It is written in Luke 4:4, that man shall not live by bread alone, but
by every word of God. Satan has from the beginning attempted to suppress the
word of God. Honest, unbiased presentation of the word of God is rare. Through the past two centuries, there have
been brief bursts of progress in honest presentation of the word of God. In
each instance Satan has succeeded in building a religion that exalts the person
that presented the true word of God.
The truths of the Bible must be very carefully extracted from poor
translations and traditions. The truth must be presented boldly in spite of
opposition. As workman we must rightly divide the word of truth, not by the
word of men, but "by every word of God." (Luke 4:4)
We are called out of the Devil's world into God's Church; a counter
culture that stands in stark contrast to the world around us. We have become a
new community with a distinct purpose: The ministry of reconciliation. God's promises to the church as a whole are
delivered through individuals who choose to believe them, and then operate
those received promises in partnership with other like-minded believers.
We have not been called out of the world to play organizational ego
games, but to stand firm in our partnership with God through Jesus Christ and
with one another. If we assemble together for any other reason, we are not the
church but part of the world around us. Indeed, the purpose of our assembling
together is to edify (build up) each individual until we all reach the maturity
of Christ. Only when each individual is being edified, is our assembly the