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From the book [[FCR|The Free Church Report]]
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<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=4><I><B>To Appoint and Ordain
the kingdom and the Church</B></I></FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In the New Testament there
are 14 different words translated into the word <I>appoint</I> or
<I>appointed</I>.<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote1anc" HREF="#sdfootnote1sym"><SUP>1</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
Five of those words are also translated or defined as <I>&lsquo;to
ordain&rsquo;. </I>In one quote we see where Jesus is appointing a
specific group of seventy and then sent them out two by two. He uses
the word <I>anadeiknumi</I>. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
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&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">After
these things the Lord appointed<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote2anc" HREF="#sdfootnote2sym"><SUP>2</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into
every city and place, whither he himself would come.&rdquo; Luke 10:1</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The word <I>anadeiknumi</I>
is defined as: &ldquo;1) to proclaim any one as elected to office 2)
to announce as appointed a king, general, etc.&rdquo; In the Bible it
is common to find government terms. This word, meaning <I>appoint</I>,
again appears during the election of a new Apostle in Acts 1:24, but
is translated as &lsquo;shew&rsquo;.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">
&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">And
they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all
[men], shew [appoint] whether of these two thou hast chosen&rdquo;. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
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<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Another place we see the
word <I>appoint</I> is in Luke 22:29: &ldquo;And I appoint unto you a
kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;&rdquo; Here the author
chose the Greek word &lsquo;diatithemai&rsquo; which contains the
word &lsquo;tithemi&rsquo; defined as, &ldquo;1) to arrange, dispose
of, one&rsquo;s own affairs 1a) of something that belongs to one 1b)
to dispose of by will, make a testament 2) to make a covenant, enter
into a covenant, with one.&rdquo;</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Jesus is entrusting the
Kingdom that His Father had entrusted to Him. He is appointing
certain responsibilities to a few. This means that particular people
were appointed in trust by covenant to serve and maintain the kingdom
in service to others. We continue to see this same word &lsquo;diatithemai&rsquo;
in reference to <I>covenants</I> throughout the New Testament such
as: </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in">&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Ye
are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made
[diatithemai] with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed
shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.&rdquo; Acts 3:25</FONT></FONT></P>
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&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">For
where a testament [is], there must also of necessity be the death of
the testator [diatithemai].&rdquo; Hebrews 9:16 [See also Hebrews
8:10, Hebrews 9:17, Hebrews 10:16.]</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Jesus goes on to explain
some of the limitations of this appointed office of trust in Luke
22:25-26, Mark 10:42, and Matthew 20:25. As the rightful king of
Judea, the remnant of Israel, with <I>All power given unto him in
heaven and in earth,</I><SUP><I><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote3anc" HREF="#sdfootnote3sym"><SUP>3</SUP></A></SPAN></I></SUP>
Jesus had foretold this coming appointment in Luke 12:32, &ldquo;Fear
not, little flock; for it is your Father&rsquo;s good pleasure to
give you the kingdom.&rdquo;</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Jesus, from the beginning,
made a distinction between that <I>little flock</I> that was <I>called
out</I> and the rest of the people who he loved, healed, preached to,
and blessed. It is clear that those called out received special
instructions for a specific work and task.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">
&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">He
answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.&rdquo;
Matthew 13:11[See also Luke 8:10]</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Those chosen by Christ to
be His ministers are not better or more important. It certainly does
not mean they may <I>exercise authority</I> over the people or crown
others to <I>exercise authority</I>, as we have seen some Churches do
in the past. It is clear that Jesus appointed specific tasks to
specific men, using words like<I> suntasso </I>or <I>tasso</I>
meaning &lsquo;put in order with or together, to arrange, to
constitute, to prescribe, appoint&rsquo; or &lsquo;ordain&rsquo;.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In the Church it is clear
that the ministers are not given an <I>exercising authority </I>over
the people like other governments, but this does not mean that it has
no authority or order. We see <I>tasso</I> used in Luke 7:8:</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">
&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">For
I also am a man set [appointed] under authority, having under me
soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come,
and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth [it].&rdquo;</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Jesus did not disagree with
that soldier, but found his understanding to be of great faith. When
Jesus appointed Paul in Acts 22:10, we see that word used again:</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">
&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">And
I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and
go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which
are appointed for thee to do.&rdquo;</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>All governments appoint
men to offices of authority, and this is no less true in the Church.
The Apostles and Paul were ordained of God by Jesus the king. The
difference lies in the fact that the Church cannot &lsquo;exercise&rsquo;
authority. The Roman centurion treated his servant as a son and
undoubtedly treated his men as brothers. Although he could exercise
authority they obeyed him out of love and respect. The original Roman
army was not established by an <I>oath of supremacy</I> but by mutual
trust and respect. It eventually evolved into that centralized
despotic government the same as Israel did when the <I>voice of the
people</I> called for a central authority during the time of Samuel.
But brotherhoods are far stronger unions.</FONT></FONT></P>
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&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Obey
them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they
watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may
do it with joy, and not with grief: for that [is] unprofitable for
you.&rdquo; Hebrews 13:17</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Many ministers believe that
this gives them authority to rule over the people. The word obey in
Hebrews is <I>peitho</I><SUP><I><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote4anc" HREF="#sdfootnote4sym"><SUP>4</SUP></A></SPAN></I></SUP>
and is translated &ldquo;<I>persuade</I>, <I>trust&rdquo;</I> or
&ldquo;<I>have&rdquo;</I> or &ldquo;<I>be confident in&rdquo;</I>
over 40 times and <I>obey</I> only 7. It is defined 1) persuade 1a)
to persuade, i.e. to induce one by words to believe 1b) to make
friends of, to win one&rsquo;s favor, gain one&rsquo;s good will, or
to seek to win one, strive to please one.&rdquo; </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Ordination by God is an
unseen act of a calling, and acceptance of that calling. It is God
and man in a communion of faith and hope. The governing of that union
is by revelation, faith, and obedience. These things cannot be seen
by eyes of the flesh, by the blind of the world. The outward
demonstration of ordination of men by men is simply an acceptance of
a mutual belief, trust, and brotherhood. What the Church calls
ordination is simply the outward sign that can be seen by the world,
that men ordained of God recognize the spirit of the ordination of
God in others. It is a public proclaiming of that recognition and has
no power of itself without God&rsquo;s blessing, yet by two or more
witnesses let all things be established. It is a way that men mark
the boundaries of the kingdom, as they see it in the hearts and minds
of one another through love and trust, charity and hope, by faith in
God.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Because Christ preached a
<I>Kingdom</I>, appointed it, and defined the manner of its ministry,
any group, society, church or government that does contrary to those
teachings is anti-Christ no matter what they may proclaim or
postulate to the world or the people. It may serve God&rsquo;s
purposes by oppressing the people so that just like in the days of
Egypt, they pray to return to His Way.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Here is the spirit of
choice given to all men. Shall men seek to live of, by, and for the
authority of the kingdom of God and its righteousness under the
perfect law of liberty by faith, hope, and charity? Or shall people
choose to live of, by, and for the exercising authority of the
kingdoms or governments established by the hands of men, eating of
their entitlements but becoming their human resources, subject to the
will, desire, and whims of tyrants and their mob.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Acts
5:29 &ldquo;Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We
ought to obey God rather than men.&rdquo; </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>God is giving and
forgiving, He is just and merciful, He is forthright and patient, He
is industrious and fruitful, and His ordained ministers strive to be
as He is, seeking His righteousness in sacrifice and in service. They
<I>recognize</I> that Spirit in others, and proclaim that <I>recognition</I>
to the world in a brotherhood of <I>one accord</I>, <I>publishing</I>
their witness for all to see. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">2
Timothy 2:24 &ldquo;And the servant of the Lord must not strive [
fight]; but be gentle unto all [men], apt to teach, patient, In
meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God
peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the
truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the
devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.&rdquo;</FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=4><I><B>An Appointment Ex
Officio </B></I></FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In Acts 6:3,<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote5anc" HREF="#sdfootnote5sym"><SUP>5</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
the Greek word <I>kathistemi</I> is translated &lsquo;appoint&rsquo;
as well as <I>&lsquo;make&rsquo; or &lsquo;made ruler</I>&rsquo; and
<I>&lsquo;ordain</I>&rsquo;.<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote6anc" HREF="#sdfootnote6sym"><SUP>6</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
This word is defined: &ldquo;to set one over a thing (in charge of
it) 1b) to appoint one to administer an office.&rdquo; Here in Acts
6:3, the appointment to <I>administer this office</I> took place
after an &lsquo;election&rsquo; by the people of men to carry out the
daily ministration. The daily ministration in the temple of God&rsquo;s
government on earth included many duties, and among them was the care
of widows, orphans, and the needy of society who were in want of
assistance through the charity of the kingdom. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>There was still adequate
welfare available in the Roman system of Qurban, and the Corban
system of the Pharisees&rsquo; temple run by the Jews who rejected
Christ. The followers of Christ were banned from those entitlement
programs of the treasury of the Pharisees.<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote7anc" HREF="#sdfootnote7sym"><SUP>7</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
The Christians were not only cast out like in the days of Egypt, but
they would not apply, i.e.. pray, to the Fathers of Rome or the
Hellenized Judean Pharisees for any of their Nicolaitan benefits.
Christ said to pray to<I> Our Father who art in Heaven</I>.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Understanding the concept
of an appointment of those who were already elected is the key to
maintaining a free Church, or any large body of people, without
centralization of power. It was used by the Apostles, by David, by
Samuel, by Moses, and even earlier, Abraham. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>This ancient system
included some essential safeguards. If the Ministers Christ appointed
could exercise a direct authority over the handling of the funds
needed to manage these duties of the church government, they would
have a power similar to what corrupted the Pharisees and all other
governments of power and authority. An office of power and authority,
which such administrators held, would soon attract men greedy for
gain and &ldquo;lovers of soft things&rdquo;<A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote8anc" HREF="#sdfootnote8sym"><SUP>8</SUP></A>.
</FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In order for the <I>government
of the people, by the people, and for the people</I><I><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote9anc" HREF="#sdfootnote9sym"><SUP>9</SUP></A></SPAN></I>
to not perish from the earth the power of consent must continue to
rest with the people individually, from contribution to contribution,
and day to day. Men may not be chosen and appointed from the top down
to rule over the contributions and the people. Nor can the people be
the sole electors of those titular ministers. If that were true the
Church would be established by the people and not by the appointment
of Christ. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>All ministers need to be
appointed, but only by someone who is at least believed to be
Christ&rsquo;s ordained minister already. Their titular office must
also fall within the job description criteria given by the Messiah,
the Christ. The apostles had three years of intensive instructions on
the <I>mysteries</I> of the Kingdom and the manner of its service.
They began to understand what the Pharisees had forgotten, whether by
choice, or neglect, or deception.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>By the time of Christ, the
Pharisees were forcing the collection of contributions of the people
by taxation. If you did not contribute the prescribed amount to their
governing body, the scribes, accounting clerks of that government,
would turn the matter over to the courts. The right hand of
government could fine or imprison you for not paying your fair share
into what had become a central treasury. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Christ had instructed that
in the Kingdom, if you were to pay what you believed you could
afford, it could be marked &ldquo;paid in full,&rdquo;<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote10anc" HREF="#sdfootnote10sym"><SUP>10</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
whether a penny from a widow, or a vast sum from the wealthy.<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote11anc" HREF="#sdfootnote11sym"><SUP>11</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP></FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In one system there was
guaranteed grants, bestowed benefits, and social security. But in
these schemes of authoritarian benefactors, there was an effort to
placate the poor with self-indulgent welfare which weakened the
poor.<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote12anc" HREF="#sdfootnote12sym"><SUP>12</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
The benefactions of every person could be forced as contributing
members. Through covetousness, the people became human resources for
the whim of the benefactors of the government. The idea of the
compelled Corban (or sacrifice) came from Greek and Roman influence.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>After the porters of the
temple (called money changers in the Greek) took their generous
commission, the funds of that central royal treasury was supposed to
care for the social needs of the people. This could include
everything from welfare for the destitute, retirement supplements for
the aged, or even large work projects like roads or aqueducts to
bring water into the city. But corruption, pork barrel projects, and
extravagance, for ministers often put more emphasis on their stone
buildings and robes than the needs of the people they were called to
serve. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>For any government to
function, there must be participation by the people in the supply and
demand of services. The titular leaders of a free government cannot
be given power to exercise authority over how much or when the people
entrust their ministers. Christ commanded that His appointed
ministers not &ldquo;exercise authority&rdquo;. When the people lose
their daily right to choose, they are made subjects.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>What is given is given
completely, like a burnt offering or bread cast upon the water, but
the free will choice <I>to</I> give must remain with the people. The
choice and manner of service provided by that gift must remain
entirely with the minister, who is a servant of God. In essence, this
form of sacred purpose trust, with the minister as the steward (a
kind of trustee), is at the foundation of His Church. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>It has been customary that
another group oversee the ministers. Of course in truth the actual
overseer of the Church is the Holy Spirit or what is sometimes called
the Comforter.<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote13anc" HREF="#sdfootnote13sym"><SUP>13</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
The Apostles met the requirements laid down by Christ. They were
prepared to represent the Holy Spirit, and when they had received the
power to do so from that Spirit, they were able to go out and preach
the Kingdom as the physical representatives of that Comforter. They
exercised no authority by their own hand over the people, but relied
entirely upon the power of that Holy Spirit. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The ordination requirements
of the overseeing ministry of Christ are extremely controversial
today, but have been a tradition both at the time of Christ and
before. They are well documented in the Biblical text, but neglected
by many modern ministers. The Levites did not belong to themselves as
freemen, like those in the congregation of the people, but they
&ldquo;belonged&rdquo; to God. They were His firstborn servants,
appointed to minister to the people according to the Holy Spirit as
it moved in them and in the people. They had no right to hold a free
dominion offered by God to all men. They had no inheritance in the
land as a personal estate. The same was clearly true at the time of
Jesus&rsquo; appointment of His ministers.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>At that time the Levites
were unlawfully allowed to own land in their own name, and some had
become wealthy thanks to the Hasmonean corruption some 175 years
before. Corrupt men were drawn into what was once an office of
service. What once had been an appointment of leadership and respect
had become an office of rulership and power. What had once been a
government of public servants had steadily become a government that
<I>required</I> the service of the people. Freewill offerings had
become legislated <I>taxation</I> <FONT SIZE=3>imposed without proper
daily Consent.</FONT><SUP><FONT SIZE=3><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote14anc" HREF="#sdfootnote14sym"><SUP>14</SUP></A></SPAN></FONT></SUP><FONT SIZE=3>
God&rsquo;s kingdom of Judea was becoming merged into the world of
Rome, as the centralized leaders fornicated with the benefits of that
power and authority.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In James 4:4 we see a
warning where the word <I>&lsquo;kathistemi</I>&rsquo; is translated
&lsquo;is&rsquo; rather than &lsquo;ordained&rsquo;.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Ye
adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the
world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the
world is [ordained] the enemy of God.&rdquo;</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The word &lsquo;world&rsquo;
in this text has nothing to do with the planet and is one of the five
different words translated into &lsquo;world&rsquo; in the New
Testament; it is defined as &ldquo;an apt and harmonious arrangement
or constitution, order, government.&rdquo; </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>James&rsquo; warning had to
do with the <I>constitutional order or government</I> of which Jesus&rsquo;
Kingdom was not a part. This included Rome and those Jews who
denounced Christ, claiming they had <I>no king but Caesar</I>.<FONT SIZE=3>
They had appealed to Caesar to be the protector of their system of
Corban and appointer of their priests as Pontifex Maximus. Rome was
more than willing to commission and license the ministers of that
government, ex officio. But this Pontifex of power was not only
appointing, but electing the replacements to those offices that once
rose up through the &ldquo;courts and villages&rdquo;<A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote15anc" HREF="#sdfootnote15sym"><SUP>15</SUP></A>
of the people.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The kingdom of Heaven gives
and maintains the power of choice to the people, and the Ordained
ministers have the power to accept or reject, appoint or withdraw
their election. The Kingdom of liberty is the Kingdom of God on
earth. It is a Kingdom that only works amongst the virtuous people
who seek the righteousness of Christ and the love of the Father. It
only functions under the perfect law of liberty. It is a place where
men are as concerned about maintaining their neighbors&rsquo; rights
as much as they are concerned about maintaining their own. It is not
one place or one city, but it is a nation of peculiar people, who as
brothers have learned to live in the world, but not of it, by
following the ways of Jesus the Christ. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.1in; margin-top: 0.04in; margin-bottom: 0.04in">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=4><I><B>Allegations of
Authority by reference</B></I></FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Civil law is the law that
men make for themselves.<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote16anc" HREF="#sdfootnote16sym"><SUP>16</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
&ldquo;Law is generally divided into four principle classes, namely;
Natural law, the law of nations, public law, and private or civil
law. When considered in relation to its origin, it is statute law or
common law. When examined as to its different systems, it is divided
into civil law, common law, canon law.&rdquo;<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote17anc" HREF="#sdfootnote17sym"><SUP>17</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
&ldquo;&lsquo;Civil Law,&rsquo; &lsquo;Roman Law&rsquo; and &lsquo;Roman
Civil Law&rsquo; are convertible phrases, meaning the same system of
jurisprudence.&rdquo;<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote18anc" HREF="#sdfootnote18sym"><SUP>18</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP>
&ldquo;The civil law reduces the unwilling freedman to his original
slavery; but the laws of the Angloes judge once manumitted as ever
after free.&rdquo;<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote19anc" HREF="#sdfootnote19sym"><SUP>19</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP></FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The Church is formed under
the will of God. &ldquo;The Law of Nature is the will of God as to
human conduct, founded on the moral difference of things, and
discoverable by natural light (Rom. 1:20; 2:14, 15). This law binds
all men at all times. It is generally designated by the term
&ldquo;conscience,&rdquo; or the capacity of being influenced by the
moral relations of things.&rdquo;<A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote20anc" HREF="#sdfootnote20sym"><SUP>20</SUP></A>
</FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In one sense, &ldquo;The
canon law is a body of Roman ecclesiastical law, relative to such
matters as that church either has or pretends to have the proper
jurisdiction over:&rdquo;<A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote21anc" HREF="#sdfootnote21sym"><SUP>21</SUP></A>
And in another sense, &ldquo;Canon law, the body of ecclesiastical
law adopted in the Christian Church, certain portions of which (for
example, the law of marriage as existing before the Council of Trent)
were brought to America by the English colonists as part of the
common law of the land.&rdquo;<A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote22anc" HREF="#sdfootnote22sym"><SUP>22</SUP></A>
</FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In fact, Canon law should
only be defined as the &ldquo;will of God&rdquo;. Any deviation from
the Law of Nature in the written or applied canon laws is void. As a
system of law, true Canon Law must operate differently than the laws
of many other nations that depend upon benefactors who exercise
authority one over the other. Since it is the will of God that all
men be free souls under God, true Canon law, by its nature, sets men
free by restoring both responsibility and rights to those who seek
the Kingdom of God. If the Church, ordained by Christ, is the Body of
Christ, then in a non civil sense the body or corpus of Christ is the
incorporation of Christ, and therefore it is God who is its <I>ruling
judge</I> and no other <I>gods</I>.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Most corporations we see
today are created by the States instituted by men. These States or
STATES are nothing more than the creation of men who vest in those
institutions certain privileges and rights which they themselves have
chosen to delegate or vest in that body or corpus. That body exists
as a corporation of men or as an individual corporation sole, or
both. A portion of the rights of its members remain in the control of
the body (congress, parliament, etc.) or by a king or other executive
office (president, Emperor, or commander in chief). </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>These institutions or
creations of men can be formed by the voice of the people or by their
application, apathy, and avarice. While these institutions have no
life of their own, they depend on the life of their members to
maintain an existence.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>One definition of
&ldquo;Incorporation&rdquo; is &ldquo;The act or process of forming
or creating a corporation; the formation of a legal or political
body, with the quality of perpetual existence and succession, unless
limited by the acts of incorporation.&rdquo;<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote23anc" HREF="#sdfootnote23sym"><SUP>23</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP></FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The documents used by His
Holy Church to verify its existence will appear by their nature to be
different than those of the world, and they should be, for the Church
is commanded not to be like other governments, as expressed in
Article 10 of its Polity, i.e. to be in the world, but not of it. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Also, it could be said that
these documents are new and do not date back to their origin. The
Church has been in existence at least from the time of Christ, almost
2000 years. While the body of Christ is endowed <I>with the quality
of perpetual existence</I>, alas, paper is not. In Black&rsquo;s Law
dictionary we see several concepts related to incorporation and their
making:</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">The
method of making of one document of any kind become a part of another
separate document by referring to the former in the latter, and
declaring that the former shall be taken and considered as a part of
the latter the same as if it were fully set out therein. This is more
fully described as &lsquo;incorporation by reference.&rsquo; If one
document is copied at length in the other, it is called &lsquo;actual
incorporation.&rsquo;&rdquo;<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote24anc" HREF="#sdfootnote24sym"><SUP>24</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP></FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>It has been said that:</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">An
allegation that a corporation is incorporated shall be taken as true,
unless denied by the affidavit of the adverse party, his agent or
attorney, whether such corporation is a public or private corporation
and however created.&rdquo;<SUP><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote25anc" HREF="#sdfootnote25sym"><SUP>25</SUP></A></SPAN></SUP></FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The brothers at His Holy
Church have written these documents and all other supporting
documents with at length reference to the ancient text both in
English and the more original Hebrew and Greek. There are many other
similar writings in other ages and places. Identical documentation
does not make the Church one body, but the precept upon precept found
in the spiritual fruits of the similar rituals and ceremonies do.
Paper and documents are only one form of evidence of the faith and
allegiance of the brotherhood of God to the ways of their Father.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
&ldquo;<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Rooted
and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been
taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.&rdquo; (Colossians 2:7)</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In one sense the whole
kingdom of God is one Family which no man can judge from any pedestal
rooted upon the earth of His creation. As each man and woman seeks to
know and do the will of Our Father, they draw near to Him like
prodigal sons and daughters. They seek His house and dwell in His
cities. They are steadily, through application and participation in
faith, merged with His domain <FONT SIZE=3>under His authority
through a chain of authentication before the witness of the people,
by the people, and for the people as an expression of God&rsquo;s
will, who is the Father of the people. </FONT></FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">
<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Luke
11:2 &ldquo;And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will
be done, as in heaven, so in earth.&rdquo;</FONT></FONT></P>


<P><B>Footnotes</B></P>
== The Free Church Report Study ==


<DIV ID="sdfootnote1">
 
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote1sym" HREF="#sdfootnote1anc">1</A>Anadeiknumi,
[[An Appointment Ex Officio]]
diatasso, diatithemai, histemi, kathistemi, protasso, suntasso,
 
tasso, as well as tithemi, apokeimai, epithanatios, keimai, poieo
[[To Appoint and Ordain the kingdom and the Church]]
and prothesmios.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote2">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote2sym" HREF="#sdfootnote2anc">2</A>322
anadeiknumi from 303 and 1166; v AV-appoint 1, show 1; 2 1) to
proclaim any one as elected to office 2) to announce as appointed a
king, general, etc. 3) to lift up anything on high and exhibit it
for all to behold</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote3">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote3sym" HREF="#sdfootnote3anc">3</A>Mtt
28:18 &ldquo;And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power
is given unto me in heaven and in earth.&rdquo;</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote4">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote4sym" HREF="#sdfootnote4anc">4</A>Same
word in James 3:3 Behold, we put bits in the horses&rsquo; mouths,
that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote5">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote5sym" HREF="#sdfootnote5anc">5</A>Acts
6:3 &ldquo;Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of
honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may
appoint over this business.&rdquo;</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote6">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote6sym" HREF="#sdfootnote6anc">6</A>See
Titus 1:5, Hebrews 5:1, 8:3.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote7">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote7sym" HREF="#sdfootnote7anc">7</A>John
9:22-34 &ldquo;These [words] spake his parents, because they feared
the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did
confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
... they cast him out.&rdquo;</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote8">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote8sym" HREF="#sdfootnote8anc">8</A>&ldquo;lovers
of soft things&rdquo; was a phrase used by most Essenes to describe
Essene ministers working for Herod.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote9">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote9sym" HREF="#sdfootnote9anc">9</A>Introduction
to John Wycliffe translation of the Bible in 1382 calling that the
purpose of the Bible.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote10">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote10sym" HREF="#sdfootnote10anc">10</A>Luke
7:41,42 &ldquo;There was a certain creditor which had two debtors:
the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they
had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore,
which of them will love him most?&rdquo;
</P>
<P CLASS="sdfootnote">Luke 16:1...8 &ldquo;...And the lord commended
the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of
this world are in their generation wiser than the children of
light.&rdquo;</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote11">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote11sym" HREF="#sdfootnote11anc">11</A>Mark
12:43 &ldquo;And he called [unto him] his disciples, and saith unto
them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in,
than all they which have cast into the treasury:&rdquo;</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote12">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote12sym" HREF="#sdfootnote12anc">12</A>Ezekiel
16:49 &ldquo;Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom,
pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in
her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and
needy.&rdquo;</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote13">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote13sym" HREF="#sdfootnote13anc">13</A><I>Parakletos</I>
translated comforter 4, advocate 1. 1) summoned, called to one&rsquo;s
side, esp. called to one&rsquo;s aid. 1a) one who pleads another&rsquo;s
cause before a judge, a pleader, counsel for defense, legal
assistant, an advocate.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote14">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote14sym" HREF="#sdfootnote14anc">14</A>&ldquo;For
imposing Taxes on us without our Consent&rdquo; The Declaration of
Independence of the Thirteen Colonies.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote15">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote15sym" HREF="#sdfootnote15anc">15</A>The
&ldquo;courts and villages&rdquo; meant the congregations and
generations or families of the people.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote16">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote16sym" HREF="#sdfootnote16anc">16</A>Jus
civile est quod sibi populus constituit.1 Johns. N.Y.424, 426.
</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote17">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote17sym" HREF="#sdfootnote17anc">17</A>The
Lectric Law Library&rsquo;s Lexicon. Law - Bouvier&rsquo;s Law
Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote18">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote18sym" HREF="#sdfootnote18anc">18</A>Black&rsquo;s
3rd p 332.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote19">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote19sym" HREF="#sdfootnote19anc">19</A>Libertinum
ingratum leges civiles in pristinalm servitutem redigulnt; sed leges
angiae semel manumissum semper liberum judicant. Co. Litt.137.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote20">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote20sym" HREF="#sdfootnote20anc">20</A>law
- Easton&rsquo;s 1897 Bible Dictionary
</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote21">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote21sym" HREF="#sdfootnote21anc">21</A>law
- Bouvier&rsquo;s Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote22">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote22sym" HREF="#sdfootnote22anc">22</A>--Wharton.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote23">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote23sym" HREF="#sdfootnote23anc">23</A>Black&rsquo;s
Third page 946</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote24">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote24sym" HREF="#sdfootnote24anc">24</A>Black&rsquo;s
Third page 946</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote25">
<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote25sym" HREF="#sdfootnote25anc">25</A>Texas
Rules of Civil Procedure 52. Alleging a Corporation</P>
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