Welcome!
Greetings! We are very glad and excited that you have expressed an interest in, or have committed to becoming a part of, our little flock! There is much work to do...work that we pray will have significant positive eternal ramifications. Equally important, we hope this will be a place where we can get to know our Father and Master better, and experience (and contribute to) the agape-love that our Father intends for His people. As we say on our web site:
"If you desire to obey his commands with child-like faith, then please contact us, for we also are seeking to obey – and thus love back - our glorious Master. There is a place for each of us to fulfill God’s will for our lives with other true brothers and sisters, and it all starts with faithful obedience to the teachings and commands of the Son of God listed above." (see "A Call to Family")
We earnestly hope that the next chapter in your life, as you choose to join us, will be a very satisfying time of growth and blessing.
Prior to your arrival, we think it is important to review a few important matters.
First, it is very common for people to read an article or two on JesusFamilies.org and feel they have found what they are looking for based on those articles. It is essential that you read the articles on the "What We Believe" table of contents page, and that you are in agreement with the teachings of Jesus in those articles.
And here is the sum total of what those articles are trying to say...
...that Joshua is the Leader and Teacher of his disciples, and no one else.
Many make the mistake of looking to a man or woman for spiritual guidance instead of to Joshua. It is normal for us to be grateful to the person who helped us either come to the Master in the first place, or helped us get to know him better. Being grateful is good, but if those people who helped you are doing it according to the Master's Way, then they are merely trying to live out and repeat Joshua's Words and teachings, and thus primary gratitude should be directed towards the proper Person! So, it is very important to know that the only spiritual authority here is the Father's annointed one, Joshua, and that you should not look to others as spiritual leaders. Brothers and sisters and mothers, yes. People who will try to love you and support you as you seek to follow Joshua, yes. Perhaps good examples to experience at times, we hope so! Spiritual leaders who yield authority, NO.
Second, it is also very common for people who are helped spiritually by another person (either personally or by their words or writings), to view that person who helped them as somehow better than they are, or more holy, or some other such thing. It is very important to know that we have our faults just like any other disciple, and thus you should not expect to find perfect people here! If you expect to find perfect people, you will be sorely disappointed! Yes, we are seeking to be perfect as Joshua teaches, but we have NOT arrived yet! Therefore, love-agape must be each individual's primary concern as we become part of a Family...each of us looking to give and forgive, to humbly help and to serve is the only Way the Family will thrive.
Again, please carefully review the articles on our "What We Believe" page to make sure you feel a sense of unity with us regarding who we are placing our trust in, how we can know the Way Home, and how we ought to be living our lives after the Life.
Finally, get excited about living out the teachings of Joshua! They are not easy, but the reward for those who sincerely try their best, is Life Everlasting with our Father who loves us with an everlasting and perfect love!
Peace to you and safe travels.
Jesus Families
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