so which  is it? Are we to suppose that there are three different heavens for each of the faith of the triune church (Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant)? Is Christianity a [4]shell game and/or a mockery of Yah’s Covenant?  Please take a moment to understand the significance of the question. I say this, because the meaning of faith has changed six times since the crucifixion. Why? And who is it that’s toying with the fate of our immortal souls? Consequently, there are no less than 380 different Christian denominations and 400 English speaking bibles in America: both conservative and liberal alike. Promoting everything from social imperialism to gay alternative lifestyles and so, I ask, is it possible for faith to be all of these things? For 1,700-years we’ve all interpreted faith differently, but don’t all interpretations belong to God (Gen 40:8 KJV)? According to the teachings of the triune church our various beliefs should’ve placed us in right standing with God. Televangelists tell us to live our best lives on earth and that God wants us to be blessed and prosperous so we shouldn’t suffer rebuke or reproach. But it’s in the scriptures we learn that sin is a transgression of the law. We transgress the law whenever God commands us to do one thing and we do another, when God commands us to do one thing and we interpret it to mean something else, and/or when God commands us to do something, and we simply ignore it altogether. For example, God told Moses to speak to the rock (Num 20:8 KJV) but Moses smote the rock instead (Num 20:11 KJV). Hence, God punished Moses for the people’s sake (Dt 2:25-27 KJV), and he wasn’t allowed to go over into the promised land (Num 20:24 KJV). In like manner God commands us to put our tithes to a storehouse (Mal 3:10 KJV), but we’re persuaded to give them to the church instead. In like manner, God told us that faith was a covenant, a trial, forge and yielding fruit, but the church negated it and we consented? The scriptures told us that faith is based on our ability to keep the Commandments, but the church promoted antinomianism against it and we consented? True doctrine tells us that grace must be won or merited, that Adam doesn’t mean ruddy, the sabbath isn’t Sunday, and that God is not a trinity etc., and so forth, but it doesn’t matter because we’ve always aligned ourselves against God under the pretense of righteousness. The question I ask is do we care? Do we care if the Messias was born in December or September? If Jesus is a god made with hands and/or that the church changed Yah’s doctrine? Does it matter if our God is real? Do we want our prayers answered and/or to change our circumstances? If so, then we can’t mingle seeds and/or be of two minds. Can’t change the truth of God into a lie and can’t mix the holy with the profane (paganism).

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Life or death is a choice, and it’s always been a choice. We’re here to facilitate the difference between right and wrong, and/or true and false doctrine. True doctrine is an anatomical miracle prescribed by God in scripture. It falls under the category of blessings and is given to those who keep the Commandments. For example, have you ever heard of faith healing deaths and/or faith based medical neglect? Did you know that if a person is not living in righteousness then they’re going to need medicine (Jubilees 10:10) for their recovery and shouldn’t attempt to be healed without it. Why? Because faith isn’t believing and there are a lot of people who have conditions where there are no medical options available. So, we present the [5]truth if ever you should need it. Why? Because false doctrines deprive us of our chance to prevail, but true doctrine is either the “ounce of prevention” or the “scolding rescue.” But be advised because the truth is offensive. For example, I was called (of God) at the age of twelve, but I think we mistook it as an invitation to preach. My first sermon was about faith, but I didn’t know what faith was until twenty-six years later. In hindsight, I should’ve never been allowed to speak, but the church was so excited; clamoring something about a child shall lead, but that scripture didn’t apply to me (Is 11:6 KJV). I was allowed to remain carnal with my feet on many sands, and I couldn’t help but notice that we buried everyone that we prayed for. This was the cultural institutionalized way of man, and we’d already accounted for an acceptable number of loses. But to be called of God is an invitation to His Kingdom and to make oneself fit for use, but I came before the Lord without the proper garments and if I didn’t change I would’ve perished (Zeph 1:8 NLT, Is 30:1 & Matt 22:12-14 KJV). I was clothed in unrighteousness and arrayed in false doctrines. I didn’t know the truth, and Yah is to be worshipped in truth (John 4:24 KJV). But there again, the truth is offensive and not many can bear it. Free speech is one thing, and we can all agree to disagree, but the truth procures hate mail. For example, abortions have been a legitimate religious exercise for 5,182 years since the time of Lamech (before the flood of Noah). It’s even spoken of in the book of Numbers (5:21-22 KJV), where its applications extend far beyond the scope of adultery. Yet, for some reason, God’s ministers are adamantly opposed to Yah on the matter and began a campaign against (Jewish) abortions in the “Apologies of the Ante-Nicene Post-Apostolic Church Fathers” (100-320CE). No, I didn’t have to bring this up and/or mention anything about abortions, but I just wanted to show you that the truth is offensive and everyone who’s of the truth hears God’s voice (Jn 18:37, 8:47,43-44 & 10:27-27 KJV). Others, not so much; may even send us hate mail. So, why did I do it, because I’m not addressing, reaching out and/or making an appeal to everyone. I’m just letting you know that my personal views are personal, and you may never know them. Not many clerics or laymen can keep their own personal views out of their sermons and/or God’s religions, because they all speak a vision out of their own hearts (Jer 23:16 KJV).

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[1] Promises that don’t apply to sinners (doesn’t apply to the children of disobedience; (Col 3:6, ref Gal 4:28 KJV). Neither does it apply to persons who err regarding the truth, neither knowing the scriptures nor the power of God (Matt 22:29 KJV). Nor to a people not in pursuit of “sinless perfection (theological term; I Jn 3:8-9 KJV), and/or those who do not cease from sinning (II Pet 2:14 KJV), because they believe that Jesus died for their sins

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[3] Theological virtue; theoretic virtue. A virtue predicated on theory.

[4] Thimblerig or shell game: Three Shell Game.

[5] Truth: don’t like using this word because so many lies have been guised as the truth.

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