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The Spiritual Church
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The Spiritual Church

By Kirk W. Fraser

The true church like God is Spirit. The church is our direct relationship with Him, expressed in blessings, praises, prayers, thanksgivings, visions, and all other transactions releasing the Spirit from God shared through mankind. The organization of the church according to Jesus in Matthew 23:8-10 is equality of the believers under Jesus which means Jesus is our one true Boss and leader. We get our direction directly from the Holy Spirit of Truth which Jesus sent as our Comforter as He went to heaven to be with the Father. Jesus’ leadership of the body of His believers involves operations leading to completion of His purpose to build students into apostles, apostles into overcomers, overcomers into the manchild, and the manchild into the New Jerusalem, His Bride.

Traditional churches are often defined by their subset of Biblical beliefs, corporate charter, buildings, pastors, elders, deacons, and other things than the members and their relationship with God. At best they’re a combination of the spiritual and the material system of the world making them prostituted. Paul taught the future Catholics in Romans it's a duty to donate, directly contradicting Jesus who said freely you have received freely give, you can't serve God and mammon, and the children of the bride chamber are free. Thus Paul is the father of all the prostitutes of the earth: giant Catholicism and those born of her during the Reformation and afterward (Rev. 17:5). Our duty as believers in Rev. 18:4 is to come out of them so we don’t suffer their plagues.

What should we come out to? Searching Jesus’ words as our standard, we find whenever 2 or 3 are gathered in His name, He is there in our midst. That is His standard for spiritual church meetings for whenever such a small group meets, even vast differences in age, education, or skills don’t hinder mutual fellowship as equals. A child listens to its parents, the parents to the child, and each other. Perhaps we can increase the number but we shouldn’t lose the essential ingredients of spiritual fellowship among equals in Jesus’ name. And we certainly shouldn’t do things that prostitute the church. Anything material can become a form of idolatry with some paying attention to say refreshments, buildings, or other services to the group, robbing people of their equality under Jesus which endangers their faith in their direct connection to and fellowship with God.

To spread the church worldwide which is a requirement before for the end time ascension or rapture, we should follow Jesus’ example in calling 12 to follow Him, train them for 3.5 years in the spirit and word of the Gospel then ask the Father to send laborers into the harvest which when sent makes them apostles, to go repeat the pattern of calling 12 and training them. This can cover all nations in 35 years.

When a person has started a church they can help correcting church problems as Rev. 2-3 tells us, progressing on until the members start new church meetings. This does not violate the principle of equality of the members but the church founder helps the newer believers based on the wisdom and life from deeper contact with the Father -- instead of mere age or authority of hierarchy called Nicolaitane (above laity) in Rev. 2. The tendency of worldly people to reject equality for authority is a problem that must be overcome before churches progress to Rev. 3.

Opposition comes from defenders of traditional churches who say they or Paul shouldn’t be critiqued or criticized. So we must see the major New Testament ministries on a number line with Satan on the left, Jesus on the right, and Paul at zero. Obviously we must move as far as possible to the right, to churches run by the right power of Spirit through prayer instead of the left's prostituting powers of money and hierarchy. Other opposition: some are uncomfortable in public speaking – most people can start speaking in a meeting of 2 or 3. For people uncomfortable being confronted with different ideas – believers in Jesus will hear His voice in anyone speaking with a pure heart – others need to hear the gospel.

For more information see http://prayer_child.tripod.com and read your Bible with prayerfully open eyes.