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Dear Brothers and Sisters in IAUA (ee-ah-oo-ah) our Father,
Greetings on this day of preparation for the weekly Sabbath. I pray this newsletter finds you in good health and happy in the service of IAUA. This is day 16 of month 11 of the Biblical Calendar in the estimated year 6021 Anno Mundi. The Spring Sabbaths begin in 8 weeks and three days with God's New Year's Day, Unleavened Bread Sabbath, day 15 of month 1 (Monday, April 2 of the 2018, Gregorian Calendar, at sunset Sunday, April 1). On God's Calendar the Biblical month begins on the global day after lunar conjunction. The Biblical year begins with God's New Year's Day (Passover) after the spring equinox (Spring Passover Rule). The Millerite Calendar (Spring New Moon Rule) is a month late next year. The Calculated Rabbinical Calendar will be two days early in spring and one day early in fall. There have been many thoughts expressed in the last few months that began to form into a theme. I was pondering the words of our Savior. Matthew 7:13-14 Enter at the narrow gate, because wide is the gate and broad is the path that leads to destruction. There are many that go through the wide gate. However, the narrow gate and the narrow path leads to life. There are few that find it. The rest of the chapter is fascinating reading as is the entire Sermon on the Mount. The current thought I am seeing in this passage is that because there are few there can be a sense of isolation. The remainder of the chapter says a lot about seeing the difference between the true few, who are are following truth and Satan's deceptions even in the few who are following untruth in cults. I have seen that there are many wide paths (denominations) and many narrow paths (cults). Any denomination suffers from the problem of the lowest common denominator. As the denomination grows traditions develop, which are benign at first but often become malignant as time passes. There is another problem that develops because the denomination becomes focused on growth to the detriment of loyalty to truth. A cult usually develops from the work of a charismatic leader who begins with truth. In order to draw people into his flock and distinguish himself from others or a denomination, he develops unique ideas, teachings and "revelations". These are often deceptions of Satan and begin to diverge from truth. Ministries, denominations, and cults are often caught up in the problem of funding. They begin to think about methods to draw funding, which often leads to diverging from absolute truth, instead of trusting completely in God. Truth is progressive, which means it does continue to develop a deeper knowledge, understanding, and revelation. Sometimes the growth of truth is in the form of reformation, which is the restoration of truth that has been lost due to the Great Apostasy. Sometimes it is the removal of traditions that have come to contradict with truth or distract from truth. Progressive truth is only guided by the revelation of the Holy Spirit by the word He receives from the Father. This is illustrated by one of my favorite verses. John 16:13 When the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all Truth. He will not speak his own words. He will speak only what He hears. He will show you things to come. (FTCABE) The progressive development of truth is limited by our ability to understand and the willingness to follow, of those seeking truth. This is why truth grows or progresses and is not immediately conveyed in totality. Even our Savior limited Himself in what He shared with His disciples. John 16:12 I have many more things to say to you, but you are not able to receive them now. One of the differences between a denomination and a cult is whether the founder is self-centered and maintains a tight control or is humble before God and allows God to lead through whomever is called. All those truly seeking God continue to grow. When they become leaders a struggle develops to keep those who look to them for guidance growing up to their level of study. We are never to trust man but look only to God. Jeremiah 17:5 IAUA says, "Cursed is the man that trusts in man, depending on flesh, whose heart departs from IAUA. God does work through men to provide guidance and insight but we must never trust only in them without verifying that they speak according to the Bible, the Law, and the Prophets. Isaiah 8:20 According to the Law and the prophets, if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. If we discover that a trusted leader departs from the clear teachings of the Bible, we must no longer trust them or follow them. Those who study the hardest and are the most devoted to following God's Word, become isolated in the sense that they discover fewer and fewer leaders they can trust and follow. Without shared leadership, they come to associate with a smaller and smaller group of companions, because people want the comfort of a large shared group. I often feel a sense of isolation because of the revelations from my intense Bible study and desire to follow all the Bible and only the Bible (Omnis Scriptura et sola Scriptura). I find comfort that some in the Bible had a similar feeling. I Kings 19:14 He said, "I have been very zealous for Commander God IAUA, because the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left and they seek my life to take it away." Just as God has said there are 144k today, God said to Elijah. I Kings 19:18 "I still have seven thousand in Israel. All the knees which have not bowed to Baal and every mouth which has not kissed him." When you feel a sense of isolation because you have sought the truth, make sure you are following truth not delusion, then take comfort that you are following the true narrow way. However, you and God are the majority. I often feel a sense of isolation. I seek to communicate with others. The focus of this ministry is to find the 144k and communicate with them. Do you feel a sense of isolation or do you blindly follow leadership that does not practice obedience to all God says? I pray we may all continue to seek love, peace, and unity in truth preparing for the soon coming of IAUShUO (ee-ah-oo-shoo-oh) Messiah, the Son of God.
Frank T. Clark Next: 2018-02-09 Rabbinic |
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