My Statment of Faith is below my Testimony! My name is Joe Mann and this is my personal Testimony.   My half-brother’s family adopted me and I was a loner. My brother was favored so I had a lot of anger, depression, bitterness, and resentment. I had a chip on my shoulder, and I was beat up a lot until I became a bully. I found schoolwork too easy with no challenges, so I was a bit of a troublemaker in school. I was unique just like everyone else. I was injured a lot and spent a lot of time in hospitals with injuries including broken bones. I once had my neck broken. A lot of my injuries were the result of intoxication, especially while I was in the Navy, which I joined at the age of 17. The devil must have had a lot of fun with my injuries - I was run over by a car, shot, stabbed, assaulted, poisoned, and involved in a near-fatal motorcycle wreck which left me to recover while helpless in a wheelchair. Once I even fell out of a moving pick up truck. The owner of it said, when they backed up to get me “are you O.K.? I forgot to tell you that this tailgate you were sitting on sometimes pops open when we hit a bump!”  I could tell you about a lot more injuries, but I think you get the point. Then there was the emotional pain and suffering. I have been divorced twice. The first time, I was married I had a beautiful wife; two wonderful boys a good job and I felt like the luckiest man in the world. But there's nothing like coming home and finding your wife with another man. I found out that the third time is not as hard as the first. Please do not believe that I was a perfect husband. I was selfish and demanding and If I had known Jesus maybe she would have loved me enough to try to make our covenant work. I did have full custody of them even I did never get to see them and that was the source of much depression for me. Kyle Bay Mann or Preston Jay Mann if you are reading this testimony, please contact me. My Phone number is listed in San Juan, Texas. I miss you both so much and I want to show my love for you. I became a police officer for four years, and still life was not right for me. I learned a lot about others in life. I found out that a lot of other people have big problems in their lives besides me. I did not know that the lack of Jesus, which is the power to overcome our own sinful nature, was at the root of them all. After forty years of almost unbearable hardships, I was faced with the possibility of having lung cancer. The reality of death was suddenly real to me even though I had flirted with it. I Knew that the odds were not in my favor, because ten out of ten people die, but this time it was my eternal death that seemed real and unavoidable. Only then did I begin to want to know if Jesus was real. I told myself maybe it is time to find out.  I will guarantee with my life that He is. I am forever changed living proof of his grace and Power. You can ask anyone who knew me before and knows me now, they will tell you it was a needed drastic change. I was a self-righteous judgmental snob who overlooked all my own problems while looking down on others.  I asked myself if I died tonight would I go to heaven or hell?   I had to be completely honest with myself, because I know that the God who created my mind knows my every thought. I thought about the Ten Commandments and how I had broken them, which made me a criminal by Gods law and standards. 1.  I had a god before him, and I spent all my time serving this god with three names called me, myself and I, That is how I broke the First Commandment of God. 2.  Then when I did think about God, I created a god in My own imagination to serve myself, which is called Idolatry, I did not create a god with my hands, but I did create a god with my mind to suit myself so that I would be able to serve it.  That is how I broke the Second Commandment of God. 3.  I took the name of GOD who created me and gave me life, and I used it as a cuss word to express disgust, and to curse people. That is how I broke the Third Commandment of God. 4.  I did not even know what the Sabbath day was, let alone rest on the seventh day (Saturday). The day we enter into the rest for our souls and rest from our own works and rest within the yoke of Jesus Christ. Matthew 11:25-30 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. So I did not remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy (to keep it clean or pure as in rest from evil and destruction to Good, like greed, selfishness or seeking self gain and the things of men, which we commonly refer to as work, instead of seeking Gods will to do good, Which Jesus calls rest in Matthew 11:28-30). In other words I did not rest from my own works to remember that God created all things, and until (evil) sin came there was no work, only his provision in a place that was created perfect (good) where the only thing Adam and Eve needed was to believe God. Which by the way is still the only thing needed by A Man or a Woman in order to enter into (Jesus Christ) Gods rest Again. However I chose that work (to sin) and to have the Knowlegde of good and evil for myself (death) instead of resting (believing) in the Place God had prepared for me, taking from the tree (Cross) in that place of paradise (belief). Taking from the tree bearing the fruit (spirit in the word of God, Which is our Fathers Spirit in Jesus) Taking the fruit of the spirit (Galatians 5:22-25) which is rest in the belief in Jesus the Christ, and is eternal life. To summarize I did it my way instead of Gods way, I worked to satisfy myself (the flesh) every day and never had a (Sabbath) day of rest for my soul. Hell is full of people who Hate the song "I did it my way" and Heaven is full of people singing we still want it your way Lord. That’s how I broke the Fourth Commandment of God. 5.  I brought dishonor to my parents the very fist time I said no to them, and if by nothing else, then by breaking the, Ten Commandments. That’s how I broke the Fifth Commandment of God. 7.  Jesus says if we look on a woman to lust after her we have committed adultery with her already in our heart. That’s how I broke the Seventh Commandment of God. 6.  I had briefly thought about murdering the man who was sleeping with my wife, which made me a murderer in my heart. Hate makes a man do this. That’s how I broke the Sixth Commandment of God. 8.  I had stolen, the value makes no difference, because theft is still theft. That’s how I broke the Eighth Commandment of God. 9.  I had lied, and been deceptive many times. That’s how I broke the Ninth Commandment of God. 10.  I had coveted, (strongs # 2530)(desired things that other people had). That’s how I broke the Tenth Commandment of God, and that’s pretty much what caused me to break most of the other Commandments of God. I do not gamble with things that I cannot afford to lose, and God’s judgment is real! Being near death I was about to have to face God as a criminal in his law. I had always told myself that I was not as bad as other people so maybe God would forgive me, but after working as a court bailiff, I knew what other people are doing, makes no difference in a court where judgment takes place. The only thing a judge would want to deal with is what I had done. And it would not matter if I thought myself not guilty because he is there to uphold the law. If I try to diminish or destroy a law by saying that it’s not fair or just, how much mercy could I expect from someone who loves that law? We know that God will punish on judgment day by our own reasoning. If someone murdered your son or daughter and no one knew who had done it, you would expect God to punish them. That’s reasonable! I am guilty and I know it, and so does God because he knows my every thought, it does not matter if anyone else knows about it or not.  So I had to ask. What was I going to do on Judgment day? How could I defend myself from my own life? Can a man change his own past? Could my entire life even all its thoughts and secrets be shown like a movie in the presence of children who are in heaven with God? What could I say? Maybe I could pray something like this? Dear Jesus, I am guilty of breaking your laws and I am a sinful man and a sinner! Please be my Lord, have mercy on me, forgive me for my sins, take this life away from me and give me a new one like yours.  I had heard that Jesus was the only way to heaven. I went to a local church found in the yellow pages and I accepted Christ on March 9, 2003, I was looking for the truth and I found Him. The song was about surrender 'I surrender all' then came the next song. The words said take my life conform it, take my mind transform it, take my heart and form it to yours oh lord, oh lord or something close to those words anyway. Being an ex-cop with my eye on a promotion from Park Ranger to Park Police, I clearly understood what surrender means for a guilty man. My conviction was stronger than I was, so I cried out to Jesus for forgiveness and surrendered my life to him. Then I made the altar call just to be sure and to make it official, and at the altar, altared my life forever. The altar is where sacrifices are made, and whatever life is sacrificed dies there, my life was sacrificed to God at the altar that day. It was condemned to burn anyway, so it was like a burnt offering so to speak. I had a meeting with the pastor a few days later to inquire about becoming a member. When I told him that I had faith in him, He quickly corrected me saying "don't have faith in me, I'm just a man. I'll let you down" Those words open my eyes to the biggest mistake that that I had been making my whole life. I was trying to have faith in people instead of Jesus the Christ. Even worse than that I was trying to have faith in myself. The biggest, worse kind of liar there is. The kind that lies to himself so well he doesn’t even know when he is Lying. That Pastor told me to have faith in Jesus who would never let me down (he never has). I did not know it at the time, but I would find out how easy it is to let him down without a desire for righteousness (a right standing with God). I could see this by observing others who claim to be Christians. I learned very quickly not to base my Christianity on what I see in people who say they are Christians, but to base my Christianity on what I see in Christ Jesus, and to hang around with only those who walk the walk not just talk the talk, because some who claim to be with Christ will lead you back into sin. I decided to investigate for the truth from the beginning and not trust men’s teachings, until I found the truth about what Jesus was teaching. I wanted to get it directly from his own words in the bible, just like any Law Enforcement Officer would do while trying to get to the truth.  I asked the Pastor how I would know if the words being used in the bible would still have the same meaning today as they did when they were originally written. He said, "You're going to be fun, because you care". I thought to myself it must be rare for people to care about what Jesus wants, so I enjoyed the remark. He showed me a concordance (a book with all the words used in the bible, it also has a Hebrew and Greek Dictionary in it) then he showed me how to use it. Then he gave me a study bible and showed me how to use that. I studied the words of Christ and the Spirit of Jesus began to teach me from his own words. I could really relate to his teaching in John 6:63 "...the words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they are life”. Later I found out that the word read in Hebrew also means call. If you look up the word call in Jeremiah 33:3 where the Lord says, "call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not". You will find out that the word used for call could also be translated read, so Jeremiah 33:3 could be interpreted as "read unto me..."  That is exactly what I did. Since my complete surrender to Jesus, I began to study and I was amazed at the pure wisdom in the words of Christ. I have found no greater pleasure than to study Jesus and those words that point to him in scripture.  I find them everywhere for example; God said in Deuteronomy 18:15-19 That He would raise up Christ and put His own words in his mouth (this is why Jesus is called the word of God), and whosoever will not listen to those words, would answer to Him (Father God).  I was water baptized in May 2003, but I did not know that I would come out of the water and resign my job as a Park Ranger for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department the very next morning. I stated in my resignation letter that I was resigning in order to serve Jesus Christ. Then I sold or gave away everything that I owned, and I do mean everything! House, land, 5 cars and a motorcycle (all running), clothes, books, tools, electronics, so on & etc. to give alms the way Jesus instructed in Mark 10:21 and Luke 12:33. I have never ever felt anything like this kind of selflessness before. My family accused me of joining a Cult; they were ready to disown me. I was set at variance against them. All this happened because of the true words of Christ in Matthew 10:34-39 Where Jesus says "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came to send peace, but a sword... a man's foes shall be they of his own household." I am glad to say that since then, the way in me is accepted, and I can once again honor my dad even without his understanding. Unfortunately understanding comes from experience without the right experience one cannot have the right understanding, this is why it is so important to obey the words you read. The bible says you cannot preach the Gospel if you do not live the Gospel for this very reason. My dad did not like the fact that I was spending all day learning about God. He wanted me to work for money, he said if I did not work I could not eat, (a common verse quoted out of context) but I told him my work was to learn about and to serve Jesus.      Only a man’s own boss can define what his work is, otherwise that man would be so confused that he could not do anything. Doesn’t that sound a lot like our average church member? We need to stop listening to each other that can use words out of context and listen to the words of Christ in red. With Jesus in my life, I changed my mind about sin, turned my back on sin and walked out of my exceedingly sinful nature to follow Christ. My life changed drastically because my new life began and my old life died. What a relief - my way didn't work anyway! His way freed me from the fear of death, the ways of this world and opened the door to a life everlasting. Everything I looked at was now beautiful instead of ugly. I learned to love wildlife instead of a life that's wild. No more anger and depression from not having things go my way. Now I know that I was never in control no matter how hard I tried. It only took complete surrender to Jesus Christ to find peace and rest for my soul. What a bargain my everything for his everything.  Oh, it's o.k. To fall while you're learning to walk with Jesus as long as you don't play dead when you fall, because then you really will be. Just get back up and keep walking with him. As I studied Gods word in red I had just entered my paradise after 40 years of wandering around in dry places without truth and wisdom or control of my own emotions, and I became addicted to the spirit of those words (John 6:63) I can meditate on them for eternity. Since I was born again tribulation has been a gain. I have been homeless living under a bridge and on a water bank where I learned a much-needed compassion for and understanding of the homeless by experience, thank you again lord you are truly wise. I will always be homeless on this earth as a spiritual Migrant worker laboring and sowing seed for the harvest of souls until I am allowed to return at the end of the season. I have been with out trust in my own self while having faith in God and not seeking the things of the world. When Jesus says, “seek ye first the kingdom of God and all those things shall be added unto you” I have experience in that truth.  God speaks to me through written word. The Bible Code has been real for me since, I was first saved and long before I even heard about it. I was taken in the Spirit to a highway in the desert months before I read Isaiah 35:8. There was no sense of time in this place, and it was more real than reality. I have been criticized for what I see, hear and say, but so was the One I follow and his opinion is really the only one that matters in the end. I must conform to; (Luke 24:45-47), Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures... ...that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name..., (Mark 16:15) Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel, (John 3:14) even so must the Son of man be lifted up. It is why and what I was created for in the first place. Without my obedience, no hope remains, and no understanding is given to me. Behind obedience, is my treasure, called understanding and wisdom, which comes from experience. Understanding and wisdom is an experience of seeking to know Jesus, all day everyday, in order to give that measure of treasure obtained, by any and all means whatsoever to others. The reason I have confessed on this page some of the misery of my life is to prove that those who have problems are not alone and have hope. I was given a way out and that way was Jesus. Now that I am out of bondage and in love with Jesus, my life has never been so good, even though I still have trouble just like other people, now I deal with them the right way. I blame them all on sin, which could be Adams, mine or someone else’s. Now I know its not Gods fault when things seem wrong and I know that this world is temporary but the next one is eternal. The way is easy, you see. John 3:19 tells where from (condemnation) and John 3:17 and 3:18 tells us where to (eternal life).  Remember, if you truly believe someone you will take their advice and do what they tell you to do. I do and it's what I was always looking for. Life still has hardships but God doesn't change life for us, He changes us for life.   I am now a full time servant of Jesus and I am tapped into amazing paradise just like the very deep roots of a palm tree, I never thirst or hunger and I am ready to stand firmly planted in my paradise in Christ against the storms of life in this world. Evangelist Joe Mann Matthew 28:20   My Statement of Faith is as follows. We who are without a doubt the servants of Christ, believe that we must Hear (Read) Believe and Obey Jesus Christ who is our Lord, and who presents our Covenant with God Almighty who is our creator, and our Father in heaven. Everything else written on this page is commentary to this complete Statement of saving faith in Jesus Christ alone above in red, white and blue, bold, underlined letters.   Do not make the mistake of thinking that this is a new faith, denomination, belief system, or religion or cult, because this faith, which you are reading of here today, started 2000 years ago with only twelve members! So there is nothing 'NEW' about this type of faith in Jesus Christ that is willing to forsake all tradition to Follow him. You Have read my Statements of Faith, you will notice that I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, and you will have no doubt as to who it is (who is named) that I put my faith in, because I believe the Christ as he teaches us, in the sense that we do not know the Father, therefore the Father has sent the Son, that we may know the Son, who is as the Father is, and only after believing in the Son may we then know God's will, and be saved. (Son like father like son) Please note that this Statement of faith is genuine in nature, it has not been copied or cloned from any other traditional statements, because that would not be truly from my heart in my own words. I have included some references to scripture, since that is where the spirit of my faith comes from. Unfortunately time and/or space does not allow me to go into detail as much as I would like to. So in short, let me just say that my faith is centered on Jesus Christ, and has come (first of all, and before all else, as in entering into a door) from the true reliable testimony of 'Holy Spirit inspired' written words, found in the four gospels of the New Testament, and then expanded on by the rest of holy inspired scripture, but only after that spirit found within the words of Christ has been born in me to live in me for eternity, do I seek God the father revealed in Christ. The words of Christ have taught me well to do this, in order to avoid the many counterfeit spirits, who call upon themselves to be a revelation of God. Spirits born of the antichrist (2Th 2:4) are these same counterfeit spirits, which many people are currently following out there in the world today.  2Th 2:4-12 - Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God... 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. This pleasure in the unrighteousness of claiming that they (who believe not the truth called Jesus) can speak for God, or even speak as God speaks, when they do not even speak what Christ has spoken, and what he has commanded us to speak as well. I speak of those new covenant gospel words, and divine doctrines of the father sent to us in Christ Jesus. I believe that whoever can have some understanding of God the Son can have some understanding of God the Father. (Son like father like son)  I do not believe in having a Jesus only mentality, however I do firmly believe in having a Jesus first mentality, especially when speaking to those who are still lost and do not know which is the way (Jesus) to follow. Unfortunately I must (based on the fruit of the tree + the mouth speaking from the abundance of the heart) include, many some times well-respected Christian leaders, T.V. Evangelist and teachers, in this (lost) not knowing the way of Jesus category. I firmly believe in honoring the honoring system Jesus Christ teaches us here in the gospel of John. John 5:23 -  “That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.”   John 5:41 -  I receive not honour from men. John 5:44 -  How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?  John 8:49 -  Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.   John 8:54 -  Jesus answered, “If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:”   John 12:26 -  If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.      I believe in coming to Jesus first, then learning from the Holy Spirit whom the son has sent to teach and Guide us into the truth of that way, which is the only way to the father of the trinity of God. I believe Jesus Christ is the only way (the door) into a knowledge and understanding of God; that is to say as much as we are capable of understanding God. I believe this because the gospel teaches us that no man can know the Father but the Son and whoever the Son reveals him to Matthew 11:27 Luke 10:22 John 1:18.  I also believe that the Covenant given in Christ is at the very core of understanding scripture Luke 24:45 John 1:18 John 3:35 John 5:39 therefore we all must hear (read) believe and obey John 7:17 the Son. And because the father has believed and sent this power of the gospel that he himself has sent De 18:19 in Christ, we too must believe in the power of the Gospel, if we are to serve God's will more than we serve our own will and our own traditions. John 5:17-30  17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the Sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. (Son like father like son?) 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. 20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: (Son like father like son) and he will shew him greater works than these that ye may marvel. 21 “For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.” 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father, which hath sent him. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, (Deuteronomy 18:18-19) hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. 30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father, which hath sent me. John 6:27 I believe that our creator has created us creatures to understand our creator. Luke 24:27 Luke 24:45 Romans 1:20 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:     John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him (in the gospels).   John 5:37  And the Father himself, which hath sent me (with the gospel of the new covenant), hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.   John 6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.   John 14:9  Jesus saith unto him, “Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen (known) me hath seen (known) the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?”   John 15:24  “If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen (known) and hated both me and my Father.” I believe that God inspires the entire Bible, and we believe in the authority of scripture, so long as it does not undermine or overrule the authority of Christ our lord and his doctrine, in such an event a misinterpretation of scripture or its purpose has occurred (error and or Text proofing?). John 5:39 Mt 22:29 Mark 1:22 Luke 4:32 John 7:16 John 7:17 I believe in fitting our faith into the text of Gods word starting with Christ first, rather than trying to fit the text of god’s word to our faith first. We believe that the Gospel and the doctrines of Jesus Christ is in fact the New Covenant as promised by Gods prophets before Christ came to preach it John 7:16  Jesus answered them, and said, my doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.   I believe this Covenant is sent by our Father in heaven and is presented in perfection by his Son Jesus Christ, our only Lord and Savior, because there is no other name by which we are saved. John 6:28-59  28 Then said they unto him, what shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, “this is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.” 30 They said therefore unto him, what sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? What dost thou work? 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. 34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. 35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 36 But I said unto you, that ye also have seen me, and believe not 37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. 39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. 40 “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth (Knows) the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” 41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. 42 And they said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?” 43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them “Murmur not among your selves”. 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, and they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard (the gospel of Christ), and hath learned of the Father (from the spirit of the words of the father spoken by Christ), cometh unto me. (Jesus say's my sheep know my voice, the voice of Christ that believers in him call truth) 46 “Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.” 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 48 I am that bread of life. 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51 I am the living bread, which came down from heaven: if any man eats of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, how can this man give us his flesh to eat? 53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. (Not bread alone but by every word proceeding from the mouth of Christ) 58 this is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live forever. 59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. I believe that this New Covenant is also called the gospel of Christ, and that it is Gods power unto salvation (Ro 1:16/1Peter 1:5) also that the Gospel of Christ is that powerful life giving spiritual works of our Father in heaven, who is still working through the works of Christ in us, and who calls us into the same works as Christ as we follow Christ, the same works of God that is a new life offered to us and is in fact contained within hearing, believing and obeying (John 9:31) the words sent in Jesus Christ. We believe that from the experience of Hearing, believing and obeying those words of the Christ, comes an understanding of those words, and the rest of the words in the bible as well, because they come from that same spirit called our Father, that no man can come to but through Christ. John 3:34/3:36/5:38/8:47/14:1 I believe that the New Covenant from Christ is sealed by the blood of Christ, and is shed for many; his blood is his life given to & for us in the New Covenant, just as in that time period the blood represents the life of the creature, we must take in (John 6:35 come to him, believe) New Testament (drink his blood) to have his life in us. I believe that this covenant sealed with his blood (his life) as spoken by Christ is perfectly whole, irreducible, and it cannot be added to, or diminished from in any way whatsoever. (Commented on of course, but never improved upon) Luke 6:40/Matthew 10:24 I believe Jesus Christ is the light, and that light is the life of men. Without Him no man can see what life is, and they who are blind love darkness (sin) rather than light (his life given as our new life by God for many) Remember the blood is the life and the blood is the New Testament. We believe that if a man cannot let in the words (words in red, the color of life giving fire and light) of Christ into his eyes, it is because his eyes are blinded by God, and for this cause they cannot see the light (power) in the Gospel of Christ. Luke 8:10 John 8:47 –He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.   I believe the will of Jesus Christ sent to us as our Lord, is the very same will of our father and is revealed to us within the gospel of Christ, and that his will comes to us right now as Today’s New Covenant with our Father in heaven. I believe all interpretations of scripture must not compromise Christ’s doctrines in any way. I believe Jesus Christ has the first and the last word in our faith about what faith is, about what salvation is, or about what Gods will is, and this is the only reason we have the right to call Jesus Christ our Lord. John 14:1       The entire Bible points us to Jesus the Christ; who is the only person the Bible itself calls 'The word of God'. I believe in the Holy Trinity of the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost.  However I do not believe in using this doctrine to undermine the authority given to the Son by the Father over the Holy Ghost, according to Christ our Lord. I believe in the three separate persons of one essence in the God Head Beginning with our Father in heaven, who sent His son Jesus the Christ, who sent us The Holy Spirit, and who also as three in one, have the same (one) essence, mind, will, emotion, Character, etc. and they all having complete authority of office within creation, because the Son does not speak of himself, but of the Father, and the Holy spirit does not speak of himself, but of the Son. John 7:16 -  Jesus answered them, and said, “My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.” John 7:17 -  If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. John 16:7-15  7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 of sin, because they believe not on me; 10 of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.   I believe salvation comes to us in three parts as taught by Christ himself; salvation was, salvation is, and salvation is to come. Simply stated by saying Justification, Sanctification and Glorification. I believe that a person's salvation ultimately comes through the grace of God, but that a person must also perform freely chosen good works in what Christ calls a yoke. I also believe in a form of predestination, but not to the point that it negates man's free will.  I believe God is wise enough to create a plan of salvation where free will and predestination can work together.   For example mice in a maze can be predestined for two destinations depending upon two separate food trails like peanut butter and cheese, when they are free to choose either food trail to predestinated exits or outcomes. Imagine a maze called time where we are allowed to freely choose two different ways in the maze called our lifetime. One way is without Jesus Christ as our lord (predestined condemnation) and the other way is with Jesus Christ as or Lord (predestined salvation) we are free to choose (free will) to become Christ like and follow Christ so long as the Father calls us to Christ in the first place, only then may we be part (free will) of the chosen few (predestination) who over come (free will) the world and choose to lose their own life in the world, in order to live according to Christ (predestination) and always live in the divine way of Christ. Crucially I believe that no person could save himself by his works, but that works coupled with divine grace is what leads to salvation. We believe faith without works is dead. I know that many are called, but few are chosen, and we believe in giving God the honor of deciding who is chosen rather than to assume to be qualified to make a judgment for/of ourselves and allow the Holy Spirit to bear witness to others and also to us, that we have been chosen. I do not exalt myself, but rather humble myself to the way of Christ that his Spirit may exalt me within Christ for God’s very own glory. I believe God the Father glorifies him-self by giving his Son the Glory, and displays a gods love for God’s own first-born (The Christ Jesus) by giving the inheritance of all things to God the Son. I believe that the trial after our salvation, in our salvation and before our salvation requires dependence on Jesus Christ.  I also believe that independence from that covenant sent in Christ has been death, is death, and will be death for eternity.