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Abraham
,
Moses
,
John the Baptist
and
Jesus
were all appointed tasks and positions.
When Jesus
appointed
a kingdom to His
little flock
He was delegating a responsibility upon them. When He required them to "sell all they had" and follow Him, there was no such command to the general population.
While the ministers sold their property and owned
all things common
, the purpose of the
Messiah
was to set the
captive
free while returning everyman to his
family
and to his
possessions
.
Those
called out
ministers could be called a form of
clergy
, but their duties, responsibilities, and limiting criteria were defined by Christ and may not resemble modern forms of
clergy
. The engine that drives the
kingdom of God
, which is
faith
, is found in the
heart and mind
of the individual and it is fueled by the
Holy Spirit
.
Terms like
clergy
,
laity
,
elder
,
father
, wife, son, or daughter have their place when properly defined, but neither God nor the
Holy Spirit
are a
respecter of persons
.
Like the "
Church in the wilderness
"—which consisted of those ministers of a "
Peculiar people
" who were "
called out
" of the
camp of the
golden calf
by
Moses
—those who were "
called out
" by
Jesus
played a pivotal role in serving the people of the
early Christian
community through the free practice of "
Pure religion
".
Certainly the
early Church
advocated a
Daily ministration
for the needy of the Christian community that was dependent on
Charity
only. It was not like the system of
Corban
of the
Pharisees
nor the
free bread
of
Rome
which compelled the offerings of the people. It was the practice of
Pure Religion
by the early church that brought them into
conflict
with
Public religion
and the
Covetous Practices
of the
World
. To understand the
clergy of Christ
it may be important to distinguish it from the
clergyism
of the
Modern Church
and the
clergy of the world
.
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