X Is For Extreme

Who is the greatest Xer of all time?

Generation X was not given this name because the previous generation had once been called Generation W..  The X stood for unknown because that is what X stands for in math equations.

Generation X had no war to fight and no cause to unite it or divide it like the previous generations.  It was also the first generation with the majority of the members growing up in a broken home with divorce being common and two-parent homes being the exception.

There simply was no precedent in American history for the conditions that it grew up in.  So, it was unknown how this experiment in raising children in homes without fathers to provide and working mothers that were not home to nurture would turn out.

So, Xers (members of Generation X) were searching for something that previous generations had taken for granted.  It made Xers seem to be wandering through life without any purpose to previous generations and it was for that reason Generation X was also called The Lost Generation at the beginning.

(However, four previous generations before it had been called The Lost Generation by different groups that identify and name generations based on different criteria, so The Lost Generation was too vague and faded out of use quickly.)

As many Xers (members of Generation X) reached adulthood, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union – which had started as soon as World War II came to an end - was finally over.  This put an end of almost ninety-years of the US being involved in conflict at some level against European powers, so it was unknown how this would change American and world politics.

Xers had grown up in an unprecedented economic condition called stagflation that was defined by rising prices occurring at the same time as falling wages.  This required a different solution than any previous economic crisis and when they entered the job market it was unknown if this solution would work.

One thing that was certain was that there would be constant disruptions to the job market driven by rapid changes in technology.  The Digital Revolution had begun, and it was obsoleting existing skillsets while creating new ones that would also be quickly obsoleted by even newer skillsets.

When Generation X entered the job market, it was plain that finding a job at some company and working it until retirement was not going to happen for most of them.  In fact, one government study predicted that most Xers would have eight careers before they retired – and it proved to be very accurate.

In short, Generation X was a generation that had been defined by instability and uncertainty.  There were simply too many unknowns for demographers and the like to make any meaningful projections on what Xers would do.

Generation X became addicted to risk.

Many Xers had grown up feeling like they meant nothing in the world to their parents, so they did not care if they lived or died.  When people feel this way then they will take all kinds of foolish risks.

They had grown up as latch key kids that came home to an empty house after school and were responsible for making their own dinner.  They had grown up without much adult supervision and so they did things that never would have been allowed in previous generations.

Taking risk became part of their culture.  After all the surest way to get their parents to spend time with them was to be injured or otherwise get into some sort of trouble that their parent could not ignore.

So Xers grew up playing with guns, knives, explosives, and venomous snakes.  For them, summer camp was just not summer camp unless someone died or was seriously injured.

Xers built ziplines with nothing but a stick to hold on to and zipped down from heights of over thirty feet (10 meters).  Not everyone managed to hold on to the stick until they reached the bottom every time.  Others did not wait until it slowed down enough from the peak speed of 35 miles per hour (56 kilometers per hour) before letting go to land.

Injury or death was always possible with each ride on the ziplines.  Homemade zipline rides were risky and that was what made them attractive.

Xers also wanted to be noticed by at least their peers since their parents had no time for them.  So, they frequently had their risk taking documented by their peers with photos and videos.

Risk taking became competitive with Xers always looking to push the envelope to the extreme.  So, they graduated to bungy jumping and would jump backwards into crowds at music concerts without knowing if the crowd would catch them or not.

Xers began creating new games around existing equipment like skateboards and bicycles in risky ways without any safety equipment.  They invented new equipment like snowboards that would let them take even bigger risks in new environments.

Xers encouraged each other in taking risk in everything they did.  Failure was cool because it meant someone took a risk that others had been afraid to take.

This risk-taking moved into everything that Xers did.  They were always looking for ways to push things to the extreme in every area of life.

It became apparent that X is for Extreme.

Xers took everything to the extreme – especially sports.  Their extreme style of sports became known as X Sports.

Many X Sports came from risk taking that they had done on skateboards, snowboards, and bikes.  Xers formalized the rules that rewarded risk taking and formed the X Games.

Xers also took fighting sports to a new level.  They had grown up watching wrestling and boxing but thought that they were not extreme enough.

So Xers moved on to kickboxing and mixed martial arts competitions.  They made them more extreme with cage fighting and tap out matches.

Xers were also extreme in the foods that they cultivated and consumed.  They cultivated Pepper X – the worlds hottest pepper that is almost five times hotter than a habanero.

Xers became legendary for their obsession with coffee   They named many of their innovations like the computer language Java after it.

However, when Xers found that they needed more energy than even the strongest coffee could provide, they invented energy drinks.  They took this to this as far as it could go without being fatal.

This move to the extreme showed up in other areas as well like music.  Xers took it to the extreme as well.

They started with Old School Rap but soon combined it with Rock music to push the boundaries of Hip-Hop way beyond was possible with Old School Rap.  They soon found Gangsta Rap too tame and moved on to Crunk Rap.

Xers took Rock to the extreme as well.  They created Alternative Rock using digital technologies because Classic Rock was just too restrained.

Heavy Metal was taken to the extreme as well until it became Alternative Metal (Nu Metal) where things like DJ scratching were done on the electric guitar.  They combined elements of Punk Rock and Heavy Metal to form a new style called Grunge Rock.

They took New Wave Dance music and intensified the looping to make hypnotic Rave dance music.  They then took the Digital Revolution to extreme in dance music by creating EDM (Electronic Dance Music) from Rave that had nothing analog in it.

To make things even more extreme, they started combining these extreme music forms to make new forms like RapCore that combined the most extreme elements of Rock and Rap into a hybrid style that was neither Rock nor Rap.  They began looping the most extreme elements of Alternative Metal to form Metal Rap and to form Metal Techno from EDM.

Of course, they did similar things with Reggae and Rural music styles as well.  For example, they started looping banjo samples and the like to create Rural Rap.

Xers also pushed the boundaries of the Digital Revolution in other areas.  They turned a set of independent networks into one interconnected network called the Internet.

In fact, they took telecommunications to an entirely new level.  Soon, they made it possible for everything to be done via the internet from sending mail to watching movies.

They created the first social media application with funding from Steven Spielberg and General Schwarzkopf called Starbright World to connect chronically ill teenagers with life threatening conditions.  It was not long before they were creating public ones as well like My Space where they could post  videos of their risk-taking exploits like new X Sports tricks.

Xers also turned the entire commercial model upside down with things like free open-source software and free sources for pooling knowledge that anyone could contribute to like Wikipedia.  They realized that making as many tools as possible free would accelerate innovation.

This led to them creating wireless technologies that they could use to connect to the internet with wireless devices.  They soon turned the concept of handheld computers connected to the internet into a reality.

These mobile devices could also make phone calls and became known as smartphones.  However, they created other form factors for other purposes like entertainment to create things like tablets as well.

This created the need for entire new classes of social media applications.  Soon, social media applications like Twitter would let people share their thoughts and experiences as they occurred with the world.

Twitter was later bought by Xer Elon Musk and appropriately renamed to X.  The innovations of Xers were often marked by an X.

Elon Musk turned space travel into an industry with Space X.  In fact, he used the same concepts to launch satellites more efficiently and soon laid the groundwork for taking telecommunication to the next level with Starlink.

With sufficient satellites in place, people could connect to the massive network created by Xers from anywhere in the world using Starlink.  The rollout of cell towers is by comparison expensive and slow.

This Xer also turned the concept of electric vehicles into a practical reality with Tesla.  Even though these all-electric vehicles are expensive, they have provided a working system that allows Xers like him to find ways to improve them and make them cheaper.   They will become a practical alternative to vehicles dependent upon oil for most people.

All of this has allowed Xers to take wealth creation to the extreme.  Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire and there is no indication that his wealth accumulation is slowing down.

In fact, Xers changed the entire way that wealth is created from one reliant on physical assets like oil and manufacturing to one based on abstract assets like social media and on-line retail services like Amazon.  They have even redefined money itself with things like Bitcoins.

They have also redefined how wars are fought.  The innovations of Generation X were first unveiled in operation “Shock and Awe” as part of “Desert Storm”.

Since then, they have continued to make the way war has been waged for the previous hundred years obsolete.  For example, they created smart bombs that hit targets with pinpoint accuracy.

Xers also created hypothermic bombs like the MOAB have all of the punch of a nuclear bomb without any of the radiation.  It is part of a system to make nuclear bombs useless.

Xers created missile defense systems that have made missile system largely ineffective as has been shown in the current war with Iran.  It is only a matter of time before space-based systems will be able to destroy missiles within seconds after they are launched.

These rely on directed energy weapons that Xers have already developed.  Many of these weapons can be added to existing defense assets from aircraft carriers to tanks.

Xers also developed UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) that can go where manned aircraft cannot go and deliver greater ordinance on suicide missions.  In like manners, they have developed drones that can do everything from performing reconnaissance to destroying tanks.

This has completely changed the entire nature of warfare.  It has allowed smaller nations like Ukraine to outperform larger nations like Russia in waging war.

So, in this world of extreme warfare a drone operator with a joystick halfway around the world is just as important  to winning as the soldier on the front line.  Xers will figure out a way to put directed energy weapons in the hands of those soldiers as well.

So, the spirit of an Xer is taking things to the extreme.

An Xer is defined by the spirit of Xer more than any other thing.  Not everyone born within the birth year range assigned to Generation X is truly an Xer nor is being an Xer limited to being born within that birth year range.

Because X is for extreme, there have been Xers in every generation.  What makes Generation X exceptional is how extreme the concentration of Xers has been in it.

For example, daredevils, barnstormers, and WWI (World War I) fighter pilots were Xers in their day.  The average life expectancy of a WWI flying ace was twenty-two days once they arrived in theatre and fifteen minutes once they engaged in combat.

Yet, America had no shortage of men who volunteered to become a flying ace in WWI.  Xers of that generation were addicted to risk taking because X is for extreme.

In fact, the United States Air Force has been full of Xers from that time forward.  For example, the Father of the US Air Force, Billy Mitchell, risked his career to force Congress to invest in air power.

Among other things, he demonstrated that a single aircraft could sink a battleship by dropping bombs from high above it and that the battleship was a defenseless target.  It made him a permanent enemy of the admirals in charge of the US Navy.

In 1925, Billy Mitchell was court marshalled by the US Army for his efforts to have congress create a separate US Airforce instead of keeping air power as part of the US Army and Navy.  He was demoted to Colonel and soon retired from the US Army.

However, Billy Mitchell would not quietly enjoy his retirement in safety.  Instead, he continued to lobby Congress and convince the public of the need to create a US Air Force as a separate but equal branch of the military in a unified Department of Defense.

When Franklin Delanor Roosevelt was elected as President of the United States in 1932, he met with him to convince of the need for an Air Force that was independent from the Army and Navy.  President Roosevelt did not create the US Air Force, but he did see the need for a unified Department of Defense.

Billy Mitchell pushed through financial loss and was even declared insane by a psychologist for his obsessive insistence that America needed an air force that was independent of the army and navy.  He died in 1936 from heart issues brought on by the stress of his risk taking to create the US Air Force.

When WWII (World War II) broke out in 1939, President Roosevelt began taking steps to give the United States Army Air Corps greater autonomy from the US Army as Billy Mitchell had advocated.  It effectively operated independently of the US Army and US Navy during WWII, but it did not have official recognition by the newly created Department of Defense as being an separate but equal branch.

The airmen of the US Army Air Corps had a higher number of casualties than any other division except for the infantry of the US Army.  However, the infantry was much larger, and the US Army Air Corps had the highest casualty rate of any division.

The high-risk nature of the US Army Air Corps appealed to the Xers of that day.  After WWII was over, they finished the risky fight started by Billy Mitchell and got official recognition of the US Air Force as a separate by equal branch of the United States military as part of the unified Department of Defense in 1947.

Since then, many Xers in the US Airforce have fought risky fights in the air and inside the government to keep the United States safe.  If they wanted to live safely, then they would not have joined the US Air Force and fought for it, but X is for extreme.

However, they played it safe compared to the greatest Xer of all time.

The Man of Truth (Yah'shau aka Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus) was constantly taking risks.  He took risk taking to the extreme.

The Man of Truth went on a 40-day camping trip in the wilderness with nothing but the clothes on his back – not even food (Matthew 4:1-2).  While there he overcame the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan Aka The Devil) in a supernatural battle and was surrounded by wild animals (Mark 1:12-13).

As he went about preaching from town to town, women who believed his message did their best to take care of him and his ministry team (Luke 8:1-3).  He did not even know where he would sleep each night as he moved from place to place (Luke 9:57-58).

The Man of Truth then sent his ministry team on a dangerous mission with nothing but the clothes on their backs (Luke 10:3-7).  While on their mission they overcame Spirits of Lies (devils aka demons aka unclean spirits aka gods) in supernatural battles (Luke 10:17-20).

He told them that the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) would take care of them like He did the birds if they would focus on their mission (Luke 12:22-32).  They lacked nothing on their mission as he had said (Luke 22:35).

When the girl died before the Man of Truth arrived to heal her, his response was “this is not over” (Luke 8:49-55).  When Lazarus was dead and stinking he relied on the Father of Truth to raise him from the dead (John 11:39-44).

This Xer was extreme in his reliance on the Father of Truth to take care of him and his ministry team as they carried out His will on the Earth.  X is for extreme.

John the Baptist(Yochanon the Mikveh Man) was imprisoned for telling King Herod to repent of his sin (Matthew 14:3-4).  The Man of Truth started traveling from place to place preaching repentance as soon as he heard that John the Baptist had been imprisoned for doing this (Mark 1:14-15).

John the Baptist had provoked the religious leaders of Israel by calling them venomous snakes that needed to show true repentance (Matthew 3:7-10).  The Man of Truth provoked them even more by calling them venomous snakes who were full of hypocrisy like their ancestors who had killed the Prophets of Truth (Matthew 23:27-33).

The Man of Truth told these religious leaders that crooked tax collectors and prostitutes who repented were more righteous than them (Matthew 21:31-32).  He even ate with the crooked tax collectors and other sinners despised by these religious leaders to bring those sinners to repentance (Mark 2:16-17).  He said that there was more joy in Heaven when one of them repented than over the imaginary righteousness of these religious leaders (Luke 15:1-10).

John the Baptist had preached that not even Jewish people could escape being cast into the Lake of Fire without genuine repentance that causes changed behavior (Luke 3:7-9).  The Man of Truth took this even further by telling the lame man that he had made whole to sin no more – or something worse would happen to him (John 5:14-15).  He told the woman that he delivered from the death brought by her sin to go and sin no more (John 8:10-11).

The Man of Truth preached that the cities along the Sea of Galilee that had witnessed the miracles that confirmed his message of repentance would suffer more in eternity for not repenting than even Sodom (Matthew 11:20-24).  He said that all of that generation in Israel who did not repent would be judged by the people of Ninevah who repented at the preaching of Jonah and by the Queen of Sheba who came from the uttermost parts of the Earth to seek out the wisdom of the Father of Truth (Matthew 12:41-42).  He taught that if the people of Israel did not believe the words of Moses and the Prophets of Truth, then they would not repent even if someone rose from the dead (Luke 16:30-31).

This Xer was extreme in fearlessly preaching extreme repentance to everyone .  X is for extreme.

The Man of Truth said that we need to ask the Father of Truth daily to forgive our sin debt (Matthew 6:12).  He said that there is no forgiveness from the Father of Truth unless we also forgive other people (Matthew 6:14-15).

He said that we must forgive everyone admits their wrong and asks for forgiveness continually (Matthew 18:21-22).  He said that the Father of Truth will not forgive us of our sins unless we also forgive others of their sins (Matthew 18:23-35).

The Man of Truth said that when someone does us wrong, then we must tell them that they have done us wrong and forgive them if they repent (Luke 17:3).  He said that we must be willing to do this over and over again in the same day (Luke 17:4).

He forgave the sins of even the worst sinners (Luke 7:39-47).  He even asked the Father of Truth to forgive those who tortured him to death (Luke 23:33-34).

This Xer practiced extreme forgiveness and was extreme in his demands that people be extreme in forgiving others.  X is for extreme.

King Herod had been afraid to kill John the Baptist because of many people recognized that he was a Prophet of Truth (Matthew 14:5).  He had recognized that John the Baptist was a just and holy man, so he would not kill him despite the desires of the enemies of John the Baptist (Mark 6:19-20).

However, the enemies of John the Baptist plotted to force King Herod to kill him (Mark 6:21-26).  So, John the Baptist was unjustly killed because he had made enemies of those who influenced King Herod (Mark 6:27-28).

When the Man of Truth heard that John the Baptist had been unjustly killed, he healed the sick to prove what John the Baptist had preached to the crowds about him was true (Matthew 14:12-14).  He then performed an even greater miracle in feeding the crowd with five loaves and two fishes that convinced the crowd even more (Matthew 14:15-21).

When he knew that it would soon be time for him to be unjustly killed, he purposely headed to Jerusalem to be killed (Luke 9:51).  When he was warned by some of the religious leaders that King Herod was seeking to kill him, he told them to let King Herod know that he was going to Jerusalem to be killed like the Prophets of Truth (Luke 13:31-33).

When the Man of Truth told his disciples that he was going to Jerusalem to suffer under the hand of his enemies among the religious leaders, be killed and rise again on the third day, Peter the Jew (Sh’mon aka Simeon aka Simon aka Cephas aka The Apostle Peter) opposed this plan (Matthew 16:21-22).  The Original Twelve Apostles of Truth did not understand that this had to be done to fulfill the words of the Prophet of Truth (Luke 18:31-34).

He then said Peter the Jew was acting like the Father of Lies by loving the things that men love instead of the things that the Father of Truth loves (Matthew 16:23).  The Man of Truth was committed to doing only the will of the Father of Truth (John 5:30).

He then told his disciples that they must be willing to be crucified as well if they were going to follow him (Matthew 16:24).  He said that the only way for them to save their lives was to lose it to follow him (Matthew 16:25).

The Man of Truth told them that if they deny him before people, then he will deny them before the Father of Truth (Matthew 10:32-33).  He said that if they are not more committed to him than to even their own family, then they are not worthy to be his disciples (Matthew 10:34-37).

He told them that only those who do the will of the Father of Truth will enter His Kingdom (Matthew 7:21).  He said that they must not only hear his words but put those words into action if they are going to be saved (Matthew 7:24-27).

The Man of Truth warned them that they would be persecuted by religious authorities and rulers for testifying about him (Luke 21:12-13).  They would be betrayed until death by friends and family because they would be hated by everyone (Luke 21:16-17).

He said these things would happen to them for being like him because the world hated him first (John 15:18-19).  Those who persecuted him would also persecute his disciples because their persecutors never knew the Father of Truth (John 15:20-21).

This Xer had extreme commitment to the plan of the Father of Truth and demanded that his followers have the same extreme commitment.  X is for extreme.

The Man of Truth had extreme sorrow about dying a torturous death and begged the Father of Truth three times for another way (Matthew 26:38-44).  The Man of Truth had extreme distress but chose to do the will of the Father of Truth when there was no other way (Luke 22:41-44).

His mind was made up to obey the Father of Truth in everything – even dying on a cross (Philippians 2:5-8).  He overcame his fears to obey the Father of Truth in suffering because a son obeys their father (Hebrews 5:7-8).

The Man of Truth could have stopped the whole thing at any moment, but there was no other way to fulfill the plan of the Father of Truth (Matthew 26:53-54).  Instead, he allowed the plots of the religious leaders to unjustly kill him to succeed to bring about the will of the Father of Truth (Acts 2:21-24).

So, the religious leaders and political rulers caused him to die on the cross so he could be raised again on the third day as the son of the Father of Truth (Acts 13:27-37).  He became the first begotten son of the Father of Truth that day (Hebrews 1:5-6).

This Xer had extreme obedience to the Father of Truth.  X is for extreme.

The Man of Truth would have remained the only son of the Father of Truth unless he died and rose again (John 12:23-27).  The Father of Truth had him die and rise again so he could be the first born of many children (Romans 8:29-32).

He had extreme love for those who obey him (John 15:13-14).  So, he endured the shame that he despised of dying on a cross to gain the joy of them being with him forever (Hebrews 12:2-3).

The Man of Truth redeemed then from their sins, so they could share in his inheritance from the Father of Truth (Colossians 1:12-15).  He was the firstborn from the dead, so he could be the head of the congregation of those reconciled to the Father of Truth (Colossians 1:18-21).

He came into the world to be rejected by his own nation, so those who chose to obey him could become the sons of the Father of Truth (John 1:10-13).  So, those who became sons through the love of the Father of Truth will also be rejected by the world (1 John 3:1).

The Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) is given to them so they could be glorified like the Man of Truth after suffering for following him (Romans 8:14-18).  The same spirit that is in him was in them, so that they can call the Father of Truth their father and take part in the inheritance (Galatians 4:6-7).

All of creation will be made new when they are raised from the dead in immortal bodies like his (Romans 8:19-23).  He became like those who love him, so they could become like him (1 John 3:2).

Those who love the Man of Truth will have a body like his, so they can help him bring everything under subjection to the him (Philippians 3:20-21).  They will rule under him with a rod of iron over all the nations on Earth (Revelation 2:26-28).

Afterwards, the Father of Truth  will come down to live with them on the New Earth and wipe away all of their tears (Revelation 21:1-4).  They will live forever to be with the Man of Truth, while those who did obey the Man of Truth will burn forever in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 22:14-15).

This Xer has extreme love for those who love him to give them extreme reward and extreme punishment to his enemies.  X is for extreme.

The greatest Xer of all time wants everyone to experience his extreme love.

Many Xers will do things that might end in their death.  However, none of them do something that is certain to end in their death because they plan on coming back from the dead.

The Man of Truth came to save that which was lost because it is the will of the Father of Truth that not one of even the least of people should perish (Matthew 18:11-14).  The judgment for sin on the world has been delayed because He is not willing that anyone should perish forever in the Lake of Fire but earnestly desires that they come to repentance (2 Peter 3:7-9).

Today is the day for you to come to salvation, otherwise the grace of the Father of Truth will have no effect on your eternal destination (2 Corinthians 6:1-2).  It is not enough to just be sorry for your sins, but you must repent of them once and for all to not suffer the Second Death with the world in the Lake of Fire (2 Corinthians 7:10).

After the death of your body, comes the judgment of whether you are going to live with the Father of Truth in the New Earth or with the Father of Lies in the Lake of Fire (Hebrews 9:27).  Today, you are being given space to repent, but if you do not repent then you will experience the wrath of the Man of Truth (Revelation 2:20-23).

So, come to the Man of Truth in total surrender because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead and you will be saved (Romans 10:9).  Then you will experience his extreme love that caused him to wash away your sins with his own blood, so you could live and reign with him forever (Revelation 1:5-6).

Come into the House of Truth!

Brand X

What should be the identity of believers?

Ask many people about their religion in America, and they will answer that they belong to a Brand X denomination or movement.  Sometimes, they will say that they belong to a Brand X congregation or ministry.

They will often phrase it as “I am a Brand X”.  Still, it carries the sense of belonging to Brand X so that Brand X becomes part of their identity.

There are congregations of all kinds that call themselves followers of the Man of Truth (Yah'shau aka Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus).  Some are part of a denomination, and some are an independent congregation.  Some are part of de facto denominations that do not call themselves a denomination but are a denomination in practice.  However, all of them have a brand name to distinguish them from everyone else.

These brand names are like the brand names of most products – they tell you little about the actual product.  For example consider the Baptist brand.

When I looked into them in the 1980s, there were 153 denominations that identified themselves as Baptists.  Collectively, they agreed on almost nothing except for baptism by immersion in water instead of by sprinkling with water.

The same is true about other denominations like Methodists and even Lutherans.  They have fractured into multiple denominations that are sharply divided – even though they will have at least some shared traditions.

It is true about Non-Denominational congregations – who are often Baptists who have do not include the word “Baptist” in their brand name.  However, other Non-Denominational congregations are definitely not teaching Baptist doctrine – with some bordering on being a cult.

Then there are congregations that are even more like a cult that follows a single pastor across multiple campuses.  These congregations are not being given a message by a local pastor that fits the needs of their individual congregation but are being kept in sync with all of the other congregations by a single pastor through sermons over the internet.

This has taken control over individual congregations to a whole new level beyond that of a traditional denomination.  This “mother ship with satellites” model gives a single person effective control of the narrative and the finances of a large number of people.  The only accountability is to a board that they selected with members that they can replace.

These Multi-Campus Churches are not even close to being the same in what they teach.  They all use the same business model to control the masses, but their messages are purposely different to reach different markets.

Then there are the Charismatics.  All of them began as part of a movement with focus on the gifts of the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) working to help believers fulfill the Great Commission.  Many have turned to preaching a prosperity message to help their leaders fill their bank accounts, but a few have not lost sight of their original vision.

As fragmented as all of these other denominations, movements, and congregations are, none can compare to the Messianics.  There is no mess like the Messianic Mess among all who call themselves followers of the Man of Truth.

They argue about everything and agree on almost nothing.  Congregations split with surprising regularity over the smallest details.  They then use the terms like “false teacher” and “false prophet” about anyone and everyone who does not agree with the leader of their current congregation.

Most meet on a Friday Night or Saturday Day for the Sabbath – except for those congregations that insist the Sabbath is determined by a lunar cycle or by some other means.  Collectively, they cannot even agree on when the Sabbath is and where they are supposed to meet on it.

So, when you ask someone about their religion and they tell you that they are a Brand X, it really does not tell you much about what they believe.  It only tells you that they identify as belonging to Brand X.

On the other hand, I have attended Baptist, Methodist, and Church of the Nazarene congregations.  I have attended Church of God, Assemblies of God, and Charismatic congregations.

I have attended congregations with no denominational affiliation and Messianic congregations.  I even started my own congregation that meets via Zoom every Sabbath.

However, I have never belonged to a denomination.  I have never belonged to a congregation –not  even the one that I started.

I have never belonged to any Brand X.  I have always belonged to the Man of Truth!

No Brand X paid a price to make me its own.

I am not my own for I was bought with a price by the Man of Truth (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).  Therefore, I cannot belong to any Brand X (1 Corinthians 7:23).

The Man of Truth is only head of the House of Truth, and it is to be subject to only him (Ephesians 5:23-24).  He is the only one who gave his life to make it his own (Ephesians 5:25-27).

The Man of Truth showed that he is the head of the House of Truth by being the first person to be resurrected from the dead (Colossians 1:18).  His death reconciled the members of it to the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) - not any Brand X (Colossians 1:19-22).

There are many members inside the House of Truth, but they do not all have the same function (Romans 12:5-8).  The Father of Truth has given them their different functions so that they depend upon each other without being divided into different brands (1 Corinthians 12:14-25).

These members of the House of Truth are not to be divided into brands (1 Corinthians 1:10-12).  The Man of Truth is not the source of this dividing into brands since no Brand X was not crucified for their sins (1 Corinthians 1:13).

The House of Truth is not structured like any Brand X.

There are many members inside the House of Truth, but they do not all have the same function (Romans 12:5-8).  The Father of Truth has given them their different functions so that they depend upon each other to keep them from needing to be divided into different brands (1 Corinthians 12:14-25).

There were many congregations scattered throughout the land of Israel (Acts 9:31).  There were multiple congregations in the provinces of Syria and Cilicia (Acts 15:41).

There were several congregations in the province of Galatia (1 Corinthians 16:1).  There were congregations scattered across the province of Asia (1 Corinthians 16:19).

There were several congregations in the province of Macedonia (2 Corinthians 8:1).  Yet, Jews and Gentiles in the congregations scattered across the Roman Empire worked together like one congregation to carry out the will of the Man of Truth and his Father (2 Corinthians 8:16-24).

The congregation in Jerusalem had multitudes in it from its beginning (Acts 5:11-14).  Decades later, all of the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) in the holy city were still part of the same congregation (Acts 15:4).

There were many people in the House of Truth in the city of Antioch (Acts 11:20-24).  Yet, there was only one congregation there (Acts 11:26).

The Children of Truth at Corinth were a great multitude (Acts 18:9-11).  Yet, there was only one congregation in the large city of Corinth (1 Corinthians 1:2).

In Ephesus, possibly more people than anywhere else on Earth came into the House of Truth (Acts 19:26).  Yet, there was only one congregation in the largest city on Earth at the time (Acts 20:17).

There was only one congregation in the small city of Cenchrea (Romans 16:1).  The congregation in Rome met in the house of Aquila and Priscilla (Romans 16:3-5).

There was a congregation that met in the house of Nymphas in Colossae and only one congregation in Laodicea (Colossians 4:15-16).  There was only one congregation in Thessaloniki as well (1 Thessalonians 1:1).

Each city on the island of Crete had only one congregation (Titus 1:5).  Even Babylon – that had the largest Jewish population in the world outside of the Roman Empire – had only one congregation (1 Peter 5:13).

So, whenever there was a dispute over anything inside any congregation, they would send people to Jerusalem for the Apostles of Truth to settle the matter (Acts 15:1-6).  After the Apostles of Truth made a ruling on the matter, their ruling was sent out to the congregation in each city (Acts 15:22-29).

The House of Truth does not operate like any Brand X.

These congregations followed the teaching of the Man of Truth that he had not come to destroy the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law), but that the least commandments of it were for dividing the ruled from the ruling in his kingdom (Matthew 5:17-19).  They taught his teaching that some commandments were more important than others, but people still needed to keep the least commandments - if they applied to them (Matthew 23:23).

However, the Gentile Children of Truth were not compelled to become Jews through circumcision (Galatians 2:3).  This would have obligated them to keep the least commandments of the Law of Truth as well as the greater commandments (Galatians 5:3).

So the Gentile Children of Truth were not required to keep the customs of the Law of Truth like the Jewish Children of Truth (Acts 21:21-25).  The Jews and Gentiles in the House of Truth did not judge each over these least commandments (Colossians 2:16-17).

However, they congregated together on the weekly Sabbath to hear the Word of Truth (Acts 13:42-44).  This was the manner of the Apostles of Truth in meeting with others to preach the Word of Truth (Acts 17:2).

Also, the Apostles of Truth met with the Gentile Children of Truth for the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Matzah) (Acts 20:6).  They did this to remind these congregations that the Man of Truth was their Passover Lamb that had died so sin could be removed from their lives (1 Corinthians 5:7-8).

The House of Truth had begun being built at the Feast of Pentecost (Shavuot) with everyone in it speaking in tongues after being baptized in the Spirit of Truth (Acts 2:1-4).  Those in the House of Truth continued to observe feasts given in the Law of Truth like Pentecost decades later (1 Corinthians 16:8).

The Man of Truth had promised that the message of the Gospel would be confirmed with supernatural signs when it was preached (Mark 16:15-20).  For this reason, all of the gifts of the Spirit of Truth worked in these congregations to confirm that message (1 Corinthians 12:4-11).

No one in the House of Truth rejected the commandment of the Man of Truth by forbidding people from prophesying or speaking in tongues in their meetings - as long it was kept orderly (1 Corinthians 14:37-40).  No one quenched the Spirit of Truth or despised prophesying (1 Thessalonians 5:19-20).

All of them were baptized into the House of Truth by the Spirit of Truth (1 Corinthians 12:13-14).  They all had the same baptism and the same Spirit of Truth given by the same Man of Truth and the same Father of Truth (Ephesians 4:4-6).

The Father of Truth set Apostles of Truth, Prophets of Truth, Teachers of Truth as well as workers of miracles, those with gifts of healings, helpers, administrators, and those who give messages in tongues in the House of Truth (1 Corinthians 12:28-30).  He gave Evangelists of Truth and Pastors of Truth as well so that all of these ministries could work together to build up the House of Truth (Ephesians 4:11-12).

So, why does any Brand X even exist?

Sometimes, people sought to divide faithful ministers into different brands because they were ruled by their physical senses instead of the Word of Truth (1 Corinthians 3:1-4).  They look to people who they could see to build the House of Truth instead of the Father of Truth who they could not see (1 Corinthians 3:5-9).

Other times false teachers-  who had rejected the whole counsel of the Father of Truth - have risen up in the congregations of the House of Truth to form a Brand X (Acts 20:27-30).  These false teachers would take over a congregation and cast out anyone who resisted them with the Word of Truth, including those who started the congregation - even when that was an Apostle of Truth (3 John 1:9-10).

Yet, the Man of Truth continued giving his teachings and commandments to the Apostles of Truth after he returned to Heaven (Acts 1:1-2).  The Apostles of Truth only passed along the commandments of the Man of Truth (1 Thessalonians 4:2).

The things that the Apostles of Truth command in their writings are the commandments of the Man of Truth (1 Corinthians 14:37).  The deep things of the Father of Truth have been revealed to them, and the source of their teachings is the Spirit of Truth (1 Corinthians 2:10-13).

The House of Truth is built upon the foundation of the Prophets of Truth and the Apostles of Truth who are connected by the Man of Truth (Ephesians 2:19-20).  They have written what has been revealed to them about the Man of Truth (Ephesians 3:3-5).

Therefore, the Children of Truth must keep their commandments that have the same authority as the writings of the Prophets of Truth (2 Peter 3:1-2).  They must remember that the Apostles of Truth warned that mockers - who did not have  the Spirit of Truth - would separate themselves to form a Brand X (Jude 1:17-19).

So, how can the Children of Truth repair the divisions caused by each Brand X?

The beginning of repairing divisions caused by each Brand X is the Children of Truth agreeing on the foundational doctrines that are like milk in being easy to understand before moving on to the those are like meat that require more study to understand (Hebrews 5:12-14).  This milk includes repentance from dead works, faith towards the Father of Truth, various baptisms, laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment (Hebrews 6:1-2).

It begins with teaching that there is no salvation without true repentance.

The Man of Truth preached that people must repent to enter the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 4:17).  He pronounced judgment on the cities that did not respond to his preaching with repentance (Matthew 11:20-24).

The Man of Truth said that no one can believe the message of the Father of Truth without repenting (Matthew 21:32).  He said that no can believe the Gospel without repenting (Mark 1:14-15).

The Man of Truth came to call sinners to repentance (Mark 2:17).  He sent his disciples out to preach that people must repent (Mark 6:12).

John the Baptist (Yochanon the Mikveh Man) said that those who repent must produce works that show that they have repented (Luke 3:8).  The Apostles of Truth preached that it is repentance from sorrow over sin - that is not later repented of by returning to sin - that brings salvation (2 Corinthians 7:9-10).

The Man of Truth said that those who do not repent will perish under the judgment of the Father of Truth (Luke 13:1-5). The Apostles of Truth preached that the Father of Truth requires people to come to repentance or they will perish (2 Peter 3:9).

The Man of Truth commanded his disciples to preach that people must repent to have their sins forgiven (Luke 24:47).  The Apostles of Truth preached that people must repent to have their sins blotted out (Acts 3:19).

The Man of Truth warned that those who do not cease to sin will suffer worse things than anything possible on Earth (John 5:14).  He said that people must go and sin no more (John 8:11).

It continues with teaching that works show faith in the Father of Truth.

No one can live a life where they do what is right in the eyes of the Father of Truth without faith in Him (Romans 1:17).  This faith allows them to have peace with Him and obtain grace from Him (Romans 5:1-2).

The same faith that justifies people without keeping the commandments of the Law of Truth makes them able to keep the commandments of the Law of Truth (Romans 3:28-31).  It is only by faith in the Father of Truth that people can be made just because no one has kept every commandment of the Law of Truth (Galatians 3:10-12). 

This faith comes from hearing the Word of Truth that was spoken by the Father of Truth (Romans 10:17).  The Gospel has been preached to give people the faith that can make them obedient to Him (Romans 16:25-26).

This faith in the Father of Truth comes from demonstrations of power by the Spirit of Truth instead of human wisdom (1 Corinthians 2:4-5).  The Gospel is to be not just preached in words but demonstrated by works of power produced by the Spirit of Truth (1 Thessalonians 1:5).  The Spirit of Truth will produce works of power through those who obey the Father of Truth through faith to make the saving power of the Man of Truth known to everyone (2 Thessalonians 1:11-12).

This faith produces works (1 Thessalonians 1:3).  The works produced by this faith are evidence of this faith (James 2:14-18).

It is impossible to do what is pleasing to the Father of Truth without having faith in him (Hebrews 11:6).  So, just believing in the existence of the Father of Truth without obeying Him is not faith in the Father of Truth that brings salvation (James 2:19-20).  No one is saved by faith in the Father of Truth alone, but also by the works produced by that faith (James 2:21-26).

All of the various baptisms resulting from this faith must be taught.

The first is the baptism of repentance in water that John the Baptist began (Mark 1:4).  He preached this to the people of Israel before the Man of Truth was revealed as Messiah to Israel (Acts 13:24).

Then comes being baptized in the name of the Man of Truth as he commanded (Matthew 28:19).  Those who have had the baptism of repentance must be baptized in water again if they were not baptized in his name (Acts 19:3-4).

Next, the Man of Truth baptizes people in the Spirit of Truth (John 1:32-34).  So, he commanded his Jewish disciples to wait for this baptism promised by the Father of Truth in Jerusalem (Acts 1:4-5).  When they are baptized in the Spirit of Truth, they begin to speak in tongues – languages that they did not know (Acts 2:1-8).

Gentiles also speak in tongues when the Spirit of Truth is poured on them (Acts 10:44-46).  The baptism of the Spirit of Truth is for the Gentiles as well because they also have been granted the opportunity to repent of their sins (Acts 11:15-18).

Both Jews and Gentiles are baptized into the body of the Man of Truth by the Spirit of Truth (1 Corinthians 12:12-13).  This is the one baptism that everyone in the House of Truth has experienced – even if they died without any other baptism (Ephesians 4:4-6).

They become dead to sin to live a new life when they are baptized into the Man of Truth (Romans 6:3-7).  This baptism causes all of them to live like the Man of Truth (Galatians 3:26-28).

This leads to the baptism of suffering that the Man of Truth went through, and his followers must also go through (Mark 10:38-39).  Everyone who lives like the Man of Truth will also suffer persecution like he did (2 Timothy 3:12).

The Man of Truth also baptized some in fire as well to show the coming judgment against those who did not repent (Luke 3:16-17).  This fire is boldly speaking the Word of Truth that sets those who will not repent against those who repent (Luke 12:49-53).

This teaching about baptism necessitates teaching about laying on of hands.

The Man of Truth laid hands on the sick and they were healed (Mark 6:5).  He has commanded the Children of Truth to preach the Gospel like he did and they will lay hands on the sick, and the sick will recover as sign that it is from the Father of Truth like it was with him (Mark 16:15-18).

When the Man of Truth spoke words that made his enemies burn with anger, they sought to lay hands on him to kill him (Luke 20:19-20).  In like manner, he taught that his enemies would lay hands on the Children of Truth to kill them (Luke 21:12).

The Man of Truth laid hands on the children (Matthew 19:13-15).  He gave this example of how to place a blessing on others by laying on hands (Mark 10:13-16).  He also gave an example of placing a blessing on a crowd by lifting hands when laying on hands on each one is impractical (Luke 24:50-51).

Afterwards, the Apostles of Truth laid hands on those called to serve in the ministry (Acts 6:2-6).  Prophets of Truth and Teachers of Truth laid hands to commission new Apostles of Truth (Acts 13:1-3).

Some believers can cause people to be baptized in the Spirit of Truth when they laid hands on them (Acts 8:14-17).  This being baptized in the Spirit of Truth by laying on hands is different from being baptized in water in the name of the Man of Truth (Acts 19:5-6).

This ability to baptize others in the Spirit of Truth is a gift from the Man of Truth that cannot be bought with money (Acts 8:18-20).  This gift might be given by the elders laying hands on the younger generation (1 Timothy 4:12-14).

Laying on hands teaches about the resurrection of the dead.

Laying on hands can cause the dead to come back to life (Matthew 9:18).  It can even do this when people are ready to be buried (Luke 7:12-15).

The Man of Truth commanded that this be done when the Gospel is preached (Matthew 10:7-8).  Raising the dead causes people to believe the Gospel (Acts 9:36-42).

Raising the dead is proof that the Man of Truth is the Messiah of Israel (Luke 7:19-22).  It is proof that the Father of Truth will raise the dead through the Man of Truth (John 5:19-21).

The Man of Truth is the resurrection and the life that will cause all to be resurrected in the last day (John 11:23-27).  Raising the dead causes people to believe that (John 12:9-11).

The Father of Truth showed that the Man of Truth is the source of the resurrection of the dead by raising him from the dead before his body began to decay (Acts 13:30-38).  The Man of Truth was raised from the dead to never die again (Romans 6:9).

He is the Firstfruits of the resurrection of the dead to show that many others will also be resurrected in the same manner (1 Corinthians 15:20-21).  He is the first born of the dead (Colossians 1:18).

So, the same Spirit of Truth that raised the Man of Truth from the dead lives in the Children of Truth to show that they too will be resurrected (Romans 8:9-11).  He was only the first born among many children in the family of the Father of Truth (Romans 8:29).

Everyone who shows they believe the Man of Truth by repenting of sin have been resurrected as surely as the dead will be resurrected by his voice (John 5:24-25).  All of the Children of Truth were once dead in sin but have now been made alive like the Man of Truth (Ephesians 2:1-5).

Water baptism shows that the Children of Truth will be resurrected like the Man of Truth if they die to sin to be like him (Romans 6:4-11).  It shows that they were dead in sins but have been brought back from the dead when their sins were forgiven (Colossians 2:12-13).

The Children of Truth have been resurrected from their sins to live a life of repentance that does what is right in the eyes of the Father of Truth (Romans 6:11-13).  Therefore, they must press towards the mark to obtain the resurrection of their bodies like the Man of Truth - even though they will first suffer like him for being like him (Philippians 3:10-14).

So, the resurrection of the dead means teaching eternal judgment as well.

The Children of Truth will be rewarded at the resurrection of the just for their actions (Luke 14:12-14).  Some of them have endured torture unto death – rather than renouncing their testimony to end it – so they could obtain a better resurrection (Hebrews 11:35).

For it is not just the Children of Truth who will be resurrected to experience eternal life, but also everyone else who has ever died will be resurrected to experience eternal damnation (John 5:28-29).  Both the Law of Truth and the Prophets of Truth taught that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust (Acts 24:14-15).

The resurrection of the Man of Truth guarantees that those who do not repent will be resurrected to face eternal judgment (Acts 17:30-32).  Their resurrection will come a thousand years after the Children of Truth have been resurrected to reign with the Man of Truth (Revelation 20:4-6).

Their torment in the flames of Hell after the death of their body is only temporary (Luke 16:22-25).  They leave Hell when they are  resurrected to be judged and cast into the Lake of Fire to be tormented with the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan Aka The Devil) forever (Revelation 20:10-15).

Those who act like the Father of Lies will join him in the Lake of Fire that was prepared for him and his followers (Matthew 25:41).  They will live forever in constant pain in a fire that never stops burning (Mark 9:43-48).

They will experience eternal punishment while who act like the Man of Truth will experience eternal life (Matthew 25:46).  Those who repented to follow the Man of Truth wholeheartedly will inherit their place in the eternal kingdom of the Father of Truth while everyone else will inherit their place of eternal torment in the kingdom of the Father of Lies (Revelation 21:3-8).

Eternal judgment is everlasting destruction for those who did not obey the Father of Truth in this life, and it is everlasting life for those who suffered in this life to obey Him (2 Thessalonians 1:4-10).  No one will be able to change this eternal judgment, for they will permanently be in a state of being just by obeying the commandments of the Father of Truth or they will permanently be in a state of being unjust by disobeying them (Revelation 22:11-15).

So, how has Brand X prevented this division from being repaired?

Most founders of each Brand X have choked on the milk of the Word of Truth because they were immature in faith and were ruled by their flesh when they divided the Children of Truth to form Brand X (1 Corinthians 3:1-3).  They were supposed to desire this milk like newborn babies, but they did not lay aside malice, guile, hypocrisies, envies, and evil words after tasting that the Man of Truth was good (1 Peter 2:1-3).

These founders of their Brand X used rhetoric and good sounding speeches to deceive people into forming their Brand X because they served their own desires instead of the Man of Truth (Romans 16:17-18).  They laid in wait by cunningly crafting new doctrines to sweep people away from the truth like ever changing winds (Ephesians 4:14).

Some founders of their Brand X contradicted the teachings of the Apostles of Truth: that people who have their minds on the flesh cannot please the Father of Truth (Romans 8:5-8).  They deceived people into believing that they can sow to the desires of their flesh without reaping eternal destruction (Galatians 6:7-8).

When a Brand X teaches that people can inherit the kingdom of the Father of Truth without repenting completely and permanently, it is deceiving people (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).  It rejects the teaching of the Apostles of Truth: that those who go back to doing the things that their flesh desires to do will not inherit the kingdom of the Father of Truth (Galatians 5:19-21).  It is deceiving people when it says people can escape the eternal judgment of the Father of Truth without repenting completely from the things that will bring His eternal judgment on those who do not obey Him (Ephesians 5:3-8).

Some founders of their Brand X have deceived people into believing that they can surround themselves with sinners without falling into sin (1 Corinthians 15:33-34).  They have deceived people into believing that they can be friends with the world without becoming an enemy of the Father of Truth (James 4:4).

These founders of their Brand X - and those who teach these doctrines - are teaching heresies that will bring themselves and their followers into eternal damnation (2 Peter 2:1-2).  The hypocrisy of the members of their Brand X causes people to speak evil of the teachings of the Man of Truth - but their leaders do not care as long as people buy their merchandise to feed their greed (2 Peter 2:2-3).

So, how can the Children of Truth get free from a Brand X?

The Children of Truth are warned to avoid those who divide into brands by teaching things contrary to the Word of Truth (Romans 16:17).  This dividing into brands has come to show who will cling to the true teachings of the Word of Truth and who will reject them for the false teachings of some Brand X (1 Corinthians 11:18-19).

Many in a Brand X are puffed up in pride and do not have the power of the Spirit of Truth to confirm their message, but the Gospel is confirmed with the power of the Spirit of Truth and not just words (1 Corinthians 4:19-20).  So, the Children of Truth are commanded to withdraw from everyone who teaches anything contrary to the teachings of the Apostles of Truth and will not consent to the words of the Man of Truth - because those who formed this Brand X were proud and knew nothing, so they spoke perverse words that divided the Children of Truth (1 Timothy 6:3-5). 

The Children of Truth must start obeying the commandment of the  Man of Truth to withdraw from any Brand X when it causes disorder by keeping traditions that are contrary to those passed down by the Apostles of Truth (2 Thessalonians 3:6).  They must obey his commandment to reject anyone who rejects the teachings of the Apostles of Truth - after being shown them twice  - because they will not submit to the Man of Truth (Titus 3:10-11).

The Children of Truth must start obeying the commandment of the Man of Truth to turn away from those who look like they are ministers of the Gospel but deny that the power of the Gospel to make people able to obey the Father of Truth (2 Timothy 3:5).  They must obey his command to not so much as say “God bless you” to those continue in sin because they reject the teaching of the Man of Truth concerning true repentance – or they will be judge as enemies of the Father of Truth with these false teachers (2 John 1:9-11).

How can the Children of Truth operate without any Brand X?

The Children of Truth had a central headquarters in Jerusalem to keep their congregations coordinated and to have disputes resolved by a group of elders led by a single recognized authority – James the brother of the Man of Truth (Acts 21:17-25).  He was first among the three pillars that included Peter the Jew (Sh’mon aka Simon aka Simeon aka Cephas aka the Apostle Peter) and John the Jew (Yochanon ben Zebedee aka John the son of Zebedee aka the Apostle John) (Galatians 2:1-10).  This provided accountability because none of them – certainly not Peter the Jew – were infallible (Galatians 2:11).

However, it was only a few decades until Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD, and the people there began being scattered among all ethnic groups as the Man of Truth had said would happen (Luke 21:20-24).  Children of Truth from the twelve tribes of Israel had already been scattered before James the Jew died in Jerusalem (James 1:1).

Peter the Jew had left Jerusalem before this to start congregations among the Jewish Children of Truth that had been scattered to live as strangers among the Gentiles in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia (1 Peter 1:1-2).  He then went to preach the Gospel to the massive Jewish population in the land of Babylon (1 Peter 5:13).  He wrote his farewell letter from there before dying there in the manner that the Man of Truth had said that he would die (2 Peter 1:12-13).

John the Jew had also left Jerusalem before this to help start congregations in the Roman province of Asia (Revelation 1:4).  He was later exiled to the isle of Patmos almost three decades after Jerusalem was destroyed (Revelation 1:9).

Also, Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) died in  far away in Rome –not long before Jerusalem was destroyed (2 Timothy 4:6-8).  Shortly before that he sent various men to take care of different congregations, but no one was put over these men (2 Timothy 4:9-13).

Since that time, there has been no central authority nor headquarters to coordinate the congregations of the Children of Truth or settle disputes.  They did not leave any Brand X to do these things after their work was finished.

The reason is that these things are no longer needed.

The Father of Truth has given the Man of Truth authority over all of the Children of Truth throughout the Earth (Ephesians 1:20-24).  There is no higher authority over the Children of Truth (Colossians 1:18).

The directions of the Man of Truth are given to each of the Children of Truth through the Spirit of Truth (John 16:13-15).  The Children of Truth are led by the Spirit of Truth (Romans 8:14).

The Children of Truth have been begotten by the unchanging Father of Truth with the Word of Truth (James 1:17-18).  This Word of Truth that caused them to be born again is eternal and unchanging as well (1 Peter 1:23-25).

This Word of Truth is surer than any experience for it was not the clever work of men but was given to the writers by the Spirit of Truth (2 Peter 1:16-21).  Therefore, the Children of Truth must never forget what is in the Word of Truth that was given through the Prophets of Truth and the Apostles of Truth (2 Peter 3:1-2).

So, the Spirit of Truth will help the Children of Truth remember the Word of Truth so they can obey the Man of Truth (John 14:23-26).  The Children of Truth must know the Word of Truth for themselves and let it be the final authority instead of some Brand X (2 Timothy 2:14-16).

The Acts of the Apostles of Truth that show how to follow the Man of Truth.  They also left behind the Epistles that contain everything believers need to resolve all issues themselves.

This does not mean that congregations are not needed and that they do not need to work together.

The Children of Truth need each other to be strengthened in their faith and are not to forsake assembling together (Hebrews 10:23-25).  Being a member of a congregation is not a problem as long they belong to the Man of Truth and are part of the general assembly of the Children of Truth that spans all ages and all places (Hebrews 12:22-24).

The Father of Truth has set among that assembly many ministries to carry out His work on the Earth - the Spirit of Truth works through some in spectacular ways and others take care of other necessary things with the help of the Spirit of Truth (1 Corinthians 12:27-30).  He gave the mighty men – Apostles of Truth, Prophets of Truth, Evangelists of Truth, Pastors of Truth, and Teachers of Truth -to continue this work until all of the Children of Truth have reached full maturity and are united in their faith without any Brand X remaining (Ephesians 4:11-13).

Every Brand X will disappear completely when the Children of Truth are all standing in that assembly before the Man of Truth because none of them will only have partial knowledge or revelation any longer (1 Corinthians 13:9-12).  They will see the Man of Truth as he really is, and they will all be like him (1 John 3:2).

Until then a Brand X is necessary for each of them – whether it is a single congregation or a group of congregations that work together through some organized means.  The Children of Truth need congregations so they can assemble together as they are commanded to do. 

Congregations need a means to help each other as they did in the time of the Apostles of Truth.  Congregations need the means to work together to carry out the Great Commission – whether through a denomination, association, or organization that is external to these things.

However, the Children of Truth must never put their faith in some Brand X or make it part of their identity.  Every Brand X must never become more than a tool to help them do their part in carrying out the will of the Father of Truth.

So, the Children of Truth can be members of a Brand X but must never belong to it.

The Children of Truth must be careful not to be members of any Brand X that is led by those choking on milk.  The truth is many people will gather around someone who teaches them feel good fables that they want to hear instead of the uncomfortable truth that they need to hear (2 Timothy 4:3-4).

The Children of Truth of Truth must look for a congregation or organization that teaches them the whole counsel of the Father of Truth (Acts 20:27-28).  They must seek someone who will preach the Word of Truth when people are willing to hear it and when they are not willing to hear it (2 Timothy 4:2).

The Children of Truth of Truth must look for a Brand X that has these things instead of one that is a good cultural fit.  They must remember that Christian Music is not any particular style of music but rather music of any style that contains the Word of Truth.

The Children of Truth must never become complacent while members of a Brand X.  They have to be willing to leave that Brand X when it leaves off teaching sound doctrine.

The Children of Truth may be put out of a Brand X when they stand up for even the foundational doctrines that are the milk of the Word of Truth.  They might even be put out for even pointing out a conflict between these things and what is being taught by that Brand X.

So, the Children of Truth may end up being forced to be members of one Brand X after another.  They may learn something of value at each one as they grow step by step to be more like the Man of Truth.

There is no easy solution to the problem of Brand X.

Many times those who start a Brand X are teaching sound doctrine at the beginning but later leave the path of righteousness like Balaam did (2 Peter 2:15-16).  They had once been on the road of salvation but then left it completely (2 Peter 2:20-21).

So, many congregations and organizations are led by people who end up preaching about an American Jesus that is far removed from the Man of Truth found in the Book of Truth.  The Man of Truth found in the Book of Truth was the most divisive man who ever lived and was not an inoffensive Jesus.

Therefore even though people want stability, they cannot blindly follow any Brand X – but must continually compare what it teaches against what the Book of Truth teaches to verify that there is no conflict (Acts 17:10-12).  If a Brand X once taught the Gospel found in the Book of Truth but afterwards begins to teach something different, then it is under the curse of the Father of Truth (Galatians 1:8-9).

So, the Children of Truth must always choose truth when they must choose between truth or tradition.  They must not worry about offending people with the truth, because the Man of Truth could have written a book called “How to lose friends and irritate people”.

The Children of Truth must remember that context is king when it comes to everything in the Book of Truth.  Many lies can be made to sound like truth when statements in the Book of Truth are taken out of context.

The Children of Truth must never forget that the call of believers is to call sinners to repentance and then teach them how obey the commandments of the Man of Truth.  They must never forget that the worst kind of hatred is to not warn sinners to turn away from their wicked ways.

So, The Children of Truth are blessed when they are persecuted by some Brand X for doing what the Man of Truth commands them to do (Matthew 5:10-12).  All of them will be persecuted by someone for obeying the Man of Truth – and sometimes that persecution comes from a Brand X that gets continually worse (2 Timothy 3:12-13).

It was the leaders of a Brand X who persecuted the Man of Truth and caused him to be killed (Matthew 16:21).  The Man of Truth was also persecuted by more than one Brand X, so it is no surprise that some of his followers are persecuted by some Brand X (John 15:20-21).

So, the Children of Truth must put their trust in the Man of Truth instead of any Brand X.

People are servants of whom they obey (Romans 6:16).  If the Man of Truth is their master, then they cannot obey any Brand X that contradicts him (Galatians 1:10).

No one can enter the Kingdom of Heaven by calling the Man of Truth their lord unless they also do the will of the Father of Truth (Matthew 7:21).  The Man of Truth cannot be the foundation of their life unless they obey him in everything (Luke 6:46-49).

No matter what some Brand X has told people, there is no loving the Man of Truth without obeying him (John 14:15).  No matter what some Brand X has told people, there is no loving people without keeping the commandments of righteousness in the Law of Truth (Romans 13:8-10).  No matter what some Brand X has told people, there is no loving the Father of Truth without keeping His commandments (1 John 5:2-3).

People can keep the commandments of righteousness found in the Law of Truth by letting the Spirit of Truth lead them in living a life of obedience (Romans 8:1-4).  They will not come under the condemnation of the Law of Truth because the Spirit of Truth will never lead them into doing things contrary to it that their flesh wants to do (Galatians 5:16-18).

So surrender control of everything to the Man of Truth because you believe that his Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).  It does not matter what some Brand X has told you, everyone will be saved who does this (Romans 10:10-13).

Come into the House of Truth!