Have always been stunned by those who claim to believe in God-but bash organized religion. Do they not know Who the One is that set up organized religion? - - -Christ.
Be strong and of a good courage;
be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed:
for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
A Chain-of-Command (Sort Of)
@ Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage;
be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed:
for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
@ Then Joshua commanded
@ the officers of the people,
saying,
Pass through the host,
and command the people,
saying, Prepare you victuals;
for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan,
to go in to possess the land,
which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
Joshua 1:9-11
One Body
But now are they many members,
yet but one body.
1 Corinthians 12:20
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No Organization Leads To...
In those days there was no king in Israel:
every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Judges 21:25
Shepherds of the Flock
Feed the flock of God which is among you,
taking the oversight thereof,
not by constraint, but willingly;
not for filthy lucre,
but of a ready mind;
Neither as being lords over God's heritage,
but being ensamples to the flock.
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear,
ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder.
1 Peter 5:2-5