NONJOINERS go the opposite direction of the world.
It's
about a mindset that refuses to go with the flow of the world, especially worldly fads and thoughts that easily subscribe to the patterns of this world. Although we live in this world, we shouldn't be of this world. That's how Jesus Christ, the King of Nonjoiners, put it. Talking about his radical believers, he said:
They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. [John 17.16]
How do you escape the majority? How do you go the other direction? Is it possible today? Do you give up social media, Tiktok, FB groups, etc., and post nothing on your wall but bible verses? Do you have to look and sound formal and decent? Do you pray poetic prayers? Many know God's Word but fail to apply it in real life. If they try, they just end up with all things churchy and religious.
People just transfer to another church or religion and call that spiritual.
Jesus was able to do it right amid the pressures of the world without falling back into man's religion or another church. He was in the world yet not part of it. Easy to say but hard to do--yet actually doable. He went in, got involved and conquered without getting infected in any way. And then he challenges us to "Come follow me."
If you follow HIM, you're a Nonjoiner.
It's all by applying bible truths to everyday life, every activity you do. Not just spiritual or church activities. Traditional church has so limited our minds to the four walls of our church buildings. Being a Nonjoiner means you apply God's truth and Kingdom principles to all 6 aspects of life:
- Spiritual
- Physical
- Intellectual
- Social
- Emotional
- Financial
Jesus said he came that we may have life and have it abundantly. Life here is not just eternal life in heaven but the life we now have in this world. Because eternal life begins now, not in the hereafter.
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. [John 17.3]
Knowing God and Jesus Christ starts eternal life. If you have personally met Jesus Christ and received him as Savior and Lord--surrendering your life fully to him--you have started living eternal life. And that life is abundant, according to Jesus.
And you should be a non-joiner like Jesus.
But what we know is often confined to the spiritual aspect of eternal life because traditional church limits our knowledge to that. We're taught that eternal life has jurisdiction only on spiritual matters. But truth is, it includes all of life, on earth and in heaven.
We have yet to know and understand how to operate spiritually while in the realms of the mundane, physical, and material--the other aspects of life. So many believers still suffer illnesses and financial lack. In fact, churches today think begging for money (or solicitations) is how the Kingdom operates and having maintenance medicines is normal. They have become accustomed to the physical realms that they think it's spiritual.
NONJOINER helps readers and believers connect GOD's Word, His Presence and His Move to everyday, practical realities.
