Sermon Notes by Pastor Mark Downey
Some old friends of mine, whom I jokingly referred to as 'legal eagles', who sometimes got overly semantic in their quest for the common law, had reservations about membership in any organization in general and membership in the church in particular. Their objections were straining at a gnat, by being a member of something having very legalistic implications. I think they missed the point of what it means to be a member. How one understands membership in the sense of the carnal world or Black's Law Dictionary, is entirely different in a biblical and spiritual sense.
When Jesus said, "I am not of this world" (John 8:23), He didn't mean that He was an ET. What He meant, was that He had another system for social order. Perhaps being a member of worldly organizations does fall short of the glory of God, but do we throw the baby out with the bathwater and not join anything? The old adage comes to mind, 'if we don't stand for something, we'll fall for anything'. In other words, if we don't join anything, we're at the mercy of our own devices.
The word 'member' doesn't have any deep complicated definition, according to Strong's Concordance; it simply means "a limb or part of the body." The scriptural relationship between Christ and His believers is often referred to in terms of allegory or metaphor: the members are parts of the body and the head of the body is Christ. As Ephesians 5:23 puts it, "Christ is the head of the church, and He is the savior of the body."
Our text for today's message is I Corinthians 12:12-31:
"For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they be many, are one body, so is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Judeans or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," does it therefore not belong to the body? And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," does it therefore not belong to the body? If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be. If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. And if they were all one member, where would the body be? But now there are many members, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; or again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." But, instead, the members of the body seeming to be weaker are necessary. And those members of the body, which we consider the least, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our plainest organ has supreme beauty; but our beautiful features have no deficiency; for God has constructed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked. That there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now you are a body for Christ, and participating members."
I think these verses allude to what became the national motto of our land and people. Perhaps Thomas Jefferson was inspired by these verses when he proposed 'E Pluribus Unum', which translated means 'one out of many'. The connotation is certainly racial in nature, just as with Abraham "sprang there even of one… so many as the stars of the sky in multitude." In Christian Identity, we believe that America is the regathering place for the 12 tribes of Israel and her early history reflects a wonderful manifestation of the Christian church and thereby facilitating a Christian nation and government. We believe in a White Christian America, for White Christian Americans and run by White Christian Americans. Colonial Americans understood the ecclesia or the church as the body politic of those called by God. Modern churches may have many members, but they have lost the keys of the Kingdom and therefore we have loose canons spouting off that God loves everybody, that America is Babylon, that the IsraeLIES are Israelites, that perverts have a right to stand behind the pulpits, that illegal aliens are welcomed to infest our economy and that we should support the president in his fight against terrorism. Is it any wonder why the average White person is hostile to becoming a member of a church, when that church advocates an ungodly war killing our sons and daughters? Is it any wonder that our own kith and kin are skeptical about a Whites Only political organization? We, have a golden opportunity to change that. But, we must have the vision and commitment to change the thinking of those who want to be members of war mongering multicultural organizations.
When Jesus first mentioned building His church in Mt. 16:18, He said, "The gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Do you believe it? I do too. Are the gates of hell prevailing against the interracial churches of war? Just look at all of the flag-draped coffins the government tries to hide (2000 and counting; not counting the 8,000 medivacs from Iraq to Germany who died). The Lord meant that there may be apostacy, but the true church will always be around. So, we shouldn't ever lose faith in finding the true body of believers or the body of true believers, even though there are many defiled and deformed hybrid bodies out there in the world that have ready-to-wear body bags for their members; one size fits all. Our own physical bodies have replaced the old temple, so that now, collectively, we are the habitation of God, Who dwells amongst His people, so that the members of Christ's body constitute the hallowed ground in which we commune with God and with each other. He is with us right now, because we're doing something right.
A church is a building in this metaphor: "Built upon the foundation of Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone. In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord" Eph. 2:20-21). As members of the body, we are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God. Israel is a House. The White race is like the ancient fasces (from which we get the word fascist). It was a bundle of rods with an ax blade in the middle. Perhaps you've seen it on the back of an old dime. Symbolically, we are racially bound together through the strength of being Christ centered. Pure fascism is positive Christianity in a folkish state of the union (or should I say Confederacy?). Is it any wonder why the confederate members of a Christian fascist/klannish state are reviled by the antichrists?
The concept of oneness-unity emanates from Christ as the body politic of many members who speak the same things and are of one mind. There's no tolerance for compromise or religious diversity when compared to the ecumenical movement, like Promise Keepers, who can only pretend to declare fictional members of the body of Christ. On the other hand, the Lord knows it's bad enough with wolves in sheep's clothing subverting the pulpit, than to have all these anti-church 'lone wolves' who wouldn't be a member of the body if their lives depended on it. And do you know what? Our lives do depend upon it.
Leaderless Resistance (God bless Louis Beam) may work for an underground para-military, but there's no such thing as a para-church or headless body politic. There is the church, there is the church pastor and there are the church members… period! The church is the body. The members are parts of the body and the pastor feeds and nourishes the body with the Word. The head or brain of the church body is Jesus Christ. The true church or ecclesia is the very same thing as a political party with the elect/candidates and the electorate/constituency. Our election proclaims 'No King, but Jesus.'
Mamzers or half-breeds have a very confused physiology and mixed up psychology because they were never intended by God to be born. The same is true for the body of Christ. Any element of mongrelization cannot be a part of the church. The shepherd of the flock will protect it from wolves. Likewise, in God's system for social order, the members of the fold should have the courtesy of supporting whom God has called. Today's messengers of God have the burden of raising a standard against stagnation and the spirit of malaise.
Life, being a form of energy, for White people, is what the Bible calls spirit. Spirit is something that moves and motivates us. The membership of Christ cannot survive without the Holy Spirit. A body of Christ grows when the spirit of giving and helping circulates between the members. Paul gives us the principle of financial support in I Cor. 16:2 when he says "let every one of you… each week… set aside a specific sum of money in proportion to what you have earned" and he tells us the reason in verse 9, "there's a wide open door (in other words, there are great opportunities for the work of a ministry), but there are many adversaries." Who do you suppose the opposition is? It is whoever is opposed to the members of the body of Christ. Why do you think they are so opposed to Christian Identity? Because we have the Spirit of God to get things moving again. Just 80 years ago, the Klan was 5 million strong. And 70 years ago, Germany was purging it's entire nation of antichrists. The adversary has been diligent in removing opportunities for our rebirth of a nation. By economically strapping potential members, the door is artificially closed. But that does not negate the energy for us to open the door as wide as we can.
The purpose of my calling is to bring forth the good news of our racial identity in relationship to Jesus Christ. And to expand the message, Lord willing, to as many White people who have ears to hear, that they may join our happy throng in compliance with the Word of God. Why? Because it's the only real White Power we have available. Doing not only what Jesus did, but the Word says, "Greater works than these shall ye do." Do you think that makes the antichrist jew and alien hoards just a little bit nervous? As we become more givers than takers, God will give us our inheritance that He promised. But, to whom much is given, much is required.
As we progress into a biblical membership, we mature in our commitment to a vision. A vision is a plan with a purpose. "Where there is no vision, the people perish" Prov. 29:18. As we begin to resonate in unity, God will reciprocate in the gifts to each members calling. Our Christian responsibility is service towards God and each other, which is a concept repugnant to pagans and secular humanists. The New World Order is the world of worthless selves, loyal to nothing except their own carnal appetites.
The discipline of a member is thus stated in Romans 12:3-5, "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office (function); So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another." What's that mean? Each member, like a limb or a part of the body, has a foreordained job to do. The Scottish Highland clans were comprised of a number of families which claimed a common ancestry. The composition of the clans were members of the family.
Each member of my church is responsible for developing the mind of Christ as well as a racial consciousness in themselves and in each other. As Adam said of Eve, "She is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh"; so too, we read in Ephesians 5:30, "We are members of His body (Christ), of His flesh and bones." We're the same genetic stock. That's why He's our Kinsman Redeemer. And in verse 31 it says, "For this cause shall a man… be joined unto his wife and they two shall be one flesh." Does the Bible condone miscegenation? Certainly not! Verse 32 continues with this thought, "This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church." Generally speaking, there is a misunderstanding between the conflicts of good and evil, especially since the reversal of good and evil is enigmatic within the delusional church itself. Interracial marriages are now commonplace and considered good. There will be those who call good evil and evil good… a mystery indeed. May the gates of hell prevail against them!
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb is between Christ and His bride, Israel. The mystery is resolved when we understand that the many racially pure members of His body will be reunited as one. Our people are blind to their destiny because the world of Mystery Babylon has made war with the Lamb, but the good news is that the Lamb shall overcome them. The Light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness of race mixing and multicultural churches comprehendeth it not. The pulpit pimps and pew prostitutes just don't get it, because they went a whoring after strange gods. Praise God, we do get it! We can easily identify our adversaries as fierce murderers and liars, but we also recognize that the gates of hell shall not prevail against His chosen church, specifically, members of the body of Christ.
In conclusion, I wish to emphasize the blessings of a group of White Christians, be it a home church or a Bible study or political activists. When we enter a phase of growth, the emphasis is on the corporate nature or organic membership of Christian living, whereby we covenant with God and with each other. If you remember anything from this message, remember this: we become what we are committed to. The disciples were given more than the crowds Jesus spoke to. I Cor. 4:20 tells us, "For the Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power." Talk is cheap, but putting words into action is White Power and White Power can only come through members of the body of Christ. To paraphrase Romans 6:13, "So stop offering your body and each and all of its members as weapons against righteousness. Instead offer your body and all its member parts as weapons of God. Come alive from the dead. Seek your commitment away from sin." The Holy War out there today is indeed split between the mystery of iniquity and the mystery of godliness. Choose ye this day whom ye will serve and I guarantee that your membership will become a matter of divine revelation.
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