Jesus, The Only Foundation and Validation of Our Faith

We have made a fundamental mistake in trying to connect with men, denominations or an earthly event to validate our spiritual connection.

We connect with a denomination because somebody convinced us that is the real one. We connect to a movement, a name, a revival or even a particular cause or anything we can get a whole of, searching for that validation.

So we become Baptists, Pentecostals, Lutheran, Anabaptist, we connect to a Moravian church, the Catholic Church or the Orthodox Church, again looking for that validation.

In the process, we have lost focus and taken our eyes off of Jesus, who is the author and finisher of our faith. We have forgotten that we are adopted according to Ephesians 1:5.

Our spiritual connection can only be validated in the born again experience through Christ Jesus. That is what makes us a part of the church; that is the simplicity of the qualification. Jesus paid the price for our membership.

We must strive to connect with Jesus and Jesus alone. We must strive to find him in our secret places. That is our connection and validation!

So, is ok to be a part of a local Body, we must be a part of the Body of Christ; we must fellowship and use our gifts for the glory of God and the service of His people. However, that is not the foundation of our faith, Jesus Christ is.

Denominational Bylaws Over God’s Word

After joining a couple bilingual churches, Assemblies of God, Southern Baptist, Full Gospel, Non-Denominational, Church of God in Christ, mostly black churches, mostly Latino churches and mostly white churches, I must agree with the fact that we must return to our Biblical Foundation. Denominational Bylaws are the new foundation and not God’s Word. I am absolutely disgusted and getting to the end of the road. We don’t need a reformation, we need a separation from this mess.

angelcasiano

An independent thinker with a profound call to see the orthodoxy of the church and passion for Christ manifesting together. The Alaskan frontier was foreign to Angel when in 2012, he moved his wife and six children across the country all the way from the east coast. In fact after he was born in Brooklyn, New York, he was raised on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico where he earned his B.S. degree in Sociology with a minor in Education from the Inter American University in San Germán. He then moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where he began his now twenty-six-year career in social services related jobs. His first job was working with foster-care children in the capacity of youth care worker; group Home supervisor, legal caseworker, and program director. Later, Angel worked as a social worker, family development liaison, and case manager. While making a difference in the lives of foster children, Angel served concurrently in ministry for eighteen years in diverse ministries such as, men’s ministry director, worship leader, prison ministry director, chaplain, counselor, Elder and senior pastor with credentials with the Assemblies of God. Angel has published two books. When not ministering, writing, and helping others, Angel can be found living the Alaskan lifestyle in the winter and grilling, barbecuing, hiking, golfing and riding his bike during the summer months. Angel is currently the Shelter Manager and Genesis Lead Counselor at the Fairbanks Rescue Mission. He is also an active member at True North Church where he serves in the Prison Ministry.

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