Harmony Church
Mailing Address: 2109 Postoffice Street, Galveston, Texas, 77550
A message from our founder:
Rev. John Bostock
Rev. John is also Chaplain to hospitals, medical centres and other organizations.
I started Harmony Church because I am a believer in The One God and that the teachings of Jesus are the best way forward for all of us. I am a Christian because I am sure God wanted us to listen to the message Jesus gave and to act upon it. I also believe that Jesus was chosen by God to be the greatest teacher of God's word to ever walk among us.
I am a God-alone Christian, as I believe that there is one God and one God only. I do not believe that there are three gods in one. I believe that God gave us Jesus and his ability to influence his disciples and to show the world that God is love and not to be feared. Just as he gave us Abraham, Noah, Isaac, David, Solomom and Moses before him, John the Baptist at the same time and Muhammad, since. But I do not believe that any human is a god. For God said "I will raise up for them a Prophet from among their brethren, and will put My words in his mouth and he shall speak to them all that I command him" (Deuteronomy 18:18) so I believe that God was with Jesus and in him throughout his ministry.
The phrase “Mary Mother of God” offends me. God is the Supreme Being; he does not have a human mother, He is both Mother and Father to all creation, and to place a human being, no matter how pure, above God is wrong. For God said “thou art to have no other gods before me”. When he was asked who he was, Jesus always replied "I am the son of man". He also stated that we are all children of God. The phrase "Mary mother of Jesus" would make more sense. Jesus himself said "It is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve'" (Luke 4:8)
For these, and many other reasons I believe that the larger Christian churches have lost their way, caught up in the preservation of their own existence and have lost sight of what Jesus was telling us. Many of them seem to be so intent on worshiping others they forget to worship God. After all we all believe there is only one God. Don't we?
I also believe in tolerance and harmony, that any religion that believes in peace, should readily accept the existence and religious beliefs of others. Most are teaching the same basic thing – that there is one God and the concept of right and wrong.
My dream
My dream is to see all the denominations of all the religions and faiths of this world come together as one religion, forgetting their differences, concentrating on their sameness and living and worshiping the one God together. Let us not argue about who was the greater prophet, the name of the messiah, who will be in the Kingdom of God and who will be shut out because they don’t believe exactly what you believe. Let us all work together for the glory of God.
I am not naive enough to believe I will see this in my life time, nor in my children’s life time, I just hope and pray it will happen eventually, that humans will eventually see how much time and how many lives have been wasted trying to prove who is right, to recognise God's unconditional love for us and see that all God wants is for us to love him, to be good, happy, and recognise him as our creator and one and only God.
I believe
1) that human nature is not inherently corrupt, but exactly as God created it and intended it to be, capable of both good and bad. God gave us the ability to choose;
2) that no religion has a monopoly on God, or theological truth and no religion should condemn or damn anyone for not being a believer in that particular religion. No human can damn any other person, group of people or religion to hell, especially for not believing what they believe. In fact I do not believe in hell, I believe that God is all forgiving;
3) that the Bible, while inspired of God, was written by humans in different languages, at different times by so many different people and is therefore subject to human error, even though some parts of the Bible have now been seen to be historically accurate, many parts were written hundreds of years after the event, but I believe it is still probably the best collection of books ever written to guide our lives;
4) I reject the traditional doctrines that malign God’s character or veil the true nature and mission of Jesus, such as the doctrines of eternal damnation, the traditional view of the Trinity and the worship of anyone other than God.
5) Many people like to concentrate on the differences in religions – I like to concentrate on the similarities.
6) Some people like to condemn people who do not believe the same as they do – I like to welcome them and their views.
7) Some people like to advocate hate for other religions – I prefer to advocate love, understanding, acceptance and harmony.
8) Some people like to talk about hell and damnation – I like to talk about forgiveness and love in heaven.
9) Some people like to elevate others or even themselves to the level of God – I like to believe that God is above all.
10) Some people believe that they have the only true religion – I believe that God does not have a religion.
11) Some people believe that their religion is the only one that knows the truth – I believe that only God knows the truth, we only know our opinion and what we believe.
12) Some people believe that God lives in their church, temple, mosque, etc. – I believe God is with each and every one of us all day, everyday, everywhere.
13) Some people believe God only answers the prayers of the righteous – I believe God answers every prayer from everyone, but it may not be the answer we want.
14) I am whatever you want to call me - I am just someone who believes in God and God alone, and no one else!
The whole human race is connected to each other and to God, no matter what name you give God He is still God – no matter what language you speak or what country you come from you will still have a word that means God. It doesn’t matter what religion or political persuasion you are, if you are male or female, black or white, these things only last a while; a lifetime is short and when it is over you can spend eternity with God; with no colour, no orientation, no politics, no languages, no religion, just eternity with the truth and love of God.
If you agree with me, or even if you don’t, come and join us. You never know, you may find what you have been looking for.
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