The center and periphery of faith (Edited with ChatGPT)

In this life and in this very moment, we are part of the Kingdom of Heaven. Right now, we are in the sky, in high places with God. We are in the Sunday of God and in the Kingdom of God. We are seated on the right side of the Lord in heavenly places, with Jesus who sits at the right hand of the Heavenly Father. We are on earth, but only as ambassadors of Heaven, as foreigners of the heavenly government, which owns this earth. This earth is ours, and no one has a greater right to it than us, for it belongs to God. However, our kingdom and citizenship are in Heaven. This is because the Holy Spirit is within us, and we are united with Jesus, who sits at the right hand of the Heavenly Father.

Yet, we are not the center of Heaven or the Kingdom of Heaven. An embassy of any government is not the center of that government. We are the branch of the Heavenly Government. The center of Heaven and the Heavenly Government is the Lord Jesus Christ. Heaven is not defined by us or optimized around us; it is expressed in us. We express Heaven while the core of Heaven resides in the Kingdom of Heaven. God is not planning everything for our optimization but for heavenly optimization, and we are an extension of that process.

On earth, we do have branches and extensions in family, business, politics, culture, and human life in general. But these are extensions of the assembly of the faithful, not its core. Our faith is not about politics, business, culture, or human fulfillment on earth. Our faith is in the lordship of Jesus Christ and the fact that salvation is only possible through His blood. There is no way to Heaven except through the road known as Jesus Christ.

This is the center of our faith, and it is expressed by the gathering of the lost sheep of the Lord and by turning them into disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. The very purpose of our existence is to gather the lost sheep of the Lord and to help them, with God's guidance, so they can be transformed into the image of the Lord. This is our core mission.

Yes, some of those souls will become politicians, but our work does not revolve around politics. Yes, many will have families and children, but our faith is not about family and children. Many will have businesses and sources of income, but our faith is not about prosperity. Our core work of faith is Heaven, and everything else is the periphery of our faith.

We want to build the family of Heaven, the business of Heaven, the politics of Heaven, the culture of Heaven, and humanity of Heaven. We don't do this by being dominantly political, family-centered, money-oriented, or human-focused. No, just as the sun does not grow plants and animals on earth by being earth, but by being sun, we don’t grow Heaven on earth by being earthly, but by being heavenly.

Jesus did not build His assembly by being earthly, but by being heavenly. This means that family, business, politics, and money-making are the periphery of our faith; they should be an expression of our faith. By having a heavenly family, we should shine light and be salt to the world, showing that Jesus is Lord. By being the most ethical, reliable, and trustworthy businessmen, we should shine light and be salt to the world, showing that we are not an earthly bunch but heavenly seed. By being the most ethical, honest, just, and heavenly statesmen, we should shine light and be salt to the world, showing that we are a different species, a species of Heaven.

These things are our expression of heavenly perfection, but they are not our essence. Our essence is our heavenly identity and mission. These things are of the earth, and we are their Heaven. We don’t optimize our strategy and way of faith for family happiness, business profit, political dominance, or human fulfillment. No, we optimize ourselves around the word of God, the saving of lost sheep, and the discipleship of the faithful. Discipleship means followers of the Lord. Followers of the Lord are those who imitate the Lord in life, word, work, and even death and suffering. This is our core.

This means we can lose family for the faith, we can lose political power for the faith, we can be poor for the faith, and we can live in subhuman conditions for the faith, but our faith will never be exchanged for family, political power, money, or human comfort.

This means we do not do everything to gain political power, but to be the salt and light of Heaven. We do not work day in and day out for money, but to shine the perfection of Heaven to the world. We do not run our faith around our families' happiness, but around the goals of Heaven. Our dignity and honor are not our core, but the dignity and honor of God. Whatever we do will revolve around such principles, not earthly concerns.

By doing so, we not only reprogram human minds but also start to change culture, politics, family life, and business. Initially, as with any change, giants of the faith like Jesus, Peter, and Paul had to work with nothing but the hand of God to plant heavenly seeds in dry lands. Over time, the change will take root, and the small mustard seed will grow into a big tree. Eventually, the quality of our faith will be reflected in politics, culture, education, business, family, and human life in general.

This is like the sun, which shines in Heaven to make life possible on earth. What we shine is heavenly light, and this heavenly light will grow heavenly fruit on this earth. This does not mean bringing business into the assembly of the faithful, politics into the assembly, cultural issues into the assembly, or even family into the assembly. It is about shining light into those earthly institutions.

We modify culture and reprogram mindsets with heavenly seeds. This will be reflected in a heavenly family, heavenly politics, heavenly business, and heavenly humanity. Jesus will be the businessman, Jesus will lead the family, Jesus will lead the country, and Jesus will be the humanity we see. What we offer is Jesus, to make everything in the image of Jesus.

We do not dilute Jesus with the earth to win politics. We do not dilute Jesus with the devil to make a profit. We do not reinterpret the Bible with humanism to be popular in the age. We don’t lose ourselves to win the earth. We do not give what is holy to pigs and dogs so they can destroy our faith first and destroy us next. No, we offer the pure Jesus to the world.

After all, if you have dominance over hearts, minds, spirits, and culture, politics, business, family, and human life will reflect that dominance. People will follow the heavenly law of love not because they fear the government or the people, but because it is written on their hearts, and they cannot live otherwise. If there is a bad apple, the eye and ear of the faithful will be the government enforcing the faith and the law of Heaven. If there is an outlaw, there is the government of Heaven to enforce it.

The core idea is to use the most effective means of enforcing an institution, which is mindset and culture. We work on this core power center, but we want to control politics by selling our capacity to mold mindsets and culture. We want quick profit in the form of money, power, and respect, so we associate ourselves with politics by selling the purity of our faith. We should have been poor to make others rich. We should have been hunted to make others powerful. We should have been isolated and hated so we can make others free. We should have accepted all our treasure in Heaven so many can have some treasure on earth. Ask those who came before you; this is how they built it all. Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and He needs His children to be His children yesterday, today, and forever.

If we look at the West, they lost the fight for hearts and minds because they were more earthly than heavenly. Since they cannot enforce things by faith, they cling to politics. Yet politics supports them like a rope supports a hanging man. They think they are saving themselves, but they are dying. Their political dominance will create hatred and resistance, which will eventually lead to their destruction. Politics is the rope around their neck, and what option do they have but to try to fight the rope off? When I was younger, people used to say, “I know many governments” to imply they knew better, but we have seen many governments to be mesmerized by politics.

In simple terms, the center of our faith should be people like Jesus, Paul, Peter, James the Great, and John. Our center should be on the pure faith and on those who live for Heaven. This center will slowly grow to those who are less earthly and more faithful. As we move farther from the center, we will be at the periphery of business and politics. Business and politics should be influenced by us, but they should not influence us at all.

Business and politics are not heavenly. In Heaven, you don’t maximize your own profit, but the collective welfare. In Heaven, you don’t dominate, but you serve. Family is closer to Heaven than politics and business. That is why our faith should not be political or a prosperity gospel of dual minds. It should be a faith of Heaven, a faith of holiness, a faith of kindness, and a faith of peace.

Is it impractical? Yes, if you believe your guns and swords are mightier than the word of God. It is a matter of faith. We lack faith and desire earthly assurances. Moreover, we do not want to suffer for the faith; we want only to prosper by the faith. We want the horses and chariots of Egypt to guarantee us, rather than the Heavenly Father. If you must die for the faith, you will die for the faith. If you must win the battle, God will win it for you. That is why I tell you that Prophet Samuel was more powerful than King Saul in saving his people. One had a sword, and the other had God. But you have faith in the sword that you can see rather than in God whom you cannot see.

You can choose your faith, just as devils also choose their fate. But why should your ignorance and stupidity destroy the faith of the Lord on earth? Why should people not receive the pure gospel rather than your theological caricature? Jesus paid His life to save them, but you want to exchange it for your comfort. I understand why you fight the rope around your neck, but why should the faithful hang themselves in the rope of politics and love of money like you?