INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this website is to assist and promote the certain prospect of a spiritual remnant holding apostolic truth in the last days of this present Christian Dispensation of God’s grace. The content will be meaningful and instructive to believers of a mature spiritual mind who, as students of God’s Word, are more concerned with acquiring divine understanding than of holding to religious tradition.

The site is titled ‘The True Nature of Christianity’ because, in the first instance, it is necessary to distinguish between Scriptural Christianity and what is commonly considered to be Christianity – Christendom. The reference to Scriptural Christianity presupposes that the enquirer has long since recognised that the Bible is the inspired Word of God and thus the sole authority in all matters divine. Further, Scriptural Christianity is vested in local N.T. churches or gatherings of born-again believers, which are regulated by the Word and are independent of any human organisation, being responsible to God alone. Such believers gather to the name of the Lord Jesus under the presidency of the Holy Spirit and the guidance of elders, in the Scriptural manner. Scriptural Christianity owns no secular name whereas humanly-organised Christendom incorporates many names. The world of organised religion dismisses Scripture-based Christianity as fundamentalism, not recognising the inspired nature of the Bible.

In the second instance, it is necessary to distinguish between the spiritual and the natural , the eternal and the temporal. Scriptural Christianity is solely concerned with eternal, spiritual things, whereas Christendom is a naturalistic religious system concerned with improving human nature and making the world a better place through involvement in social and political issues. Recognition of this fundamental truth is critical to a right understanding of the divine system of Christianity.

The following articles are part of a continuing exercise of the Spirit which commenced in 1996 with the fellowship of leading teachers of the Word. Each is written as a stand-alone Paper with the view to publication and, as a consequence, the reader may become aware of some repetition. The Papers cover a variety of Scriptural themes and subjects and are written from the standpoint that God’s people in the Christian Dispensation of divine purpose are a spiritual people, with the corollary that the divine system of Christianity has to do solely with spiritual things. This fundamental principle has largely escaped the attention of believers the world over and is thus a principal reason for this website. It is the writer’s conviction that the true original, apostolic (spiritual) nature of The Faith must be held by a spiritually intelligent remnant prior to the Lord’s return for His people, and it is to this holy objective that this exercise is dedicated. Further expositions will be added as the Spirit leads.

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