Without an individual revelation from God taken into the heart of each believer from His throne, there is no truth in man. The Spirit of Christ is the Spirit of Truth. Have you ever pondered the question oft parroted in Christendom, "Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior?" They who ask this rightly expect you to do so, but beyond here their expectations go amiss. They next expect the new convert to be baptized into their collective whole. Baptism becomes a rite by which one is initiated into their Christian sect or denomination-the collective. Other rules demanding compliance soon follow; church attendance, tithing, unquestioned obedience to church authority, etc. If you cross this group or question its authority and teachings often enough you get the same reception that Jesus did when He questioned the authority, righteousness and beliefs of the Jewish leaders. The crowd which once affectionately accepted you soon resembles a lynch mob more than the loving Personal Savior they often speak of.

Why is it that this collective of the religious establishment is often so contrary to the nature of Christ? It is because the collective or the crowd always becomes (and believes in) a lie by removing from its converts the right to engage their Father in a meaningful, personal way outside of their approval. Jesus taught that the doctrines and traditions of men always make of no effect the personal commands and communications of God to the individual. This very thing makes . . . [full article]