I.
The time in which we live (21st century) is a time of the passing of the power of the religious Christian institutions in the Western world and the replacement of the pro-religious, or so-called "right-wing" government, with a communist-liberal anti-church one. Of course, each country takes its own path towards this. Eastern Europe, which has lived under the servitude of the Soviet Russians since 1945, has long struggled with the liberal-communist views of the USSR. Christian organizations partially survived, but spies were embedded in them, some of whom are still in power. Orthodoxy, Catholicism, etc. are hard pressed to admit that an atheist state is better than any other state. Now that the communist villains in Eastern Europe are out of power, the religious institutions are once again unable to raise their head, this time because the entire Western world has already gone into a liberal-atheist authoritarian system where any other thinking is condemned as criminal. So the religious systems of Christians are about to lose any form of power and authority they have enjoyed for so long. We see this in part by the number of properties that the Orthodox organizations have amassed in Eastern Europe over the centuries, and Catholics in the rest of Europe. Somehow, they still think they have influence, but liberals have total control over education, which will result in the population becoming liberal atheists, which is the "latest fashion" in world politics.
What is the difference between the communist atheists of yesteryear and the liberal atheists of today? Above all, today it is considered that a person has a right to private property, to do business, but most of all, that the rich have a right to exist without being dependent on the church, or on the transformation of states into communist communes—or rather the failed attempt to do so, which turned into a huge fiasco when people were robbed indiscriminately and deprived of their property and the right to think.
But today it is not very different, because in the minds of the liberals, anyone who does not think like them is an enemy of their regime, so they themselves no longer agree only to have a "right to an opinion", but in every possible way seek to embrace all power on the planet and rule it without any resistance or discontent. For that end constitutions of countries are changed, new laws are written, new alliances imposed, everything is done in general so that the new "religion" can be established throughout the universe.
How does this affect the belief in Jesus as the son of the god?
We know that atheism and liberalism on the one hand and faith in Jesus on the other are the two opposites of the universe and cannot exist in one place. A person is either a believer or an unbeliever—that is, an atheist, which nowadays almost always means a liberal as well.
But what about the churches? Well, that's another story. The truth is that the churches during the atheism of the USSR survived with the "necessary" compromises. I don't think today would be any different. It's just that the current dictatorship works cunningly, insidiously, by substituting the value of the words given to us to realize reality. If a person agrees to this replacement, sooner or later his very attitude to the truth will change.
But now comes the more difficult truth for religious people—nowhere in the Bible is it written of religious institutions (which they arbitrarily call "churches"), nor are divisions and "diversity of interpretations of the Bible" allowed, such as today is pouring out as if someone had opened a cornucopia in that area.
The teaching of the Bible categorically disagrees with liberalism, with atheism, with communism, but also with everything that opposes the knowledge of the god, which happily includes the churches. However, when it is said to oppose, it is not meant that the god is ready to make war against these people by the usual means of war and wipe them off the face of the earth—at least not now, for that is reserved for the end of the times. Then, to the joy of every righteous person, the churches will cease to exist, and everyone who established them will have to answer why they did it!
Then what is the assembly of the god, if it is not the churches that represent it in this world? And why even use the word "assembly" instead of the common word "church"?
II.
After this difficult introduction we can begin an examination of the essence of the teaching of the Bible, which could not be done before removing all the centuries-old layers of religious deceit laid by people who, for the sake of profit, leave the truth of the god—about Jesus the anointed one, our lord, who gave himself for our transgressions and rose to life on the third day for our justification.
If you just open your Bibles and read them from cover to cover, as is proper, you'll see there's not a single religious organization there at all. Not one. The only one is the kingdom of Israel, which is a governmental organization that combines the laws of men and the laws of god's worship. But the kingdom of Israel was destroyed by the lord himself after they rejected his salvation and their own savior. Belief in Jesus does not create in the scriptures(!) any organization. And I don't think that the countries then and the countries now are any different, especially considering the revival of democracy, which is a Greek classical invention, to reject the religious ecclesiastical supposedly Christian authorities, which authorities ruled in their countries for centuries, reaching incredible opulence and pompous grandeur at the expense of society.
So there is certainly no turning back. No one wants the "church" in the form of Orthodoxy, Catholicism, or Protestantism to rule over anyone anymore, and I support the people of today in the name of the living god.
III.
But what then does the word "church" mean in the Bible?
Probably most Christians and their leaders would agree that in the Bible "we are called the church of the god". However, few realize what this means. If the believers are called the church of the god (in their translations, because the correct translation is a [people's] assembly), and if in the Bible no one built churches, and if the god did not command to build either synagogues or churches, and if Jesus never mentions such a scenario to his disciples, then why do all build like crazy cathedrals, temples, huge halls, rent movie theaters, including making house churches, which is no different from renting a movie theater for worship. Not to mention the "more modern" hiring of bars and similar "institutions"... at least they keep the alcohol stocks under lock and key :( .
In order not to turn our story into empty words, let's see what the Bible says.
Do you not know that you are the temple of the god, and that the spirit of the god dwells in you? If anyone destroys the god's temple, the god will destroy him. For the temple of the god is holy, which /temple/ you are.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the holy spirit that is in you, whom you have from the god, and you are not your own? For you were bought with a price.
1 Corinthians 6:19
In these two texts from the word of the god, there are basic truths of the Bible, which are denied in every way by today's clergy. They will of course claim that they always preach exactly what is written in these texts, but in practice they have been living for many centuries as if they did not exist. How so?
How so? In fact, it is extremely simple. They explain the truth that we are the temple of the god, but immediately after that they call some building a temple, a house of prayer, a church, a house of the god, and whatever else they can think of. Because the truth is that the god does not live in temples made by human hands. Let us see this truth.
But the Most High does not live in temples made with hands, as the prophet says: "The sky is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What house will you build for me, says the lord, or what place is my rest? Has not my hand made all these things?"
Acts 7:48-50
The god who created the world and everything in it. He, being the lord of the sky and the earth, dwells not in temples made with hands, nor receives service from the hands of men, as if he were in need of anything, but himself gives unto all life and breath, and all things.
Acts 17:24-25
So we have the truth that the god does not dwell in houses made by human hands, nor does he need anything, for he himself made all things, for the sky is his throne and the earth is his footstool, for he dwells in the sky and various others. But he himself chooses to live in the human heart, something that was prophesied long ago in the prophets of Israel.
And now let us try to find the reason why the leadership so hates the word of the god in this area that they all as one jump against this truth and make war on it. As usual, it's about money, about power, about feeling like you're somebody, that you're important. How so?
How so? Simple. If you are the temple of the god and the spirit of the god lives in you, then you need nothing else because you have absolutely everything. Wherever you are, being a temple of the god, the spirit of the god continues to live in you and therefore you continue to be a temple of the god day and night, day after day, forever. And not only do you not need to do anything to achieve it, but you cannot, because there is no more of it in this world, and there will not be until the coming of the lord from the sky. And then it makes sense what was said by the lord Jesus the anointed himself, that where two or three are gathered in his name, there he is also in their midst.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Matthew 18:20.
IV.
Therefore, the teaching of the Bible not only does not command the construction of temples, cathedrals and movie theater buildings (Protestants are in love with them), but also clearly shows that the construction of such directly and openly harms the god's truth, not only denying the god's truth, but also covering it with the lie, that the so-called churches which they have built you are temples of the god, and that we are commanded to meet together, and therefore it is a truth of the god, and he is glad and pleased when we go in their buildings "to worship the god". And there the rest of the "important" things are explained to us, the main one of which is to obey, which means not to contradict all their false doctrines and practices, to give money regularly in the form of tithes, offerings, donations, alms and whatever you want to name them, but the important thing is that they are given to them and not somewhere else. And naturally, some of these "teachers" have come up with wonderful ways to do business with us: baptism, wedding, funeral, consecration, whatever—everything costs money. So they collect fully illegal fees for things they were commanded (if they were ever) to do all for free. To this we must not forget donations for the lands where something will be built, the constructions themselves, most of which are very expensive, publishing books that we are encouraged to buy, even though it is forbidden to take money for anything. But Paul talks a lot about money, some will say. Yes, he does. Let's see how.
Because the text is so long, I won't quote it all, but I will tell you that it is found in 2 Corinthians 8-9. The key text is 9:1
And for the help of the saints I consider it superfluous to write to you.
To understand this text, we must be aware that when the Bible speaks of saints, or of holy people, it must be clear that this holiness is given to us by the god in Jesus the anointed, and because of his sacrifice on the cross. Thus, through his blood we are sanctified, made holy. So, in the Bible, some three people with a "saint" medal given by people are not saints, but all those who believed in Jesus as the son of the god, and therefore are sanctified with his blood forever, they are. This is what being a holy person means, not doing good deeds. Doing good is a consequence of holiness, not the other way around. And let it be clear that the fruit of the spirit is love, that is, you cannot invent love, you must accept it from above, from heaven, and only then can you do good. And in order to receive the spirit of the god, you must first be cleansed of evil, and this happens only when you believe in the son of the god, Jesus. Therefore, when Paul speaks of help for the saints, he is referring to believers. This is the truth of the Bible. All donations, all money collected, all donated fields, properties, napkins, food, clothes and anything else is only for those in need. And why then do people love to give so much to "temples", to leaders, to the maintenance of these majestic castles, supposedly built in the name of the god, but in reality for human pleasure? Because people are not spiritual, they do not understand that they should not give a single penny to any organization, because these organizations are not of the god, and as we have already proven, everything is for those who do not have, for those who are in need .
V.
Now, however, we see that in the Bible, the god's servants still received something with which they survived. How to combine one with the other? Extremely easy. Paul explains this, but Jesus also commands it, let us see it.
For I think that the god has placed us, the envoys, last, as condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to messengers and men.
Paul, 1 Corinthians 4:9
If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple; and whoever does not carry his cross but follows me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, when he wants to build a tower, will not first sit down and calculate the expenses, whether he has what it takes to complete it, then, when he has laid the foundations and cannot complete it, lest somehow they begin to mock him all who see and to say, ‘This man began to build, and could not finish it.’ Or what king, going to war against another king, will not sit down and take counsel first, whether with ten thousand he can oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? Otherwise, while he is still far away, he will send messengers to him to beg for peace. Therefore, every one of you who does not renounce everything he has cannot be my disciple. Salt is a good thing, but if the salt loses its strength, what will it be seasoned with? It is neither suitable for land nor for manure; they throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him listen!
Jesus, Luke 14: 26-35
So we can summarize that if someone wants to follow Jesus, he leaves everything. Then when he is ready(!) he begins to serve others, and they help him, because he is one of the last ones in the world, that is, he has nothing! This is the true way. Why did the lord do such a thing as to deprive his servants of wealth and human glory? Why has he made them a spectacle to both the sky and the earth? The answer is simple: because this is the way of Jesus, he showed this way of ministry, and his servants follow in his footsteps. Therefore, it can be seen that most modern leaders are either not placed by the god at all, or they received a call but did not learn first and fell into the trap of pride. How should we treat such people? Above all, let us exhort them to return to the straight paths of the god. Then let us not help them in their downfall, this is the god's command. Stop giving them tithes, donations, legacies, etc. and start helping those believers who are truly in need. It's the only thing you have a reward for. But if you have a minister who is not, and who really serves the god, you will find him by the marks of the truth of the scriptures, and not by his sermons.
VI.
How many temples of the god are there on earth? Without quoting more texts, you already know that the answer is one, but it is made up of many parts that we all believed in the god's son Jesus of Nazareth. Let's see how one of the closest disciples of the lord Simon, called Stone, explains it.
... and you yourselves, as living stones, build yourselves a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to the god through Jesus the anointed.
Simon Stone , 1 Peter 2:5.
Therefore, the god's house, temple, abode is all of us together, excluding cathedrals, temples, churches, chapels, movie theaters, Christian homes, Christian organizations, divisions, false doctrines, false and vicious practices, false brothers and sisters, fallible ministers, false prophets, false apostles, deacons, priests, administrators, Sunday schools, Sunday services, liturgies, and any other things that add anything to the word of the god that tells us to live by faith in the god and in Jesus, his son, and in love with each other. Period.
So far we have proved that the assembly of the god, which people in their ignorance today call the church, consists only of those who have believed in the name of the son of the god and have not done anything foolish, such as participating in various organizations that serve for breeding grounds of all kinds of evil, instead of building up godliness in faith, as it is written. Therefore, the simplest solution to the given problem is to stop your participation in them. Then you will find with amazement that the god of our lord Jesus the anointed, the almighty creator of all things is still with you. Not only that, but everything will suddenly start to improve, I mean in your spiritual life.
But how do I know if I am not going astray and falling from the grace of the god if I just follow the scriptures without listening to all these respected teachers who have huge organizations behind them? How will I, a small person, be sure that this is the way? The answer, brother and sister, is always this: follow the word of the god, follow the good news, follow the cross, follow the grace, follow the love and nothing can harm you. The spirit and the word are always the same thing. The spirit of the god will always testify of Jesus, and will always teach you his own word, and will always oppose the millions of church doctrines and traditions that bring you nothing but darkness. That's why you don't need them, they're not useful to anyone.