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March, 2026
In our ministry of reconciliation and encouragement, we endeavour to convey to you that God the Father has a special place in his heart for you. In this personal relationship with you, he desires to teach you his ways and his will and purpose. The focus of our ministry is to instruct that Jesus Christ is your teacher through the power of the Holy Spirit and what he writes upon your heart will bear witness to the prophecy of scripture. To still the madness of the despairing voices in the world is not an easy task, but can be achieved by keeping our hearts and minds stayed upon the Lord. When you and you alone, know that God teaches you and causes you to humbly walk in obedience to his voice, it brings great contentment to your heart. The obedience of faith goes against the grain of this world’s desires and if it wasn’t for the faithfulness of Jesus to his Word none of us would be able to stand. Not only will Jesus teach you the will of God, he will sustain you, encourage you, sanctify you and bring you into glory. He is the true and just one and justifies those that come to him through faith.
March 2026 Message
Matthew 12: 6-86 I tell you that one greater than the temple is here. 7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
  • Dear Friends, Can we, and do we, misinterpret the scriptures? Is it possible that the main religious ideas that are presented to the world are a fabrication? Is the truth that was given in Christ so distorted by natural mindedness, that we have reverted back to the sins of the fathers. Has the Regnum Christi overshadowed the Regnum Dei?
  • Is there a blessedness in suffering and sickness or should we overcome in healing and prosperity of living? These are questions along with other thoughts that arise in our minds from time to time. Doubt is the plague that destroys faith, yet it is a reality that occurs in the believer. We are troubled by our own sinfulness and extremely troubled by the waywardness of leaders, both religious and secular.
  • We desire to be involved corporately with the so-called moves and revivals that are called, “of God”, but are then bitterly disappointed. The question then is asked – which group, which denomination, which church, which movement is of the righteous? All may bear elements of truth and appear to be of the “way”, but any institution can be corrupted in this world. One institution calls another institution full of error and the accusations freely fly.
  • The law of God, instituted by God, was misinterpreted and misused in the era of Jesus’ sojourn in the flesh upon the earth.
  • The holy law was used to slay the lawgiver. The religious leaders of the day, determined the “righteous One” was a sinner who blasphemed and deserved to die. “We have a law and by this law he must die”, this was their interpretation of the Mosaic law.
  • They were blinded by Satan to misinterpret Jesus’ message of salvation from death to life. The Mosaic law was not able to free the people from death and give them life, they misinterpreted the law that was given to reveal the Saviour (Christ) who would give them life.
  • Jesus did not bring a new law, he interpreted the old law correctly and gave it new meaning. The law given to Moses was good and had a purpose, and any misinterpretation of this law, made freedom redundant and bound men in greater bondage. Jesus reinterpreted the message into the gospel of good news.
  • He revealed God was his Father, he alone revealed God is a God of merciful love and kindness who would blot out all condemnation for the breaking of the covenant of love. His Father would now grant sinners the Holy Spirit as a comforter, guide and teacher and bring them into the kingdom of God through the new birth and they would enjoy the reality of the age to come. Men, women and children could come in childlike trusting faith that the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is an assurance of their eternal salvation. What is promised to them in seed form, now will grow into the full blossom of the knowledge of grace and power of God that is in Jesus Christ. This was not gnostic knowledge, but everyday life giving purpose filled knowledge. It is eschatological knowing, not apocalyptic knowledge.
  • The few times that Jesus reverted to apocalyptic teaching, was when he taught of thrones, angels and eating with his followers in the kingdom of God. His teaching was eschatological reasoning that a child could understand. The darkness is passing away and the true light is now shining. We are not to look at the circumstances of our own failures and broken trespassers, but we are to look to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. Jesus is our only hope of righteousness. We can rest in assurance that Jesus came to save sinners.
  • Salvation is of the Lord and is not in the domain of judgements posed by corrupted religious authorities or the laws of men. We can rest in assurance that godly repentance not to be repented of, leads to godly contentment that “all is well with my soul”. This is not an assurance of bravado that originates in our ego, no, it is an assurance of faith that the one who declared it is the Saviour of my soul and I shall not fear those who kill the body, but I will fear him who can destroy both body and soul in hell. Only the shed blood of Jesus Christ can cleanse the conscience of sin.
  • This assurance cannot be given by men – this assurance must come from God that Christ is alive in our hearts – not a religious life of adherence to doctrines and teachings of men, but the living reality of Christ alive in our hearts.
  • What Jesus said of the preachers of his time, is as relevant today as it was then.
  • Matthew 23: 1-39
  • 1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy loads and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
  • 5 “Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; 6 they love the place of honour at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; 7 they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them ‘Rabbi’.
  • 8 “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for have only one Master, and you are all brothers. 9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 10 Nor are you to be called ‘teacher,’ for you have one Teacher, the Christ. 11 The greatest among you will be your servant. 12 For whomever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
  • 13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. 15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
  • 16 “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18 You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it. 22 And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it.
  • 23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
  • 25 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
  • 27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
  • 29 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!
  • 33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation.
  • 37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.' "

  • Jesus spoke scathingly against hypocrites and hypocrisy. Why? Because he knew the Father. Only the Son knew the Father and only the Father knew the Son and to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Many today, misrepresent the Son and even deny him, because they do not know the Father and see him as an austere judgemental God. They are like the man who buried his talents in the sand and knew his benefactor as austere and was afraid of him.
  • Luke 19: 21-22
  • 21 I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow. 22 “His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?
  • Matthew 11: 25-28
  • 25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. 27 “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

  • - Jesus reinterpreted the message of God regarding worship.
  • John 4: 21-26
  • 21 Jesus declared, “Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know, we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks. 24 God is Spirit, and his worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth.” 25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” 26 Then Jesus declared, “I who speak to you am he."

  • - Jesus reinterpreted the message of church buildings.
  • Matthew 24: 1-2
  • 1 Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. 2 “Do you see all these things? He asked. “I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; everyone will be thrown down."
  • Matthew 16: 13-18
  • 13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” 14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
  • John 2: 19-21
  • 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” 20 The Jews replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he has spoken of was his body.
  • Jesus is building his temple of living stones, a body of people that serve the head.
  • 1Peter 2: 4-5
  • 4 As you come to him, the living Stone – rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him – 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

  • - Jesus reinterpreted circumcision and has granted us by the Holy Spirit talking through Paul, the true interpretation of circumcision.
  • Philippians 3: 2-3
  • 2 Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh. 3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh.

  • - Jesus reinterpreted the law and once again granted us the true interpretation of the law is to deliver from death to life. It is not a new law, but the fulfilment of the old law.
  • Romans 8: 1-8
  • 1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, 4 in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. 5 Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; 7 the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
  • Jesus reinterpreted the law and the divine purpose and plan for sinful creatures. Firstly, confess your sin and repent and seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness. Then, forsake all previous misinterpretations of the scripture and understand that all prophets and holy men up until John the Baptist (the greatest prophet born to woman) were all “preparers of the way”, proclaiming the One who would fulfil all prophecy. He was declared to be the Son of God when he submitted to John’s baptism of repentance and was the “Lamb of God” who would take away the sin of the world. Jesus the only begotten Son of God was destined in prophetic scripture to suffer for his beliefs and the world granted him no favours for his dedication to the truth. So, the answer to our doubts and fears must lie in the example of Jesus, the head of the true body of Christ, those who dwell and abide in the foretaste of glory which is the kingdom of God. This kingdom is revealed in righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven into the earth to comfort the saints in their affliction. The love of the world is not the reality of the age to come, only those that abide in Christ experience the truth of kingdom living within a sinful world.
  • Matthew 10: 24-26
  • 24 “A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for the student to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebub, how much more the members of his household. 26 “So do not be afraid of them. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.
  • John 15: 18-21
  • 18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20 Remember the words I spoke to you: “No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me.
  • Every religion or spiritual institution that displaces Jesus or claims they are the righteous ones, instead of the righteousness of Christ, all these are to be classed as worldly and of the world.
  • Jesus met every untruth, persecution and assault with the overcoming power of the kingdom of God which came from a heart filled with love for his Father and love for his neighbour. Out of this precious heart came the power of love that never fails. The mind of Christ is never a double mind. The double mind receives nothing from the Lord.
  • This power is exercised in an eternal way like it is in heaven. This power of the kingdom of God which is exercised by the body of Christ, is truthful, kind, humble, meek and gentle. It does not exert its power or authority by superiority or domination. It does not redeem through the power of mammon or silver or gold. It overcomes with humility and meekness that delivers the oppressed and broken hearted into realms of loving kindness and truth. This love takes captivity captive and delivers sinners into the freedom of Christ and his miraculous wonder working power. We are crucified with him to the world and the world is crucified to us. We now declare the gospel of Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life. We have died and our life is hidden with Christ in God and we know that the resurrection is not only true, but the resurrection into eternal life is a person. This person is the One sent from God out of heaven who then returned to heaven where he advocates for us. The mystery of our resurrection is assured in Christ our Redeemer who saves us from damnation, who also created a new heaven and earth for us to dwell in that is free from corruption and sin. This is the promise of God that is manifest in the reality and experience that we now partake by embracing the coming age. The kingdom of God and his righteousness is experienced by repentant sinners on the earth today by faith.
  • 2 Corinthians 13: 3-10
  • 3 since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. 4 For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God’s power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him in our dealing with you. 5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test? 6 And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. 7 Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not so that people will see that we have stood the test but so that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed. 8 For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. 9 We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored. 10 This is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have to be harsh in my use of authority—the authority the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.
  • Any example of true heavenly authority must be according to the nature of Christ proceeding from Christ within, which builds you up into a holy habitation for the Lord.
  • 2 Philippians 3: 17-21
  • 17 Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you. 18 For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
  • What a glorious future we have in Christ though we are plagued by the corruption, sin and the vagaries of this world. We died and our life is hidden with Christ is God. (Colossians 3: 3).
  • Isaiah 57: 13b
  • But the man who makes me his refuge will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.
Bill & Sue (servants of Christ) If you would like to make a reply or contact us, please email: info@churchbuiltoflivingstones.com

We have written this because Jesus taught us this way. In the past the teachings of men with other motives and intentions other than to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, who were steeped in denominational dead works robbed us of the life of Christ and burdened us with elemental rules and regulations. What Christ had freed us from we once again became entangled in the yoke of bondage. We praise God that for freedom Christ set us free. This is not a freedom to do as we will, but it is a freedom to serve Christ without breaking the royal law of love.
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