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Videos from www.FellowshipOfTheMartyrs.com . Home of some of the most radical Jesus-lovers. This thing we're calling "church" isn't the Body of Christ at all! How far off track are we really? Come and see.
About Me:
We're running out of time. We might want to start getting serious about our faith now. No more fluffy shows and constant self-congratulation. God is NOT amused by our chandeliers and fountains while we ignore the lost and poor and hungry and dying!
Take a look at the PLAYLISTS here. There is lots of cool stuff. Trying to find just the very best, plus mix some of our stuff in there, too. I hope to be able to provide a lot of the writings from our site up as audios. Even the books in full, as time allows.
And here's a little scripture for you:
Psalm 41 (God's Word translation)
1 For the choir director; a psalm by David.
Blessed is the one who has concern for helpless people.
The Lord will rescue him in times of trouble.
2 The Lord will protect him and keep him alive.
He will be blessed in the land.
Do not place him at the mercy of his enemies.
3 The Lord will support him on his sickbed.
You will restore this person to health when he is ill.
4 I said, O Lord, have pity on me!
Heal my soul because I have sinned against you.
5 My enemies say terrible things about me:
When will he die, and when will his family name disappear?
6 When one of them comes to visit me, he speaks foolishly.
His heart collects gossip.
{Then} he leaves to tell others.
7 Everyone who hates me whispers about me.
They think evil things about me and say,
8 A devilish disease has attached itself to him.
He will never leave his sickbed.
9 Even my closest friend whom I trusted,
the one who ate my bread,
has lifted his heel against me.
10 Have pity on me, O Lord!
Raise me up so that I can pay them back
11 and my enemy cannot shout in triumph over me.
When you do this, I know that you are pleased with me.
12 You defend my integrity,
and you set me in your presence forever.
13 Thank the Lord God of Israel through all eternity!
Amen and amen!
Country:
United States
Occupation:
I work for God
Companies:
God, Inc.
Interests:
Doing whatever I have to do to get the people that SAY they love Jesus to actually start acting like Jesus.
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Movies:
We're running out of time. Don't bet on some Pre-Tribulational Rapture to get you out before the shooting starts. Are you really ready for persecution? He's not coming back for THIS mess! The "church" as we know it is a LONG way from spotless, pure and white. Jesus suffered persecution and martyrdom, why do you think YOU are going to escape it?
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Music:
Keith Green and the free music on http://www.FellowshipOfTheMartyrs.com
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Books:
'The Heavenly Man' by Yun and Hattaway. 'Revolution in World Missions' by K.P. Yohanan (available FREE here - www.gfa.org), "The Practice of the Presence of God" by Brother Lawrence, "The Normal Christian Life" and "The Normal Christian Church Life" by Watchman Nee, and any one of the seven or so books that God had Doug Perry write.
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What Are You Guys?!
Well, that's a good question. This is, pure and simple, just a place to speak honest Truth and maybe start moving toward the way Jesus wanted things to be. The people here recognize that they played a part in making this mess that we've come to call "church" and they want to try to make it right. At the heart of it, we are like a co-op where a bunch of one-person or one-family ministries have agreed to walk shoulder to shoulder so as to help get the word out - whether that's a book, music, poetry, a testimony or whatever God gives us.
Sometimes it's easier to define yourself by what you're not. We're not a "ministry" in any normal sense. We're not a cult. We're not trying to get your kids to go live on a commune. We're just saying stuff that is as True as we can make it and encouraging others to do the same. We have products that people have entrusted to us to sell and the money is used to get the word out about the need for change. We do take donations if the Lord puts it on your heart to help. (PayPal to fotm@fellowshipofthemartyrs.com) We're entirely dependent on the Lord and the Body to do what we are being called to do.
You see, for so long we've fed a system that seems specifically designed to get people to pick sides and throw rocks at each other. We've gotten distracted with so many side issues that we don't even know what the real point is sometimes.
We just try to say stuff and maybe you'll go, "Now you know, he might have a point there." If it drives you to the Bible (or your knees) to go figure out whether we're making it up or not, all the better. We've been dumbed-down for so long, we all need some remedial education in how to even tell the difference between Truth and not-quite-Truth (which is still a lie).
The Fellowship of the Martyrs is not a "movement" or a "church," per se. You see, those who commit themselves to Christ are to pick up their cross daily and follow Him. They are to pour themselves out so that Jesus can be poured in. They are to endure faithfully any trial or persecution for the sake of His name. They are to love as He loved, forgive as He forgave, sacrifice as He sacrificed. We are to crucify OUR will and plans and desires so that we can follow HIS. And if it comes down to it (which we hope it doesn't), we're willing to lose our heads rather than deny Christ.
So anyone that understands that and lives it is already a part of "the Fellowship of the Martyrs." They are already under the Throne of God. They are joined as a part of God's true invisible Church, whether or not they are members of a particular earthly building/body/denomination/etc.
We don't have some membership application or clubhouse or anything like that. This website and all of our efforts are just about pointing out that what Christians are to be is MARTYRS. There's no soft, comfy way to follow Christ. What the church body is to be is a place for Martyrs to fellowship and support and encourage each other. The "institutional church" has built buildings so that we can reach out to the "lost" in great numbers and involve them in our fellowship, but the result has been that we've been unable to disciple and train them - or keep ourselves fed. Over time we've watered everything down so far that it's hard to find Jesus anywhere.
Something new is coming. Christians all over will start taking responsibility for their own relationship with God, instead of relying on a paid staff member to do it on behalf of hundreds or thousands. That doesn't mean we stop having "church" as we know it or eliminate the staff. It means everyone that is serious needs to buck up and start helping more.
I hate that it's necessary for us even to say this stuff, but that's the way it is. This is a place to point out the obvious and encourage Christians to do three simple, but life-altering things (See Romans 12):
In thankfulness for God's mercy, offer your bodies as a living sacrifice as your spiritual act of worship.
You can do this by: 1. STOP CONFORMING TO THE WORLD! 2. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind - grow up into Him who is the Head - be like Jesus. 3. THEN you will know what is the perfect pleasing will of God - and YOU CAN GO DO IT.
Is that what we're preaching in the churches? It ought to be. Hmmmm.
Below is the letter that kind of started it all. We try to lead with this:
____________________________________________________________
Open Letter of Apology to The World
Oops! We don't have room for it here!
Please read the "Open Letter" at
http://www.fellowshipofthemartyrs.com/home/index.php/arti...
Sometimes it's easier to define yourself by what you're not. We're not a "ministry" in any normal sense. We're not a cult. We're not trying to get your kids to go live on a commune. We're just saying stuff that is as True as we can make it and encouraging others to do the same. We have products that people have entrusted to us to sell and the money is used to get the word out about the need for change. We do take donations if the Lord puts it on your heart to help. (PayPal to fotm@fellowshipofthemartyrs.com) We're entirely dependent on the Lord and the Body to do what we are being called to do.
You see, for so long we've fed a system that seems specifically designed to get people to pick sides and throw rocks at each other. We've gotten distracted with so many side issues that we don't even know what the real point is sometimes.
We just try to say stuff and maybe you'll go, "Now you know, he might have a point there." If it drives you to the Bible (or your knees) to go figure out whether we're making it up or not, all the better. We've been dumbed-down for so long, we all need some remedial education in how to even tell the difference between Truth and not-quite-Truth (which is still a lie).
The Fellowship of the Martyrs is not a "movement" or a "church," per se. You see, those who commit themselves to Christ are to pick up their cross daily and follow Him. They are to pour themselves out so that Jesus can be poured in. They are to endure faithfully any trial or persecution for the sake of His name. They are to love as He loved, forgive as He forgave, sacrifice as He sacrificed. We are to crucify OUR will and plans and desires so that we can follow HIS. And if it comes down to it (which we hope it doesn't), we're willing to lose our heads rather than deny Christ.
So anyone that understands that and lives it is already a part of "the Fellowship of the Martyrs." They are already under the Throne of God. They are joined as a part of God's true invisible Church, whether or not they are members of a particular earthly building/body/denomination/etc.
We don't have some membership application or clubhouse or anything like that. This website and all of our efforts are just about pointing out that what Christians are to be is MARTYRS. There's no soft, comfy way to follow Christ. What the church body is to be is a place for Martyrs to fellowship and support and encourage each other. The "institutional church" has built buildings so that we can reach out to the "lost" in great numbers and involve them in our fellowship, but the result has been that we've been unable to disciple and train them - or keep ourselves fed. Over time we've watered everything down so far that it's hard to find Jesus anywhere.
Something new is coming. Christians all over will start taking responsibility for their own relationship with God, instead of relying on a paid staff member to do it on behalf of hundreds or thousands. That doesn't mean we stop having "church" as we know it or eliminate the staff. It means everyone that is serious needs to buck up and start helping more.
I hate that it's necessary for us even to say this stuff, but that's the way it is. This is a place to point out the obvious and encourage Christians to do three simple, but life-altering things (See Romans 12):
In thankfulness for God's mercy, offer your bodies as a living sacrifice as your spiritual act of worship.
You can do this by: 1. STOP CONFORMING TO THE WORLD! 2. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind - grow up into Him who is the Head - be like Jesus. 3. THEN you will know what is the perfect pleasing will of God - and YOU CAN GO DO IT.
Is that what we're preaching in the churches? It ought to be. Hmmmm.
Below is the letter that kind of started it all. We try to lead with this:
____________________________________________________________
Open Letter of Apology to The World
Oops! We don't have room for it here!
Please read the "Open Letter" at
http://www.fellowshipofthemartyrs.com/home/index.php/arti...