Jesus! Savior, Messiah, and Lord of all!

Jesus! Savior, Messiah, and Lord of all! 

John 3:30-32
1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that is come from on high, is above all: he that is of the earth, is of the earth, and speaketh of the earth: he that is come from heaven, is above all.

From my personal experience being unsaved for 27 years and saved for 37, I believe the denominations confuse the heaven out of the average unbeliever, and limit the progress of the average pilgrim. God wants us to be like His Son, not like Martin Luther, John Calvin, or even the Wesley Brothers.

Confessing to be a Baptist or a Presbyterian or a Pentecostal will avail nothing except comfortable admission to human fellowship. Confessing and following the Messiah will bring you into fellowship with the Creator of all things!

1 John 1
1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with these our eyes, which we have looked upon, and these hands of ours have handled of that word of life,
2 (For that life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was made manifest unto us.)
3 That I say, which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye may also have fellowship with us, and that our fellowship also may be with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4 And these things write I unto you, that your joy may be full.

If you study 1 Corinthians you will see that Paul addressed the problem of denominations there.

1 Cor. 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak one thing, and that there be no dissensions among you: but be ye knit together in one mind, and in one judgment.
11 For it hath been declared unto me, my brethren, of you by them that are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am Paul’s, and I am Apollos’s, and I am Cephas’s and I am Christ’s.
13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? either were ye baptized into the name of Paul?

1 Cor. 2 :1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of words, or of wisdom, showing unto you the testimony of God.
2 For I esteemed not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3 And I was among you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4 Neither stood my word, and my preaching in the enticing speech of man’s wisdom, but in plain evidence of the Spirit and of power.
5 That your faith should not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

And the capper is:

1 Cor. 11:17 ¶ Now in this that I declare, I praise you not, that ye come together, not with profit, but with hurt.
18 For first of all, when ye come together in the Church, I hear that there are dissensions among you: and I believe it to be true in some part.
19 For there must be heresies even among you, that they which are approved among you, might be known.

Proverbs 6
16 ¶ These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, his soul abhorreth seven:
19b ... and him that raiseth up contentions among brethren.

It is the devil who divides, and it is weak and proud men who fall to his wily divisiveness.

Jesus said lose your life; take up your cross. He didn't say fast for 3 days or even 40. He didn't say go to seminary instead of law school or even to the mission field instead of wall street. And he most certainly never said develop your own following by starting a denomination. Essentially He said "Prepare to DIE! They are gonna hate and kill me, and they are gonna hate and kill you too! Cut your attachments to a family, a career and a retirement in the sunbelt, YOU ARE GONNA DIE!" And which of them did not die? Even John the beloved they tried to boil in oil and somehow that failed so they put him on Patmos a prison island for the criminal and the criminally insane!

Hey! I'm not even able to say as I used to: "I'm non-denominational" !!!

There is but one NOM above every other nom, de NOM of Jesus!