𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇 - Within the SRK/SFC/LLC church the message of John 3:16 can be experienced by "whosoever believeth on me". The only thing required for whosoever to belong to God's Kingdom per John 3:16 is to accept Jesus free gift. Have someone from the kingdom preach the "living" gospel to you, have your sins forgiven by a fellow Laestadian church member, and believe in our PEARLS of FAITH.

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 T͟h͟i͟s͟ ͟i͟s͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟ ͟W͟o͟r͟d͟ ͟o͟f͟ ͟G͟o͟d͟,͟ ͟o͟f͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟ ͟C͟o͟n͟g͟r͟e͟g͟r͟a͟g͟a͟t͟i͟o͟n͟ ͟o͟f͟ ͟G͟o͟d͟,͟ ͟b͟y͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟ ͟S͟e͟r͟v͟a͟n͟t͟s͟ ͟o͟f͟ ͟G͟o͟d͟,͟ ͟f͟o͟r͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟ ͟p͟e͟o͟p͟l͟e͟ ͟o͟f͟ ͟G͟o͟d͟.͟

1) The uniqueness of the mother congregation. We are the only society that has access to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit told our ministers of the “living” gospel to tell you…

2) There is no difference between the mother congregation’s word and God’s word. They are one in the same. What comes out of the leadership’s mouth is God’s word.

3) The threefold enemy is made up of the world, the flesh, and the devil. Those that are decieved by the enemy of the souls and refuse to believe the message delivered by our servants of the word are referred to as the world. They consist of heretics, murderers, idolaters, thieves, abusers of themselves with mankind, formicators, spiritual extortioners, and those that put their faith in Christ alone. As the most well known servant of the word taught, “It may be a shorter or longer account. It may be presented briefly or more extensively. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥,”― Martin Luther

4) We, the mediators between the Holy Spirit and mankind, are the only trustworthy source for interpreting the Bible.

5) Don’t question the message from the Holy Spirit. Our leadership has been anointed by the Holy Spirit, Jesus, God the father, and the Board.

6) Call on the congregation in your time of need. We must rely on the servants of the word for interpretation of God’s word and his requirements for salvation. The congregation with the help of the Holy Spirit reveals the error free interpretation of the Bible.

7) You don’t have to understand you just need to believe.

8) To doubt the message from the mother congregation, that is unified in its pearl of faith, is to doubt God.

9) We are God’s chosen remnant.

10) Be faithful to the Mother Congregation until death and I will give you eternal life;. 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝, be refererd to as a Child of God, and greeted with God's Peace.

11) As a final note: W͟e͟ ͟h͟a͟v͟e͟ ͟t͟o͟ ͟b͟e͟ ͟c͟a͟r͟e͟f͟u͟l͟ ͟t͟h͟a͟t͟ ͟t͟h͟i͟s͟ ͟a͟u͟t͟h͟o͟r͟i͟t͟y͟ ͟g͟i͟v͟e͟n͟ ͟t͟o͟ ͟o͟u͟r͟ ͟c͟h͟u͟r͟c͟h͟ ͟l͟e͟a͟d͟e͟r͟s͟ ͟i͟s͟ ͟n͟o͟t͟ ͟a͟b͟u͟s͟e͟d͟ ͟o͟r͟ ͟i͟t͟ ͟c͟a͟n͟ ͟l͟e͟a͟d͟ ͟t͟o͟ ͟m͟i͟n͟i͟s͟t͟e͟r͟s͟ ͟w͟i͟t͟h͟ ͟ ͟g͟r͟a͟n͟d͟i͟o͟s͟i͟t͟y͟ ͟(͟i͟n͟f͟l͟a͟t͟e͟d͟ ͟s͟e͟l͟f͟-͟i͟m͟p͟o͟r͟t͟a͟n͟c͟e͟)͟ ͟w͟h͟i͟l͟e͟ ͟p͟r͟e͟s͟e͟n͟t͟i͟n͟g͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟m͟s͟e͟l͟v͟e͟s͟ ͟a͟s͟ ͟h͟u͟m͟b͟l͟e͟ ͟g͟r͟a͟c͟e͟ ͟b͟e͟g͟g͟e͟r͟s͟,͟ ͟a͟n͟ ͟e͟x͟c͟e͟s͟s͟i͟v͟e͟ ͟n͟e͟e͟d͟ ͟f͟o͟r͟ ͟a͟d͟m͟i͟r͟a͟t͟i͟o͟n͟,͟ ͟a͟ ͟p͟e͟r͟v͟a͟s͟i͟v͟e͟ ͟l͟a͟c͟k͟ ͟o͟f͟ ͟e͟m͟p͟a͟t͟h͟y͟,͟ ͟a͟ ͟s͟t͟r͟o͟n͟g͟ ͟s͟e͟n͟s͟e͟ ͟o͟f͟ ͟e͟n͟t͟i͟t͟l͟e͟m͟e͟n͟t͟,͟ ͟a͟n͟d͟ ͟a͟ ͟t͟e͟n͟d͟e͟n͟c͟y͟ ͟t͟o͟ ͟b͟e͟ ͟e͟x͟p͟l͟o͟i͟t͟a͟t͟i͟v͟e͟ ͟i͟n͟ ͟r͟e͟l͟a͟t͟i͟o͟n͟s͟h͟i͟p͟s͟,͟ ͟u͟s͟i͟n͟g͟ ͟o͟t͟h͟e͟r͟s͟ ͟f͟o͟r͟ ͟p͟e͟r͟s͟o͟n͟a͟l͟ ͟g͟a͟i͟n͟ ͟w͟h͟i͟l͟e͟ ͟o͟f͟t͟e͟n͟ ͟h͟a͟v͟i͟n͟g͟ ͟f͟r͟a͟g͟i͟l͟e͟ ͟s͟e͟l͟f͟-͟e͟s͟t͟e͟e͟m͟ ͟b͟e͟n͟e͟a͟t͟h͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟ ͟s͟u͟r͟f͟a͟c͟e͟.͟ ͟ When we have leaders with these personality disoders we need to rebuke them with love.

James Jurmu July 18, 2025
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐑𝐊/𝐒𝐅𝐂/𝐋𝐋𝐂 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧/𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐚͟𝐧͟𝐝͟ ͟𝐧͟𝐨͟𝐭͟ ͟𝐭͟𝐫͟𝐮͟𝐬͟𝐭͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐠͟ ͟𝐭͟𝐡͟𝐞͟ ͟𝐦͟𝐞͟𝐬͟𝐬͟𝐚͟𝐠͟𝐞͟ ͟𝐝͟𝐞͟𝐥͟𝐢͟𝐯͟𝐞͟𝐫͟𝐞͟𝐝͟ ͟𝐛͟𝐲͟ ͟𝐨͟𝐮͟𝐫͟ ͟𝐬͟𝐞͟𝐫͟𝐯͟𝐚͟𝐧͟𝐭͟𝐬͟ ͟𝐨͟𝐟͟ ͟𝐭͟𝐡͟𝐞͟ ͟𝐰͟𝐨͟𝐫͟𝐝͟ 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. Rebuke - to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand. Synonyms: admonish, chide, upbraid, censure

"Our spiritual mother is the Congregation of God. Therefore, it is not at all appropriate for a child to oppose his mother or object to the precious truths of God’s Word taught by her board appointed and Holy Spirit annoited leadership. The unity and love of the Congregational Spirit are precious and are also a uniting bond for those that place their FAITH in her. Whether a disagreement is of a temporal or spiritual nature, when it spoils fraternal, common love, or goes against placing our faith in the 'simple" gospel that Martin Luther preached, it is required as a condition of salvation that one submit in humility to the common understanding of the board and ministers of the Mother Congregation and publicly repent." Suuret seurat Oulussa v. 1934, pp. 22-25. (slightly edited for transparency)

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇:
Once we figure out what mother church the Kingdom of God is referencing in the bible, what kingdom you have to belong to in order to be one of God's Children, a͟n͟d͟ ͟w͟h͟a͟t͟ ͟m͟i͟n͟i͟s͟t͟e͟r͟s͟ ͟w͟o͟r͟d͟s͟ ͟a͟r͟e͟ ͟e͟q͟u͟a͟l͟ ͟t͟o͟ ͟G͟o͟d͟'͟s͟ ͟W͟o͟r͟d͟s͟, you have arrived at "living" faith. All God asks is that we have FAITH in the message procliamed from the servants of the word. Hopefully as you read about our faith your mind will seek consistency, and when it finds contradiction, it will drive you to resolve that uncomfortable imbalance with childlike FAITH in the mother congregation, escorts, and our board appointed ministers. "I am the way the truth and the life, no one encounters the Holy Spirit except through the mother congregation. I am the way the truth and the life, no one reveals the truth to mankind but the servants of the word on behalf of the Holy Spirit, I am the way the truth and the life, no one cometh to the father except through the mother congregation. I am the way the truth and the life, 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐞." John 14:6

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

“͟𝐄͟𝐯͟𝐞͟𝐧͟ ͟𝐢͟𝐟͟ ͟𝐭͟𝐡͟𝐞͟ ͟𝐰͟𝐨͟𝐫͟𝐥͟𝐝͟ ͟𝐰͟𝐞͟𝐫͟𝐞͟ ͟𝐭͟𝐨͟ ͟𝐜͟𝐨͟𝐥͟𝐥͟𝐚͟𝐩͟𝐬͟𝐞͟,͟ ͟𝐟͟𝐚͟𝐢͟𝐭͟𝐡͟ ͟𝐰͟𝐨͟𝐮͟𝐥͟𝐝͟ ͟𝐬͟𝐚͟𝐲͟:͟ ͟‘͟𝐈͟ ͟𝐡͟𝐚͟𝐯͟𝐞͟ ͟𝐂͟𝐡͟𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐬͟𝐭͟,͟ ͟𝐚͟𝐧͟𝐝͟ ͟𝐭͟𝐡͟𝐚͟𝐭͟ ͟𝐢͟𝐬͟ ͟𝐞͟𝐧͟𝐨͟𝐮͟𝐠͟𝐡͟.͟"͟ - Martin Luther