What does it really mean to be followers of Jesus Christ only?

What does it really mean to be followers of Jesus Christ only?

Josimar Salum

*We are just followers of Jesus Christ. We follow his footsteps. And if he died, also we died. And if he was resurrected by the power of God, we will also be resurrected at the last day. And now we no longer live for ourselves, but for our God who gave us life when we live for others.*

Anything we do to God that does not bring benefit to someone it is not for Him. Singing, praising, worshiping is really in Spirit and in Truth if we are serving others. There is no worship if we don’t serve our brothers and sisters. Jesus only served all the time. His devotion to the Father was shown with His actions in serving people. 

*We have no temple or altar, because we do not do animal sacrifices. We need not go to the temple or offer anything in any altar because Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.*

Temples as houses of God are an abomination for the Gospel of Jesus. Because people used to go to the temple to find God, now God left the temple (the veil was torn apart) to find us everywhere. 

God was made flesh (Jesus) and walked 33 years in Israel. And people kept going to the temple to find Him. They passed by Him every day, even when He visited the temple and they could not identify Him. 

God did not leave the temple when the veil was torn apart, He left long time ago. The veil was split in two not for Him to come out, but that people could see that the Holy of Hollies was empty. Where is God if He is not in the Holy of Hollies anymore? God is sitting at the table with His disciples and brothers having fun, eating bread and drinking wine. His Church meets at best around a dining table.

Right after the day of crucifixion the priests went swiftly and sewed the veil. This is what Christianity has been doing; sewing and sewing again the veil that Jesus had torn apart.

*We do not offer more sacrifices on the altar, because our life is a sacrifice to God. We give ourselves over to our God as a living sacrifice, the true act of worship is to live for him. Everything we do, we do for the glory of our God. In fact it is not what we do or do not do it is the act of worship, but we ourselves, that is, our life itself, consequently, everything we do is an act of worship. We take care of people, those who are close; all that cross our path. This is worship.  *

We only live for God if we live for one another. There is nothing more abhorrent for God than songs, words and worships that are not backed up by life, by testimony. Matthews chapter 23 explains this very well.

*For the same reason also we do not have priests, because we do not need people to make sacrifices for us on an altar or in a temple, because our life is that it is the sacrifice, the altar is the Cross of Jesus and we are the temple. Alone, individually I am not the temple. Collectively we are the temple. And we are priests, but none of us are a religious authority. We have no one greatest among us, only Jesus Christ. Only Jesus is greater! He is alive among us right here, right now! And we have no holy men in our religion. There are holy men around the world, but NOT holy men of a religion. In fact, we do not have a religion.*

Evangelical pastors and catholic priests are simply priests. They are in front of the people to represent God. As they represent God before people, they usurp the place that belongs only to Jesus. In these terms, as they become mediators between men and God, because they are the ones that bless, pray, and God only speaks through them, they are above all people, they are Antichrists even without knowing.

*We do not have a sacred day. Sunday is not the the Day of the Lord, every day is the Lord's.  Our ancestors had a holy day: the Sabbath. But that was in the time when we needed to go to the temple to take animals so that our priests had to sacrifice them. Now that we surrender to our God as a living sacrifice, the true act of worship is to live for Him. And we live for Him while living for our neighbors in any day, any time.*

Once again, that is the Gospel. “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.” I John 3:16

“Let us be clear: we do not have a religion! We are followers of Jesus, we are not Christians because Christianity is not the religion of Jesus Christ. Christianity is the religion of Constantine, the Roman emperor. Because it was Constantine who began reassembling all that Jesus Christ had dismounted. It was he who began to build temples dedicated to God, officiated a day of the week for worship, invented to worship God is something that is done in temples, appointed priests, and started this mess that we see today. “

All Christian denominations are merely forms of religion. Each of them has their own doctrines, creeds and practices. In the real sense of the words they are really sects and cults, which is to be apart from the main stream (Jesus only). Our brothers and sisters in Christ are part of that, it doesn’t mean they are lost, it means they are not fulfilling the true meaning of the Church and the Kingdom. Gathering apart from these systems doesn’t mean we are right ant they are wrong, we can all be wrong if we come under another cast of leaders and we do not follow these evident truths:

*Jesus taught that we do not need temples, altars, priests, sacrifices and holy days. Ah! He taught that He loved us as we love each other, serve each other, pray for each other, build each other up, comfort each other, support each other and embrace each other. We are not independent, neither we act independently, we depend on God and we are His body as we are individually members of one another. We are His sheep in His Church and we are His disciples in His Kingdom and thus never act independent of each other, we are never alone. Yes, Jesus taught that God is Spirit and they that worship him, must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. Jesus Christ is God.*