Follow what Jesus said and taught his disciples.

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Do people know what FIRST means, and RIGHTEOUSNESS. You're supposed to be seeking something you DON'T KNOW, nor yet have. The fatal mistake of the religious, who think because they believe the words in a book, they know, without having FIRST sought. Like all culture, ideologies, political or otherwise, religion is given to people, and thus people's trust is in man.

Jeremiah 17:13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.

It is through what Jesus taught that we get to drink from that fountain of the spirit, which leaves us thirst-less.

Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

So we must forsake ourselves, and our riches. Meaning the knowledge of this world which pollutes the mind, and seek the one above, through what Jesus taught, since the knowledge of the Father, the word of God is the living water.

John 4:10-14 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:(Meaning to say that the knowledge in the Old Testament alone isn't sufficient) But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Jesus came to fulfil the scriptures of the Old Testament, making the old, new.

John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

But, because people can't see or understand the new, they can only see the old. Some see the Lord God as wicked and evil, and he was, crooked in his ways, others see him as the Father, who is all good, as Jesus spoke of him, and other see Jesus as God himself. In the former days the knowledge of the Father wasn't known to man, only the knowledge of the Lord God, who spoke through his prophets. And as Jesus said, no one knew the Father but the son, and the son had yet to come into the world prior to Jesus.

Matthew 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

However for the words of the prophets to be fulfilled, the Lord God himself had to come into the flesh to fulfil them, because the Lord God only glorified himself, and made no mention of the Father, and it was only when he himself repented, did he turn back to his Father, who then sent him into this world to preach the good news, and fulfil the scriptures. Again, consider why the Lord God stopped speaking through his Prophets after Jesus came into the world. Very tough to get your head around if you're polluted with religious and theological doctrine, which is why the Father is needed to help ones own understanding.

John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Note that the Lord God called himself the Living Waters, and that Jesus himself lead people to the Living Waters. On a personal note, I've somewhat known that the Lord God and Jesus were one and the same spirit, but a different manner of spirit, however for some reason I didn't want to believe it, and thus there were gaps in my knowledge. Initially I though the Lord God to be Satan, whom he in truth created, for the purpose of giving us the knowledge of good and evil. (The function of the soul in a man) Knowledge which has turned us away from the Father, and made us crooked, just like the Lord God. Like most people, I fell for the idea of good vs evil, assuming one to be all evil and one all good. Forgetting that all good, forgives all evil, and would never forsake one that is lost, and set a ways so that the evil could be made good. It is why forgiveness is a key trait to being able to understand these things, because without it, you cannot know the mind of God.

Luke 15:4-7 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

So through his infinite wisdom the Father set a way for all to be made straight through the very one that was crooked, his lost sheep.

Ephesians 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

Who WAS the Lord God that needed his ways to be made straight, the same Lord who created all here in the flesh. Aka via Jesus Christ.

Mark 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

And thus he came to teach about the true living waters that once drank will cause man to thirst no more.

Zechariah 14:8-9 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem;(As Jesus) half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.

Which is Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.

Now how do we receive this GIFT, this living water of righteousness, the true baptism, not of the mother church, who have merely turned the truth into a ritual and tradition of men. Well we should ask for it. Simple no. In secret, within the mind, in the Father's image which is spirit.

John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

So how do you worship him in spirit? Silence the thoughts of your heart, shutting the door to them, and in the quietness of your mind ASK the Father for RIGHTEOUSNESS... FIRST.

Matthew 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

The Lord's prayer is sufficient.

Matthew 6:7-13 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Just say that WITHIN in spirit. The Goal is to receive the Father's Grace his revelations. Believing in God or Jesus, and then claiming to have the Holy Spirit is not being under the Father's grace. Literally millions delude themselves doing that.

Romans 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

And secrets hid in God need to be revealed by God. So seek the Father FIRST.

Galatians 1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Man can't teach you these things, nor can he release from this world. At best he can point the way, but that is all.

1 John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

Question is, do people really desire to be righteous, and be made fit for Heaven, or do they just want to believe in God and Jesus, with all faith but no works.

Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

For it is the Father who gives a faithful servant works to do his will, and as you do the works, more is revealed to you, which increases your faith. In short, you get out, what you put in.

James 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

And few seek his righteousness which is the first work. To repent, meaning to turn away from our unrighteousness. Most people believe themselves to be good already, so don't even bother. They merely talk good, but don't think it. They believe a man in a building can cleanse their sins or that their own belief can do so, or even just doing good deeds as a way to bribe God, a sin in of itself.

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Even worst, man has created religion to take this power to seek God FIRST from the individual, and instead has them follow doctrines and traditions craftily created to hold man in bondage..

Matthew 15:8-9 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Like visiting men who by some authority, claim to represent God in closets in secret and expecting him to absolve your sins, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. But we were warned, that many would come in Jesus's name stating that they're Christians.

Matthew 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ;(CHRISTIANS) and shall deceive many.

And nearly 3000 years ago, we were warned about the Mother Church, quite skilfully written in prophecy below.

Hosea 4:5-9 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.(Church) My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me:(Like how most will reject the above) seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. (The Mother Churches children, aka its members) As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. (Paedophilia and all manner of sickness) They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. (Forgive me Father for I have sinned, do three hail Mary's and your sins are absolved so they like to think) And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

And because of all this, the image of Jesus on a cross is used to serve his enemies. That crucifix, that yoke of iron around people's necks. Remember what is said about not the VERY image of.

Deuteronomy 28:48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

Who really does thirst after righteousness? Learn to know what that word truly means.

Matthew 5:6 and Revelation 7:17 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.