The Believer's Club

October 14, 2009

Dear Fellow Travelers,
In case you haven’t figured it out, I am very serious about my belief that the church has been way off course in its relentless effort to teach its members how to live the Christian life. It has been as futile as it would have been, had the mission been to teach us how to walk on water. As I said earlier, the tragic truth is this: the church cannot produce a single piece of evidence that it has been successful, not one.
Oh, to be sure, it can produce many people who are trying very hard to live the life, doing their very best, but trying very hard, even doing our very best is simply not good enough, not even close. God’s standard has always been perfection, and that has not changed, nor will it change.
So, in my desire to “right the wrong,” I want instigate “The Believer’s Club,” a group of Christians who are not only finished with trying to do what they cannot do, but also are ready to begin resting in what He has done for us. In previous perspectives, I have provided a bird’s-eye view of what we in “The Believer’s Club” believe, as well as a rather lengthy list of the benefits of membership. Please review them.
Just to make myself clear: I want to begin a movement, something that will spread across America and, eventually, across the world, a movement made up of people who not only want to live in the freedom and rest provided for us through Jesus’ finished work, but also want to inform others of the good news, the good news that the pressure is off, that there really does remain a Sabbath rest for the people of God. “There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall through following the same example of disobedience” (Hebrews 4:9-11). By the way, in the New Covenant, the Sabbath is no longer a day of the week, but the Person of Jesus Christ, thus we rest in Him and in His finished work.
Before I move forward, I would really like to know how many of you believe that what I am offering is truth, and would, therefore, like to become a charter member of “The Believer’s Club.” If you would like to, or if you have questions, please let me know via email. I eagerly await your response.