I have not prepared Newsletters since 2022. However, this ministry is still very alive, actively helping churches organize according to New Testament Church doctrine, counseling, etc.
Archived Newsletters in Downloadable PDF
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Here is Love Vast as the Ocean (Hymn)
JERALD C. FINNEY: BAB, HB, BBA, JD
801 Elgin St.
Amarillo, TX 79118
Phone : (512) 785-8445
E-MAIL: jerald.finney@sbcglobal.net
The photo above shows Dr. Dixon, in blue on the right, and his dear wife Wanda, in white next to Dr. Dixon, in January 2019 with the weekly Bible study class he teaches.
This ministry is a legacy of Dr. Greg J. Dixon.
Freedom’s Phoenix: Links to many of Dr. Dixon’s opinion pieces.
The Late Greg J. Dixon: His Passion and Warfare! (October 27, 2019 Sermon) This is a great message chronicling Dr. Dixon’s spiritual warfare. He was a man ahead of his time, and fought a great fight for Christ and the cause of Christ in America. The sermon by one of Dr. Dixon’s close friends, also gets into some Bible beliefs which he accepted later in life.
Unshackled: Links to Programs on Dr. Dixon’s Life:
Greg Dixon, Part I: Adoption, Anger, Cursing. He had three different names by the time he was nine, yet Greg Dixon would receive an even greater Name at fourteen. Don’t miss this unusual testimony, another true dramatization on UNSHACKLED!
Greg Dixon, Part II: Freedom, Near Death, Religious, Religious Freedom. Imagine having three different names by the time you’re nine years old. Then as a man, Greg Dixon followed the name above all names. Don’t miss the conclusion of his unusual testimony, another true dramatization on UNSHACKLED!
Lest We Forget: Indianapolis Baptist Temple Raided February 13, 2001
The Lord used Dr. Greg Dixon, a true hero of the faith, to build one of the largest Independent Baptist Churches in America, Indianapolis Baptist Temple. During the time he was pastor of IBT, from the late 1950s until the 1990s, he and other IBT members led many to the Lord and many were added to the local church.
Dr. Dixon learned in the late 1970s into the 1980s that legal status for churches violates New Testament church doctrine and grieves the Lord Jesus Christ. He set out to rid IBT of her unholy alliances with the state and federal government standing firm for that cause and educating other believers and churches on God’s desired relationship between church and state and helping new churches to begin as churches under Christ and Christ alone and already established churches to come out from under civil government controls and organize as churches of Christ. He continues that fight until this day.
The Biblical Law Center, founded in the 1980s and directed by Attorney Al Cunningham, helped churches who wanted to operate as churches under Christ only. He was assisted by legal assistant Barbara Ketay helping churches to remain under Christ as non-legal entities. He helped IBT to come out from the authority of Caesar in the 1980s. After Brother Cunningham passed away in 2004, Dr. Dixon took over administration and leadership of the BLC.
Attorney Cunningham started the BLC in the 1980s and administered it until his death in 2004. Cunningham’s wife then gave the BLC to Dr. Dixon. Until 2018, Dr. Dixon and then his son, Greg A. Dixon, continued the work with the assistance of his dad. From 2005 until 2011 Jerald Finney worked with the BLC.
In early 2017, after Ms. Ketay went home to be with the Lord, Attorney Jerald Finney again assisted the Dixons and the BLC. In early 2018, Finney became National Director of the BLC and remained so until late 2018 when the work was continued under the Churches Under Christ Ministry of Charity Baptist Tabernacle. Dr. Dixon graciously advises and assists Finney as the work goes forward.
By the grace of God and for His Glory this work will continue. Please pray for that end.
With time, more will be added to supplement this webpage.
Links to great sermons by Dr. Dixon:
Click the image above to go to ordering information for Dr. Dixon’s groundbreaking book, The Trail of Blood Revisited.
IN MEMORY OF DR. GREG DIXON
The Late Greg J. Dixon: His Passion and Warfare! (October 27, 2019 Sermon)
Dr. Greg Dixon went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 20, 2019. Dr. Dixon was my great friend and mentor, a man of God who I greatly loved and respected. He loved the Lord’s churches and devoted himself to the cause of organizing churches under the Headship of the Lord Jesus Christ. He invited me to work as legal counsel for the Biblical Law Center in 2005. Since then, working with Dr. Dixon, I have devoted myself to helping churches organize under Christ and Christ alone. With the Lord’s help, I will continue to devote my life to this cause.
The following e-mail from Brother Henry Long on October 22, 2019 says it better than I ever could. “Prayers, Blessings And Condolences To ALL Of The Family And Friends Of Dr. Greg Dixon; Who I am Very Grateful To, For Guiding me And Showing me The Way To establish A TRUE Church Of And For The LORD; As The HEAD And CORNERSTONE Of The FAITH And NOT The State. To Be Absent from The Body Is The Be PRESENT With The LORD; A Genuine Warrior And Solider Of The LORD, Will Be Greatly Missed; But Forever Will Be Held In High ESTEEM In my Heart For The Duration Of My Stay On This Earth. HALLELUJAH !!! I Hear The ANGELS Singing; Glory, Glory; WELL Done True And Faithful SERVANT, WELL Done. Yours In Christ, For His Glory; Elder/Pastor H.( Bro. Henry) Long.”
Funeral of Dr. Greg Dixon (Youtube).
Jerald Finney
February 16, 2024
I. Introduction
II. Bible Principles
III. Application of Principles
IV. Analysis of False Reasons of Christians and Lawyers for Church Corporate, 501(c)(3) and 508(c)(1)(A) tax exempt Status or Legal Status of Any Kind. Click link to go to the full post. Here are some false reasons given for church incorporation, federal tax exempt status under Internal Revenue Code §§ 501(c)(3) or 508(c)(1)(A), or become some other kind of legal entity:
A. To Own Property
B. The church must operate as a business
C. So that the church can go into debt
D. So that the church may enter into contracts
E. So that the church can manage their employee payroll and tax matters
F. Limited liability
G. Romans 13 and other verses require a believer and church “to obey every ordinance of ma”
H. Just follow your convictions, but it is best to incorporate your church and get federal tax exempt status
I. To be “practical” a church must incorporate and get federal tax exempt status
J. etc.
V. Answers to Questions and Comments from Pastors and Other Believers Concerning Church Organization:
Most believers in America have never considered whether or not God’s Word communicates teachings, doctrines, and principles concerning Christ’s churhes which are at odds with the organization and conduct of the church they attend. They never ask, “Has my church been corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ” (See, 2 Corinthians 11:3).
Most have not considered whether violation of His principles is important to God or whether there are long term negative consequences for deviating from God’s church rules. Most pastors were never taught, and do not teach, New Testament Church doctrine and its application. They assume that their practices handed them by tradition are in line with God’s will. That would be OK if, indeed, their tradition were in line with God’s Word.
Is a church, according to God, to be:
How is one to know “the nature, purpose, and form of organization of local churches, and the right conduct of such gatherings?” God’s Word, mainly in the epistles of Paul, answers these questions.
As the serpent beguiled Eve, has your church been corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ?” Will you turn your back on God’s Word as regards God’s church principles?
What are the principles and how can a church in America apply them? The essential principles are relatively easy to grasp, but some Bible study is needed to get into the deeper waters of the doctrine.
The basic principles for church organization are rather simple:
In other words, God desires His churches to love and glorify Him by remaining 100% faithful as shown by the fact that they are in relationship with no entity other than the Lord Jesus Christ.
For more thorough studies of the Bible doctrines of government, church, and relationship of church and state, see Separation of Church and State/God’s Churches, Spiritual or Legal Entities?; God Betrayed/Separation of Church and State: The Biblical Principles and the American Application; The Bible Doctrine of Government; The Bible Doctrine of the Church; The Bible Doctrine Concerning the Relationship of Church and State;
Do the following methods of church organization by which a church becomes a “legal entity” violate God’s principles:
The answer to the three questions above is yes. To understand this, one must understand the Bible principles and then make the application of those principles to a particular type of organization. For links to short answers explaining the facts about church incorporation, tax exempt status, etc. Go to Short Answers to Some Important Questions (each short answer links to additional more in depth studies.)
See the following for short answers which link to additional resources which give more in depth answers:
Sadly, Satan, through his subtilty, has beguiled most churches in America, as he did Eve, from the simplicity that is in Christ. Most are temporal worldly organizations who, to one degree or another name the name of Christ but keep the commandments of men as opposed to the principles of God.
In America, the First Amendment to the United States Constitution (the highest man-made law of the land) and corresponding provisions of the Constitutions of all the states allow a church the freedom, without persecution, to apply God church principles. See, Religious Liberty in America, The History and Meaning of the First Amendment, or An Abridged History of the First Amendment. Even though man’s highest laws in America regarding the relationship of church and state protect those churches who choose to honor God in the matter, most churches follow American tradition rather than God’s word in their relationship to civil government, mainly by incorporating and applying for Internal Revenue Code § 501(c)(3) status or claiming 501(c)(3) status under Internal Revenue Code § 508(c)(1)(A).
How can a church organize as did the churches in the New Testament and according to the New Testament Church doctrine? This website gives you God’s principles, the way to apply those principles, and information on many related matters. For a concise explanation of the Bible principles and application of those principles, see Simply Church: The Holy Union of Christ and His Local Church; see also, for more information and links to more resources, Bible Trust: Principles and Application.
JERALD C. FINNEY
BAB, HB, BBA, JD
801 Elgin St.
Amarillo, TX 79118
Phone : (512) 785-8445
E-MAIL: jeraldfinney157@gmail.com
Jerald Finney Churches under Christ Ministry
Contents:
Introduction
This page links to resources which analyze false reasons for betraying our Lord in church organization, goal, doctrine, and practice. They embrace and preach a social gospel, not a Bible gospel. They treat churches as businesses, according to the traditions of men as opposed to the principles of God.
Except for God’s remnant, pastors, so-called Christian attorneys, Bible College, divinity school, and seminary presidents and “professors” give a lot of excuses for violating New Testament church doctrine and example. They believe that a church in America must follow man made tradition and doctrine; that they must do things differently than did New Testament churches. They give a lot of reasons for their betrayal of our Lord:
These people claim that the modern church cannot operate Like New Testament Churches did, that churches must, for example:
A. be able to own property;
B. be able to enter into contracts, as opposed to honoring God’s relevant Bible covenants and commandments;
C. be able to go into debt;
D. organize so that the church can sue, be sued, and act legally;;
E. provide a way for members to sue—in a civil court where Bible arguments will not be heard— each other, the pastor, the church, the state, etc.;
F. limit liability of members to those who might be injured on property belonging to the church;
G. guarantee a tax deduction to those members who give to the church corporation;
H. pay the pastor a salary (make a hireling of him); I. operate like a business, using business, not Bible, methods.
Their methods include:
A. 
finding out what the people in the community want (community surveys) and giving it to them in return for the people filling the corporate coffers (which they describe as building the kingdom);
B. providing worldly entertainment such as “Christian” rock music and concerts (which they call “worship) in a nightclub atmosphere; sports (basketball, softball, etc.) facilities and competitions;
C. orming elderly, youth, sports (basketball, softball, etc.) other groups each of which can be provided with entertainment and activities which appeal to the group;
D. teach and practice “philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of man, after the rudiments of the world” (they entice by advertising: “experience God, find community, fulfill your purpose”).
They claim that they must obey every ordinance of man since Romans 13 and other Scriptures require them to do so (even though the highest man made laws in America, First Amendment to the United States Constitution and corresponding state constitutional provisions, protect religious freedom and churches who wish to do things God’s way.)
The primary false reason for corporate 501c3 status or related types of organization, given by many pastors and believers, is that Romans 13 (or some other verses such as 1 Peter 2.13) requires them to do so. They will say, for example, “We believe in obeying civil government as required by Romans 13.” First, no law in America requires a church to organize as an established entity, an entity under man’s law. In fact, the religion clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, the highest law of the land, mandates that churches can organize any way they wish, even as spiritual entities under Christ and Christ alone according to New Testament Church doctrine.
To understand the history and meaning of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, see The History of the First Amendment, Course on the History of the First Amendment; An Abridged History of the First Amendment.
The Romans 13 and related arguments – such as “We should obey civil government,” and “We do not want to fight civil government.” Paul, Peter, and all the apostles except John, who was exiled on the isle of Patmos were martyred because they would not bow down to civil government when the highest power, God, required them to act contrary to the rules of civil government. What about Elijah, Moses, Daniel, Shadrach Meshach, and Abednego? See the following for thorough analysies of these false arguments:
Many believers – in deciding church organization and doctrine – ask, “Is it pragmatic [or practical.” The question should be, “Is it biblical,” not “Is it practical” or “Is it pragmatic.” Click here to go to a sermon by Evangelist Randy Keener gives an excellent analysis of “pragmatism” versus “biblical doctrine.” Violation of the New Testament Church Doctrine sooner or later brings negative consequences for the cause of Christ. This is especially true when churches violate the principle that Christ should be the only authority over His churches and that things should be done God’s way. Look at the history and state of “churches” and “Christianity” in America, except for a small remnant, for proof. The Church as the Glory of Christ, another sermon by Evangelist Randy Keener, is also very instructive.
are examined in Separation of Church and State/God’s Churches: Spiritual or Legal Entities? The reasons examined in that book are:
Thomas Jefferson
After 080118, all questions and answers from believers and others interested in the issues which the Churches Under Christ Ministry specializes in are on the following page: Questions and Answers on Various Topics of Concern.
080118 Letters and questions from pastors and other men of God starting 080101
050414 More letters from pastors and others regarding “Separation of Church and State Law” issues
110511 More Letters from Pastors and Others
040511 More Letters from Pastors and Others
121110 More Letters from Pastors and Others concerning this “Separation of Church and State Law” Blog
090610 Letters from Pastors Regarding Hyles/Schaap and Other Articles
041810 More Letters from Pastors in Response to the “Separation of Church and State Law” blog ad My Replies
033010 Letters from Pastors in Response to the “Separation of Church and State Law” blog ad My Replies
102309 What Pastors are Saying in Response to this blog
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JERALD C. FINNEY
BAB, HB, BBA, JD
801 Elgin St.
Amarillo, TX 79118
Phone : (512) 785-8445
E-MAIL: jeraldfinney157@gmail.com
Before this page was initiated, questions were accumulated and then answered on one page. Click here for links to pages which address questions, comments, and inquiries about church organization and other matters starting in 2009 until this page was initiated .
See the link below (in blue) for links to answers to questions before those linked to on this page. Now, important questions, comments, and inquiries are answered below as received.
Click to see the inquiry and answer:
Question (July 6, 2018): You emphasize that salvation is based on the fact that Christ “paid the penalty for our sins.” Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance has no entry for “penalty,” nor did Jesus or the apostles ever mention that a penalty for our sins was paid. If I ask fellow Christians where to find this view in the Bible, either they don’t know the answer or they imply that I’m not saved. I pose that question to you.
Question (July 11, 2018): I read with empathy and agreement your excellent article “Jews, Gentiles, and the Church.” However, one thing you said puzzled me. It was this: “Essential also is an understanding that the church was created through offering to both Jews and Gentiles a ‘new covenant’ relationship with God.” My understanding of the “new covenant” is Jeremiah 31:31-40. This covenant is identified clearly as the New Covenant. It is a covenant addressed solely to the Nation of Israel. The church has no part in it—indeed it will not be instituted until after the close of the church age (the catching up of the church). Your statement, quoted above, seems to imply that the new covenant was offered to the church. Is that what you meant, or have I misunderstood you?
JERALD C. FINNEY
BAB, HB, BBA, JD
801 Elgin St.
Amarillo, TX 79118
Phone : (512) 785-8445
E-MAIL: jeraldfinney157@gmail.com
Jerald Finney
Copyright © March 6, 2015
1 John 4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
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Wondrous Love
Welcome to the website that shows churches who love the Lord how to organize so as to keep themselves completely out from under civil government control. The one theme of this website will be how to organize churches under Christ, churches of Christ. Unrepentant churches who have heads other than the Lord Jesus Christ are not His churches. See Matthew 16.18; Ephesians 1.22; Colossians 1.18.
This website is the result of the desire to Glorify God by teaching a church how she can show her love for her creator by honoring Bible precept concerning church organization. A church who loves the Lord will want to do so (see below). Love cannot be pure absent trust. Believers and churches should trust God. God also has trusted us with all that He has given us, both spiritual and material.
This website contains a wealth of information. It not only provides resources which are free (some books can also be ordered, if desired), but which also cover both the principles and the application of those principles by a New Testament church. Pages and articles cover, for example, the doctrines of church, state, and separation of church and state,; church incorporation and 501(c)(3) status; the history of religious freedom in America, church betrayal of God through incorporation, 501c3 and 508 status, etc.
See The Love between Christ and His Churches as Depicted in Song of Solomon for an understanding of how deeply Christ values that relationship.
This website is the product of a love story; a love story between Christ and his local churches and between Christ and the universal church which will be established at the marriage supper of the Lamb.
I, Jerald Finney, was a hopeless lost sinner until Christ saved me from my sin. When he did that, he freed me from the condemnation of sin and the fate of eternal death in the lake of fire. He made a new creature of me. I was so thankful for what he did, I said to him in my heart,
“Even now should I die and go to hell, I would be getting exactly what I deserve. But thank you Lord that because you paid the price for my sin, I have been spared the fate which I deserve. Because of that, I will serve you forever. I will love you forever, dear Lord.”
Of course, I still commit sins, but not nearly as many; and I do not wallow in sin because the Holy Spirit which lives within me convicts me of sin. When I sin, I confess, get back up, and go forward for Christ. You see, I am a new creature in Christ Jesus. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” (Titus 2:11-14).
I want the church I am a member of to strive to be espoused to one Husband, to strive to present herself as a chaste virgin to Christ. “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty,” that our minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
The Bible teaches that no matter what one says, one does not love the Lord if he does not value and preserve the purity of the relationship between Christ and his church.
After all, the church is called the bride and wife of the Lamb. “Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled” (John 3:28-29; see also, 1 Corinthians 11.1-4 which speaks of the church as a virgin espoused to one husband and Ephesians 5.23-33 where Paul, under inspiration of God, likens the relationship of Christ and His Church to that of Husband and wife.).
Loving God is preeminent for a believer and for a church. One does not love God by just asserting that he loves God. Jesus said, “If ye love me, keep my commandments” (John 14.15). The greatest commandment is to love the Lord with all one’s heart, soul, mind, and strength (Matthew 22.37; Mark 12.30; Luke 10.27).
Love is action. This love between Christ and his church is seen in the Song of Solomon:
This fact is also articulated in the New Testament. The Lord Jesus is jealous over his church. If we do not love the Lord Jesus, he despises all the “Christian” work we do and the money we put in the offering plate:
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing” (I Corinthians 13.1-3).
“In a theological sense, [‘charity’] “includes supreme love to God and a universal good will to men. 1 Cor. xiii. Col. iii. 1 Tim. i.”[ii] Love is an act of the will. A church refutes its proclamations of love for the Lord when it wholly or partially takes the church from under the headship of her husband, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Love “[r]ejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth” (I Corinthians 13.6). Iniquity means “Injustice, unrighteousness, … [w]ant of rectitude [rightness in principle or practice], … a sin or crime; wickedness….”[iii] Bible truth makes clear that the love of Christ for his church is immense, that he wants to be the only head and companion of the church who is likened to his wife and bride, and that for a church to even partially put herself under or associate with another entity is a great wickedness and repudiates all professions of love for the Lord. As is shown in Separaton of Church and State/God’s Churches: Spiritual or Legal Entities?, the church who incorporates and secures a 501(c)(3) tax exemption puts herself partially under another head, commits a wicked sinful act in violation of biblical principle, and rejoices in iniquity.
The Lord Jesus gave a warning to the church at Ephesus:
“I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent” (Revelation 2.2-5).
As Dr. J. Vernon McGee teaches us, this warning was for every church who has lost her love for the Lord Jesus:
“It was a warning of danger of getting away from a personal and loving relationship with Jesus Christ. The real test of any believer, especially those who are attempting to serve Him, is not your little method or mode or system, or your dedication, or any of the things that are so often emphasized today. The one question is: Do you love Him? Do you love the Lord Jesus? When you love Him, you will be in a right relationship with Him, but when you begin to depart from the person of Christ, it will finally lead to lukewarmness. The apostate church was guilty of lukewarmness. It may not seem to be too bad, but it is the worst condition that anyone can be in. A great preacher in upper New York state said: ‘Twenty lukewarm Christians hurt the cause of Christ more than one blatant atheist.’ A lukewarm church is a disgrace to Christ.”[iv]
As the Lord Jesus Christ is jealous over his churches, so should pastors and church members be jealous, with a godly jealousy, over the church they belong to, just as Paul was: 2 Corinthians 11:2-3: “For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ” (2 Corinthians 11:2-3).
“For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him” (II Corinthians 11.2-4; Luke 18.8; II Timothy 3.1-8).
The church who really loves her husband, the Lord Jesus Christ, will seek to maintain her purity, to be subject to her husband in all things. All the professions of love, all the good deeds, the hymns sung, and the messages preached by a church who does not totally submit herself in all things to her husband, are contemned by the Lord.
A church who takes a 501(c)(3) tax exemption, an incorporation, a license, or any type permit from the state, or puts herself under the state in any way, becomes an earthly legal entity subject to the jurisdiction of an earthly power, the civil government. Such a “church” is in fact a two headed monster. Such a “church,” in spite of any professions of love for the Lord, according to her acts shows that she does not love the Lord Jesus Christ. Should you question this, study the Bible principles of government, church, and separation of church and state. Then study the law to see exactly how incorporation (includes corporation sole) or any kind of legal status and Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status for a church violate God’s principles. In depth studies of these matters are included on this website.
Endnotes
[i] AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, NOAH WEBSTER (1828), definition of “CONTEMNED.”
[ii] AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, NOAH WEBSTER (1828), definition of “CHARITY.”
[iii] AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, NOAH WEBSTER (1828), definitions of “INIQUITY” and “RECTITUDE.”
[iv] J. Vernon McGee, Revelation, Volume I (Pasadena, California: Thru the Bible Books, 1982), pp. 121-122.
JERALD C. FINNEY
BAB, HB, BBA, JD
801 Elgin St.
Amarillo, TX 79118
Phone : (512) 785-8445
E-MAIL: jeraldfinney157@gmail.com
There are no charges for services of this ministry, ever. No pleas for donations either. This work is motivated by a love for the Lord Jesus Christ and the goal is the glory of God. The Lord has given me a burning passion for this work, and it is an honor and privilege to be or service.
Give me a call for any reason. Should you wish to organzed a New Testament Church according to God’s principles, I will work with you to accomplish that goal.
I am a lawyer licensed in Texas.
JERALD C. FINNEY
BAB, HB, BBA, JD
801 Elgin St.
Amarillo, TX 79118
Phone : (512) 785-8445
E-MAIL: jeraldfinney157@gmail.com
Simply Church: The Holy Union of Christ and His Local Church explains the Bible Trust relationship with property, which, when properly understood and applied, keeps a church out of all entanglements with any entity other than the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Church May, and God Will, Hold the Trustee to Account
The Rose of Sharon
Transcript of Sermon by Jerald Finney
The highest law of man in America regarding religious freedom says that churches can do things God’s way without persecution. Thus, a church in America who remains under the Lord Jesus Christ only (non-incorporated, non-501(c)(3), non-legal entity of any kind) is obeying both God and man. Render unto Caesar the things that are his and unto God the things that are His.
What about Romans 13 and other arguments for church incorporation and 501(c)(3) status? Analysis of False Reasons of Christians and Lawyers for Church Corporate, 501(c)(3) Status or Legal Status of Any Kind
Click here for short answers to some important questions For example:
Ephesians 4:11-16: “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.”
Copyright © Jerald Finney
February 9, 2024
Contents:
5. Conclusion
Choosing to engage in sex outside of marriage is a sin which is an abomination to God.
God, longsuffering as always, pleads with every person to repent, turn to him, and trust Christ to save them from the penalty of sin. God regenerates the new believer and lives in him. (2 Corinthians 5:17; Titus 3:5) After salvation, God begins the process of saving the sinner from the habit and dominion of sin (Romans 6:14; Philippians 1:19; 2:12, 13, 2 Thesallonians 2:13; Romans 8:2; Galatians 2:19, 20; 2 Corinthians 3:18). The end for the believer is to be like Christ (Romans 13:11; Hebrews 10:36; 1 Peter 1:5; 1 John 3:2)
The inevitable result of unrepentant sin, in spite of the longsuffering of God and His warnings, is God’s judgment.
Examples of what God says about adultery:
Notice above, that adultery is linked to many other sins, including idolatry (worshiping and serving idols (gods) rather than the one and only God).
Examples of what God says about Fornication:
Examples of what God says about Sodomy and Lesbianism:
God instructed the Israelites to take the land he had given them because the land was defiled by abominations listed in Leviticus 18 (See, Leviticus 18:24, 28). Included in those abominations were all kinds of sexual sins. For example, they had violated God’s law that man should not lie with mankind, as with womankind, because it is an abomination ((Leviticus 18:22). It is important to note that God was longsuffering, as always, with the inhabitants before judging them (See, Genesis 15:16). God continues to be longsuffering with nations, as the prophets of the Old Testament, and history, attest, but there comes a time when God judges unrepentant nations.
Romans 1:18-32:
Why God Judged Sodom and Gomorrah:
5. Conclusion
“What consummate conceit of man, living apart from God, to think that he has evolved from an animal when he is living lower than an animal.”
“How many people today are attempting to run their lives as if they were God? They feel that they don’t need God, and they live without Him. The interesting thing is that when God made us He did not put a steering wheel on any of us. Why? Because He wants to guide our lives. He wants us to come to Him for salvation first, and then He wants to take charge of our lives. When you and I run our lives, we are in the place of God. We are in the driver’s seat. We are the ones who are the captains of our own little ships or our own little planes, and we are going through the water or the air just to suit ourselves. That is pride, and anyone who reaches that position, if he continues in it, is committing a sin which is fatal because it means he will go into a lost eternity.”
“Men and women walking through life with their heads down like animals (only man looks up, animals look down), there is only One who can lift them. Evolution has not lifted mankind one inch. Look at our world that has been schooled in this godless philosophy. The deadly poison of godless materialism and humanism will bring upon us the judgment of God! God says, ‘Though you be lifted up, little man, I’ll bring you down.’”
“But He also says, through the lips of His Son, our Saviour: ‘And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me’ (John 12:32). Which way are you going, my friend? Down the way of pride, pessimism, unbelief and rebellion, down, down, down? You who were made in the likeness of God can be restored. You will have to lay aside your pride and come in helplessness to this Saviour. He can lift you.”
Note. Those statements in quotes, unless otherwise indicated are from Dr. J. Vernon McGee’s Commentaries on the Books of Obadiah and Micah.
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