Preface

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Preface

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“Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment” (James 3:1).

The misinterpretation of the Bible has been the cause of innumerable problems, not the least of which is a worldly simulation of the New Testament church. The simulated church is often described as organized, institutional, traditional, cultural, religious, or temporal.

The church described in the New Testament is not like the simulated church. God created the New Testament church before the foundation of the world to accommodate His life on earth. Therefore, from first to last, in doctrine and practice, the New Testament church was an act of divine grace.

“The Distinct Church of the New Testament in the Last Days” serves to expose the worldly, simulated church for what it is, the product of Scriptural misinterpretation. Further, it lights the path for the reformation of the simulated church to New Testament standard, a transformation from religion to life or organized to organic. “The Distinct Church of the New Testament in the Last Days” provides the direction necessary for the church to embrace both New Testament doctrine and practice and, as a consequence, bear fruit in New Testament quality and quantity.

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Learning to understand the church solely from a New Testament perspective has been a life-long process. Writing about it in the form of a book required faithful, prayerful dependence on God and thousands of hours over more than 20 years.

Please read “The Distinct Church of the New Testament in the Last Days" in the manner that it was written; prayerfully and dependently. As a consequence, I believe that you will be as blessed as I have been.