The General Council of the
Churches of the Living God
Churches of the Living God
The First Church of the Living God
2128 South Crystal Lake Dr.
Lakeland, FL 33803
863-738-0775
2128 South Crystal Lake Dr.
Lakeland, FL 33803
863-738-0775
Our faith is based on a spiritual contract that the Messiah Jesus negotiated with God the Father on behalf of those who put their trust in him as the Anointed One who was sent by his heavenly Father, God Almighty; as such, he is our Messiah that we follow and only through him will one find The Way to the Father, The Truth of the Father, and The Life from the Father.
Our walk is to believe as he believed and believes to this day. To seek as he sought and is seeking this day. And under his direction, to serve the kingdom of God that God placed him over. We do this by the power of the Holy Spirit which was given to us because of the contract that he negotiated with God on behalf of his brethren - those who chose to follow him.
We do this by following the Spirit, doing what is right, and trusting our heavenly Father with the results. We don't worry about being right or wrong for we know that being wrong at times is part of seeking; as such, we focus on today - following the Spirit, doing what is right (even to our own hurt) and trusting the Father with the results. We have no fear in this walk because we know that our Father, who did not hold back even His only begotten from us while we were rebelling against Him, will not now hold back all good things now that we are seeking Him.
Our walk is to believe as he believed and believes to this day. To seek as he sought and is seeking this day. And under his direction, to serve the kingdom of God that God placed him over. We do this by the power of the Holy Spirit which was given to us because of the contract that he negotiated with God on behalf of his brethren - those who chose to follow him.
We do this by following the Spirit, doing what is right, and trusting our heavenly Father with the results. We don't worry about being right or wrong for we know that being wrong at times is part of seeking; as such, we focus on today - following the Spirit, doing what is right (even to our own hurt) and trusting the Father with the results. We have no fear in this walk because we know that our Father, who did not hold back even His only begotten from us while we were rebelling against Him, will not now hold back all good things now that we are seeking Him.
Related ministries:
The Way, The Truth, The Life
A New Contract (Covenant)
Because of the ability to have the wall of sin that has stood between God and mankind removed, a new contract had to be established, one based on this new life of the spirit and for we who are of the spirit are no longer bond to the old contract which was based on the flesh; unless of course we choose to be under it.
This contract was established between man and God. A contract is between two parties; as such, Jesus had to become a man in order to negotiate the contract on behalf of men. Since because of his previous position as the Word, all things were created through him (in human terms, God was the architect and Jesus was the contractor that built God's desires and fulfilled His plans), when Jesus took on his new role as a man, he was able to negotiate (to speak on behalf) this contract for all of creation.
This new contract (covenant) based on a spiritual relationship, not with a God, but with a heavenly Father who happens to be Almighty God. A contract that states, among other things, that those who chose to come under the Messiah Jesus and follow him by the Spirit, do what is right, and learn to trust the Father with the results will become (develop into) children of God. Our choosing to come under the Messiah is our statement to God that we chose to allow Jesus to speak for us and we accept the spiritual contract that he established. Don't misunderstand the 'spiritual' aspect of the contract, it is still a contract that has very much to do with the flesh; however, instead of walking in the flesh in the hopes of a glimpse of the spiritual, we now walk in the spirit with the knowledge that it will affect our flesh.
This contract was not sealed with perishable things like money or land, but with the power of his living blood, confirmed by his resurrection, and put in place by God when He placed Jesus of Nazareth, a man, at His right hand to rule and reign for Him so that Almighty God can be personally known as our Father. This contract will continue until all of the enemies that work against this contract are done away with. Then Jesus will return the kingdom back to his Father and his followers will enter into a new life as God’s children forever.
This contract was established between man and God. A contract is between two parties; as such, Jesus had to become a man in order to negotiate the contract on behalf of men. Since because of his previous position as the Word, all things were created through him (in human terms, God was the architect and Jesus was the contractor that built God's desires and fulfilled His plans), when Jesus took on his new role as a man, he was able to negotiate (to speak on behalf) this contract for all of creation.
This new contract (covenant) based on a spiritual relationship, not with a God, but with a heavenly Father who happens to be Almighty God. A contract that states, among other things, that those who chose to come under the Messiah Jesus and follow him by the Spirit, do what is right, and learn to trust the Father with the results will become (develop into) children of God. Our choosing to come under the Messiah is our statement to God that we chose to allow Jesus to speak for us and we accept the spiritual contract that he established. Don't misunderstand the 'spiritual' aspect of the contract, it is still a contract that has very much to do with the flesh; however, instead of walking in the flesh in the hopes of a glimpse of the spiritual, we now walk in the spirit with the knowledge that it will affect our flesh.
This contract was not sealed with perishable things like money or land, but with the power of his living blood, confirmed by his resurrection, and put in place by God when He placed Jesus of Nazareth, a man, at His right hand to rule and reign for Him so that Almighty God can be personally known as our Father. This contract will continue until all of the enemies that work against this contract are done away with. Then Jesus will return the kingdom back to his Father and his followers will enter into a new life as God’s children forever.
Make no mistake, the man sent by God, Jesus of Nazareth, came preaching and teaching about the Fatherhood of God available to all men, which is what the knowledge of the kingdom of God leads to. Jesus believed in his message so much that he was willing to lay down his life for it. As such, since he could not be persuaded to turn from it, though innocent of any sin, the religion of God at the time crucified him on an executioner’s stake.
This death was considered a curse of God, and the religious thought that with his death in this way, his followers would see that he was not approved of God, but rejected by Him. But his followers knew that he could not be rejected by God because of his sin or the curse that sin brings because he had no sin.
They realized that it was not for his sin that he died that day, but for theirs and for those who would come after them who chose to enter into the kingdom of God by following him as their Messiah. It is important to understand that Jesus did not die for our sins, but so that we could have a relationship with our heavenly Father.
There was a wall (a thick curtain) between men and knowing God as Father, known as sin, and Jesus knew that the only way fulfill his message was for this wall to be removed. It was for this purpose that he died – to take the sin of those who chose to believe in him upon himself and give to them his righteousness, thus removing this wall of separation. Those who allow Jesus to speak on their behalf by accepting the contract that he negotiated with Almighty God can now know God as their Father and as they follow the Messiah Jesus will become His children.
This death was considered a curse of God, and the religious thought that with his death in this way, his followers would see that he was not approved of God, but rejected by Him. But his followers knew that he could not be rejected by God because of his sin or the curse that sin brings because he had no sin.
They realized that it was not for his sin that he died that day, but for theirs and for those who would come after them who chose to enter into the kingdom of God by following him as their Messiah. It is important to understand that Jesus did not die for our sins, but so that we could have a relationship with our heavenly Father.
There was a wall (a thick curtain) between men and knowing God as Father, known as sin, and Jesus knew that the only way fulfill his message was for this wall to be removed. It was for this purpose that he died – to take the sin of those who chose to believe in him upon himself and give to them his righteousness, thus removing this wall of separation. Those who allow Jesus to speak on their behalf by accepting the contract that he negotiated with Almighty God can now know God as their Father and as they follow the Messiah Jesus will become His children.
The Fatherhood of God