We are very different than those people and their organizations who calls themselves some version of "the church of jesus christ".  In other words, we are very different than the thousands of sects and divisions which make up that which is called Christianity.  Our only standard for knowing the Creator and what the Creator wants of us is His only unique Messenger and his words and teachings alone.  As such, we don't believe the bible is "the word of God" - See videos, The Wrong Standard, The Bible - nor do we use the Light as a figurehead or 'bait' to draw people into an organization of people who are not doing what he says...we leave that for Christianity, what calls itself "the church", and the thousands of divided organizations which represent it.

In contrast, we believe the Messenger (Joshua of Nazareth) is the word of God to mankind. (Ironically, the bible supports us! See John 1:1-5, 14; Luke 1:2; Rev. 19:13).  We do not believe other messengers are necessary other than the original One, nor do we believe the original Messenger or his core Message can be improved upon.  Furthermore, we believe that the core or most important aspects of his Message were successfully captured and preserved in the eye-witness accounts of his life, words and teachings in the what people call "the gospels" or the first four good news books of what people call the new testament.  Thus we don't need new 'prophets' or 'men of God' or 'apostles' or best selling authors, etc.  We have one Leader (see Matt. 23:8-12, "Do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, Me.") and One Shepherd/Pastor, and he is more than sufficient.  The Way, Truth and Life told us plainly how we human beings ought to live our lives and so there is no "finding God's will for my life" with respect to how we ought to live...where we live he leaves up to us.  But the New Command and other teachings do tell us with whom we are to be living - see Matt. 10 for starters.

Therefore, we are different in how we live our lives - not for some religious sake just to be different - but motivated by the Light and his teachings about truth and love.   We do not live for - nor love - the things the people of the earth consider valuable.  Things like money, material things, power over others, careers, education, entertainment, politics, religion, self-pleasure, etc.  We are not religious and we do not 'go to church', for we are the called out ones...called out of the world and what the world values...we are Families of people caring for one another and helping each other in daily life and in making our Father and Master known.

We seek to be free of the three main things that negatively affect people - pride, fear and selfishness - for if we do this, we will be much like our Master. 

Living differently does not mean we do not work to support ourselves, but it does mean that our main work is to proclaim the Messenger and his Message, and whatever work we need to do to survive on this earth is minimized. Not living like those who don't have Joshua as their actual Leader does not mean we run off and seclude ourselves in remote places...rather, it means we don't ignore him and his teachings in our daily thoughts, conversations and behavior, nor do we live for things he says are essentially worthless.  There are many defensive stereotypes people use to place us in a box that they can label and throw away, but this does not change the facts.  I hope your curiosity is peaked...read on!

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