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As we deal with things in life, we learn to use the Word of God as our standard. I Thes. 5:21 says "prove all things, hold fast to the good." I chose this subject because it's clear that God's will for us is to grow up in spiritual maturity; to become like Jesus. "For those whom God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His Son" (Romans 8:29). He wants us to develop the character of Christ. The big question then, is how do we become mature in Christ? The answer is that we read, believe and obey. It's the application of the Word: become doers of the Word; don't just hear it and deceive yourself (James 1:22). Don't call yourself a Christian and then not practice Christianity.
There are different levels of spiritual consumption that bless the continuation of our life journey. The Bible makes the analogy of milk and solid food to the believer (Heb. 5:12); a baby Christian just swallows the easy to understand scriptures, while the full grown adult chews and studies the Word and digests the meat of prophecy and dynamics of doctrine. Babies gag on T-bone steaks and adults need more than just milk, lest they stagnate.
Lately, we've witnessed some personalities in Christianity (in a very broad sense); some teachers who are in need of being taught again the elementary principles of the oracles of God. Pete Peters was feeding his flock dung and Benny Hinn was slipping cyanide into the trough. "We are not meant to remain as children spiritually, carried about with every wind of teaching by the deceitful trickery of men, whereby they lie in wait to deceive, but . . . speaking the truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things" (Eph. 4:14-15). Nor are we to be poisoned by those who say they are Israelite and are not, but are of the synagogue of satan.
I was proud to see our church members stand together in opposition to the adversaries of Christ. Our church grew an inch or two responding to the call of the Holy Spirit, and deliver imprecatories against the satanic antichrist frog-face devil Benny Hinn. That was a type of maturing in Christ. Paul says in II Cor. 13:9, "our greatest wish and prayer is that you will become mature Christians." Because He gave some people pastors and teachers proclaiming the good news for the perfecting (or maturing) of the saints (Christian supremacists) for the building up of the church until we all come to the unity of faith, and a unity of knowledge of Christ, to a position of strength and maturity; so that we're no longer immature and vulnerable to falsehood. This is not talking about our literal age, as Christ warned not to offend the innocent faith of the little ones.
Young children are often less corrupted from the world than the old fogey hypocrites. Christ was only 33 when He attained perfection, which then is not an unreasonable expectation for any Israelite to come to the knowledge of the Son of God. This is a problem in Identity, where older family members don't think the young whippersnappers can tell them anything about the Bible. They have a maturity problem.
God can use vessels of honor at any age to communicate His will. The last thing the Old Testament ends on is the symbiotic thought that the hearts of the fathers turn to the children and the children to their fathers (Malachi 4:6). When Jesus was 12, He astonished the doctors in the temple and they were amazed at His understanding. Jesus "increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man" (Luke 2:52). I'm not saying to hang on the word of every precocious child, but if you discern someone who has been trained in the ways of the Lord and the way he should go, the Bible says "when he is old, he will not depart from that training". The maturity is progressive.
Hebrews 13:2 reminds us not to forget hospitality, because you might be entertaining angels unawares; somebody who has a message for you from God. I want to dispel some common misconceptions about spiritual growth. Maturity in Christ is not automatic with the judeo assumptions of 'being saved', or 'born again' or with the passing of time. Millions of Christians have grown older without ever growing up. The truth is, a person must have the desire to grow and decide to make an intentional effort. Becoming like Christ is the result of the commitments we make.
When there is no objective to mature in Christ, any progress made as a Christian will be circumstantial, rather than intentional. Spiritual growth is too important to be left to circumstance. True Christianity is not being reactionary to events as they happen, otherwise, we would be forever in a defensive mode. Lord knows the world is in a constant state of change, but regardless of what condition temporal things may be, we are told in Romans 6:13 "to yield (or give) yourselves completely to God" so that we are a weapon in the hands of God, to be used for His mighty purposes . . . Sampson comes to mind. We become what we are committed to. Maturity is having a vision. A vision is a plan with a purpose. We do not mature in Christ through some sort of mystical osmosis, burning incense, chanting rosaries, saying Yahweh and Yeshua, or taking a dip in the baptismal pool.
Any White person can mature spiritually if they develop practical action steps and everyday habits. We are creatures of habit. Can you see the potential of daily Bible reading, for example? If you discipline yourself to do this for 20 years, do you think you are more of a disciple of Christ than if you hadn't? Of course you would. Christian character cannot be obtained overnight. It's a slow process that takes time. It's a journey that will last a lifetime. It can be made easier if you have the right direction. We arrive, as Eph. 4:15 puts it, "unto the measure of the stature (or development) of the fullness of Christ (i.e. our maturity in Christ)." God has provided us with a wonderful means of direction through leaders who lead. Anarchy is the antithesis to the Way, the Life and the Truth. The word pastor means to lead and feed. The purpose of a pastor-leader is to provide a palatable food for the developing member's growth so that they also may serve the needs and edify their brethren.
A pastor, if he is a man of God, is given by God, the gift of discernment, to try (or test) the spirits (I John 4:1); the ability to tell if a person is separated from evil and is dedicated to God. A congregation should resonate this gift in unity, in order to mature as a body of Christ. Whenever that which is contrary to the Word of God is introduced into the church; when the Achens bring their alien wedge of gold, they bring sin into the camp of Israel and the growth immediately stops until it is removed. Benny Hinn's numbers may be increasing, but it is only growing in strong delusion: "Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. Continue (grow, mature) in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them" (II Tim 3:13). We don't want to grow in curses, we want blessings. It can go either way, depending on what we are committed to.
Many churches evaluate their maturity in Christ by how well they can name people in the Bible or quote scriptures chapter and verse, or debate doctrine as proof of the measure of their growth. Christian life, however, isn't predicated on memorization or talk, although these are important foundations. Most importantly, our spiritual condition is shaped more by behavior than by beliefs. Beliefs must be backed up with our deeds. "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also" (James 2:26). Who is wise and knowledgeable among you? "Let him show by good behavior his actions in the gentleness of wisdom" (James 3:13 AST). "For ye were sometimes darkness (you had an attitude to ignore God and not be committed to anything), but now ye are full of light from the Lord, therefore walk as children of light" (Eph. 5:8). In other words, if you're going to be a real Christian, your behavior should show it. Jesus said it best of all, "by their fruits ye shall know them" (Mt. 7:16).
I've know men who had wonderful head knowledge of the Bible, who were the most arrogant and obnoxious people to be around. Their spiritual maturity was juvenile and it impacted the body of Christ. We mentioned milk and strong meat earlier, and this is symbolic of the different levels of God's Word which we consume. Christ rebukes the Pharisees in Matthew 15, explaining to His disciples, "it's not the things entering your mouth that defiles a man, it's the things coming out of his mouth", and in verse 8 "they draw near to me with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me." People can receive divine revelation by reading the Bible, but what they do with it, perverting the commandments of God or preserving the integrity of God's commands reflects on the type of fruit they are producing.
The Bible is a supernatural instrument of righteousness when we rightly divide what it means. We can witness the failures of those who have not done God's will. We know what God's Word says, but if we don't put into practice what we know, we foolishly 'build a house on sand'. Let us build the foundation of our fellowship upon the solid rock of Jesus Christ by hearing what He has to say, and doing according to His instructions. We begin our journey with the simple milk of understanding and grow into the mature and sound doctrines of our Kinsman Redeemer, which we not only learn from, but also love and live for.
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We've been dispelling some common misconceptions of spiritual growth. To refresh your memories, the answer to the question, how do we become mature in Christ, is that we read, believe and obey. We actively apply the Word of God in our everyday lives, ultimately to be more like Jesus Christ. And don't you think that the tables will be reversed when it's no longer 'for fear of the jews', but it's 'for fear of the Christians', especially CI? You see, the enemies of God want our people to remain baby Christians all their lives. The antichrist jews have a heavy investment in worming their way into the seminaries and Bible colleges, publishing houses and televangelism. You better believe that they have poured hundreds of millions of shekels into dumbing us down, because they're scared to death of the babies learning to tie their own shoes and goose-stepping to the tune of Obadiah.
The Lord has shown me some examples of some misconceptions that plague our Movement and maturity in Christ. My wife is very good at challenging the men of Israel on the Internet, and a recurrent theme is this idea that spiritual growth is a personal and private matter; in other words, don't play church when it comes to racial and political organization. Some of our people are too immature to know that they are doing the bidding of those who promote separation of church and state, which is a euphemism for eliminating the application of the Word in our daily lives. Historically, the mature in Christ are the only ones who have resisted tyranny successfully.
An example of disinformation came the day after they executed Tim McVeigh in the New York Post, hysterically claiming that McVeigh had been martyred and would give rise to a new wave of 'Phinehas priests' and lone wolves, and then rambled on, demonizing the same usual patriot groups that they like to target. Some of these groups attract and nurture the idolatry of individualism. They only talk about unity in the sense of race, while putting God on the back burner. But we can't do that, because our Book tells us there are consequences. When men give anything the power to do great things, that is equal to worshipping those things. So when our people worship and serve the creature (or race) more than its Creator, God says He will give them up to uncleanness through the lust of their own hearts and vile affections (Romans 1:24-26). The truth is, we don't grow in isolation from others or from God. We develop power (political) in the context of fellowship with our own kind and communing with God. God intends for His race to grow up in a family and to rally in strength with purpose. As Hebrews 10:24-25 admonishes us to "consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." What day? The day of victory.
As we see the vision of overcoming the adversary, we mature in Christ as we approach a closer proximity to the Kingdom. But we need the glue that connects our people; that bonding agent which is the shining light of glory. "If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another" (I John 1:7). If you're a lone wolf Christian, you should question whether or not you're really walking in the light. Who wants to be alone in the dark? The quality of our relationship to Christ is reflected in our relationship with other believers. I John 4:20 asks "if anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who doesn't love his brother, whom he can see, how can he love God whom he has not seen?" A Christian cannot be in fellowship with God and out of fellowship with believers at the same time unless the person is excommunicated or a heretic.
That's why some people go to the huge churches. It's because they don't want to relate to people. There's safety in numbers. Some day, Lord willing, we will be a good sized church, because we started the foundations by relating to each other. We have a formal church service format instead of a Bible study because there's more than one purpose of just study in order to mature. We make use of our gifts and talents in service to each other. We edify one another in worship. We share our faith and hope through the ministry. We evangelize the lost on the Internet and at judeo Christian crusades and secular events.
Mature Christians do more than study the Bible. We obey it, experience it, witness and give testimony of it. As we practice what we preach, we actually enjoy life and all of its challenges. Sometimes God gives us a painful experience to make us change our ways. I've noticed over the years how some funerals introduce the idea of celebration. If I die tomorrow, you can mourn for me, but also join in the happiness that life brings through Jesus Christ. We know that we are maturing in Christ when we can appreciate the extraordinary meaning of Christian life at any time. Jesus didn't say "I have come that you might read." Yes, we study to show ourselves approved ... but for what? Heaven? No! For life and that we might have it more abundantly. I can hear Jesus saying 'get a life brother'. The balance to read, believe and obey must not have one without the others. The reason we have so many weak and immature Christians is because they are half heartedly committed to too many causes, or none at all, rather than being dedicated to the things that matter.
A barrier to positive Christianity is joining the wrong organization or supporting a person lacking spiritual maturity himself. People respond to their calling when they have a vision of the potential that awaits them. In contrast, people are often unmotivated by weak and pathetic appeals for help. Jesus didn't beat around the bush. He said 'you can't be my disciple unless you get rid of all your material possessions' (Luke 14:33). He had a game plan, and He only wanted hard core followers. He was not shy about telling people to drop everything they were doing and let's go make some serious history. People mature in Christ when they don't resent being asked to make a great commitment, because they see the vision of a great cause.
The ministry of Kinsman Redeemer is to develop a membership committed to fulfilling each member's life mission. Each of us are missionaries ... not to Africa or India ... but to our racial kinsmen. Our gift from God is seeing others mature in Christ as we did. The benefits of a growing body of Christ are the blessings of a healthy, vibrant instrument of righteousness. To be a part of a supernatural phenomenon, such as a church that is in harmony to God's will, is something you can't buy at a mega church. You can only find it by staying the course. Being a disciple of Christ requires discipline, but being ambassadors of Christ, we can diplomatically inspire the instruction of scriptures to new believers as something to be enjoyed, rather than endured. Our objective is to get people started on the journey. Once they get going on the road to racial consciousness, they will automatically thirst and hunger for the deep things of God. "We have not known the spirit of the world, but the Spirit proceeding from God, so that we can distinguish the gifts God has granted to us. And what we speak is not in learned reasonings of a human philosophy, but by teachings of the Holy Spirit, comparing spiritualities spiritually" (I Cor 2:12-13).
One of our congregants asked me how I put my sermons together every week, and I told him it just flows with the Spirit of God. It's ironic that the previous scripture was derived from three different Bibles in order to discern what God wants us to hear. God doesn't want us preoccupied with comparative religions. He wants us to network and exchange ideas so that we can move that much closer to His Kingdom. God will honor our love of truth. We may struggle along the way, but we will change and grow.
So what do people need to know? They need to know their identity. The day a White person discovers that they are Israel, is the day the door opens for a whole new understanding of Christianity. This revelation means that they can now see life from God's point of view. As the Christian matures, he learns what God did, and later, understands why. How much later depends on how serious your commitment to the journey is. God will reciprocate for "strong meat belongs to them that are of full age, for those who through their disciplined faculties are exercised to decide between good and evil" (Heb 5:14). Unbelievers and baby judeos do not have what it takes to know if Christian Identity is right or wrong. "There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death" (Prov. 14:12).
This Trojan horse of multicultural diversity creates a very confused society. It's not that our culture believes nothing. The problem is that it believes everything, which is contrary to the first commandment and our Manifest Destiny. When we grow up in Christ; when we grow as a church, "we will no longer be like children, forever changing our minds about what we believe because someone has told us something different, or has cleverly lied to us and made the lie sound like the truth" (Eph. 4:14). This scripture is pivotal because we go from being called children of God to sons of God; we graduated from the milk to solid food. Having a good mature perspective is what produces stability in people's lives. "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways" (James 1:8), because he has not yet made the commitment to grow. Faith grows accordingly. We go from belief to conviction. A belief is something you will argue about. A conviction is something you will die for. Knowing what to do, and why, and how is all worthless if you don't have the conviction to motivate you to actually do it. A person or a church without conviction is at the mercy of current events as they happen.
In the last year, we have had a grotesque increase in mongrel violence. "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? (Ps. 2:1). I'll tell you why. If we don't determine what kind of society we live in, other people will; other subhumans, who don't like Christianity or White people. The church and church leaders must teach the values that will overcome the New World Order, biblically known as Mystery Babylon. Here in the Northwest, people have strong opinions, fanatic devotion, and die hard convictions about ............ the Mariners, the Seahawks, the Sonics. But, you ask them about Bush's dealings with China or the Middle East and you get this 'deer in the headlights' look. No one is going to be interested in Christian Identity unless they are persuaded that there is a good reason. Jesus' life was dominated by His conviction that He was sent to do the Father's will, which produced a deep awareness of His life's purpose and kept Him from being distracted by the agenda of others.
When we develop like Christ, God will give us a sense of purpose in life. We must be on fire for the Kingdom, as the greatest of aspirations, if the ashes of Esau/Edom are going to be on the souls of our feet. As God turns up the heat and things get tribulating, without a Rapture, the vision of being salt of the earth for racial preservation will become contagious! It did 130 years ago in the Reconstruction of the South; it did 70 years ago in Nationalist Germany, and the spirit of our forefathers shall rise again in us. The secret of our effectiveness will not be the art of war, but the art of making a difference, as did Christ. Ever becoming proficient in winning hearts and minds is the key to our victory in Jesus.
We shall fight with all the skill and character that the Good Lord has put in our blood. When we understand how God uses us, mountains will move, waters will part and the mongrel hoards will take flight from whence they came. God's plan is to perfect us, not to pamper us. God is not a sugar-daddy and the church is not a candy store. "Faith without works (or unaccompanied by results) is dead (or worthless)" (James 2:20). And in verse 22 "you see, his faith (Abraham's) acted with his works, and from his actions faith was perfected."
I'd like to close with this observation:
Sow a thought and you reap and act.
Sow an act and you reap a habit.
Sow a habit and you reap a character.
Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
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