Leave Your Pastor - Андрей Викторович Шибанов
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In this book, I will expose religious organisations, church leaders, priests, pastors as well as members who serve them.
Church
In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. – Ephesians 2:22
The devil has plotted to conquer believers through the false doctrines of their organizations, the so-called churches. The devil’s plot to conquer saints is in line with the prophecy:
Also it [beast] was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. – Revelation 13:7-8
The church doctrine lead you away from Christ because there are no other approved by God doctrines apart from the doctrine of Jesus Christ. Paul in his letter to Timothy requested him to make sure that believers follow no other doctrine except the one they preached:
As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, -1 Timothy 1:3
It is a fact that majority of believers are divided by the different types of religious organizations, the so-called churches, with a variety of their traditions, dogmas, rules and doctrines. The Antichrist are the church leaders, pastors and priests who have replaced Christ and preached the doctrine of their organization. Those church leaders act as a government. They appoint staff responsible for finances, new projects and expanding of the organization. They have ushers at their service who take care of people during the worship service and turning into security team when required. The “constitution” of those churches is their doctrine, whether it’s written or unwritten. All those little governments are so far from “ekklesia” (the Greek term for church) which has been described in the Scriptures. No wonder, all those churches have taken roots in Roman Catholicism which ruled the world for centuries, being a government itself. Some Catholic members became dissatisfied with the Catholic doctrine and have created new organizations, rejecting some Catholic practices but adapting others. Martin Luther, the ex-Catholic priest, refuted many of Catholic teachings but still left quite a number: Holy Communion, Worship Service, hierarchy, church building, worship songs, etc. Jesus has never created all these organizations but they have been created by human hands. Jesus said to Peter:
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. – Matthew 16:18
Paul writes that church is the body of Christ:
And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church [ekklesia], which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. – Ephesians 1:22-23
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. – 1 Corinthians 12:27
So, the fellowship of believers is not an organization, neither a religion, nor a denomination, even not a movement, but disciples of Christ joined together in Spirit. It's the body of Christ. You are the people who build it up if you follow the teaching of Jesus:
And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God. – Luke 13:29
You must not build or rent designated temples for worship because you must worship God in spirit and truth. The scripture is clear:
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. -John 4:24
Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands… – Acts 7:48
You must neither pay believers salary for teaching and leading you. God gives those gifts of teaching and leading to whomever He wants to give. Do not try to purchase those gifts from God. If you give your money in form of tithes to church leaders, you will perish along with your money:
But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!” – Acts 8:2
Jesus said, “I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” He emphasized the spiritual power of His church, so even hell shall not prevail against it. Therefore, it cannot be controlled by men, for example church leaders, influential people, governmental authorities or any other forces of this world.
Divide and rule
Since the church is a spiritual body, who are the ones misleadingly call themselves church nowadays? A church nowadays called a temple, human-made organization with its distinctive doctrine.
“Divide and rule” – this is a well-known principle which devil uses to pervert the gospel of Christ. By dividing believers into religious organizations based on different doctrines, these denominations oblige believers to follow their ungodly ways. Church leaders under the threat of disfellowshipping request disciples of Christ not to associate themselves with other believers outside of their organization. They tell you concerning other believers, “They have different faith”, but it’s not about the faith they are concerned. Church leaders are concerned the most about unity in their organization. Their traditions, practices, and doctrine within the organization must be the same.
This false teaching about different churches but one faith or universal church has led disciples away from Jesus into the hands of the Antichrist: church leaders, pastors and priests.
The way for disciples of Christ to overcome division is to break the spiritual dependence on any human-made religious organizations, denominations and movements. You must study the Scriptures daily, refute ungodly teachings and traditions, fellowship
