上帝创造了每一片雪花，每一棵树上的每一片叶子，甚至每个人都独一无二。

那么人类要相互一致的压力从何而来呢？我们可以确定的一件事是，这种压力不是来自于主的灵，所以我们必须拒绝它。

我们目前的教育体系通过奖励和服从来助长相互一致性的压力，同时惩罚个性、创新和创造力。其结果是，那些遵从体制的人最容易对任何不遵从从众心理的人产生过度恐惧和威胁。

早在30年前，一些企业领导人就表示，他们将不再雇佣大学毕业生，因为他们无法“跳出框框”思考，而这是快速变化的世界所必需的。这应该是一个响亮的警钟，让我们知道现在的教育体系已经过时了。这只会变得更糟。俗话说：“你如果不改变方向，你最终会在你前进的地方结束。”这导致我们作为一个国家无法在这快速发展的世界的挑战中长期生存。

我们需要一场教育革命。当大学创建时，它们促进了文明的进步，因为正如它们的名字所暗示的那样。“大学”一词源自于“多样性的联合”。大学是具有不同侧重点的不同学校的集合，这些学校将共同努力从交流中受益。这是创造的运作方式；所有独特的植物和动物都可以发挥支撑整个环境的作用。生命的存在需要这种多样性的联合，这与马X思主义的从众统一哲学完全相反。

我年轻时曾一度被卷入一个马X思主义团体。这种情况一直持续到我读了卡尔·马X思的著作。即便在19岁的时候，我也能感觉到马X思主义哲学不但违背人性，而且违背自然。罗德纳·里根总统说的对：“马X思主义者是追随马X思的人。反对马克思主义者是真正读过马X思的人。”

我们还必须明白，真正的马X思主义实际上与我们学校所教导的或他们所宣传的相反。这就是为什么马X思主义领导人不希望他们的追随者阅读马X思，而且大多数领导人也没有读过马X思。这就是为什么马X思主义工人被称为“有用的白痴”。马X思主义是如此荒诞离奇，如此违背理性，只有白痴才会相信它。这就是为何我们的马X思主义主导的教育体系不是教育而是灌输，让学生服从而不是思考。

这是一个激进的问题：“教会有什么不同吗？”我花了50年研究马X思主义和教会。一般来说，所教导和练习的大部分内容并没有太大区别。事实上，制度化教会是一个非常社会主义的组织，它的目标是促进一致性，而不是提供我们能找到主的灵的自由（见哥林多后书3:17）。

使徒保罗斥责早期教会试图团结在一位教师周围，而不是接受上帝派遣给他们的所有教师的不同教导。他还责备他们没有认识到基督身体的所有不同成员是多么独特，以及他们对身体来说多么重要。圣灵的恩赐和事工有多样性，但我们在基督里成为一个身体（见罗12:4-5和林前12:12-16）。

马克思主义就像《启示录》第十三章“从地里上来”的兽。这一章谈到兽的本性是属地的——具有属地的思想。马克思主义似乎就是这个比喻所指的。启示录中真正的教会是从上而下的，是一座“天城”，居住着具有属天思想的人。启示录的一个基本信息就是人的教会与神建造的教会之间的对比。

Life in the New Covenant, Part 30

Rick Joyner

Life in the New Testament 30–Rick Jonah’s weekly talk-July 30, 2024

      God made every snowflake, every leaf on every tree, and even every person unique. So, where does the human pressure to conform come from? One thing we can be sure of is that this pressure does not come from the Spirit of the Lord, so we must reject it.

      Our present education system feeds the pressure to conform by rewarding it and its compliance while punishing individuality, innovation, and creativity. The result is that those who conform to the system are the most conditioned to be overly fearful of and threatened by any who do not comply with the conformist mentality.

      As far back as thirty years ago, some corporate leaders were saying they would no longer hire college graduates because they could not think “outside of the box,” which is required in a fast-changing world. This should have been a loud wake-up call that our education system was already obsolete. This has only gotten worse. There is a saying that, “If you don’t change your direction, you will end up where you’re headed.” This is leading us as a nation to a place where we will not be able to survive long amidst the challenges of this fast-moving world.

      We need a revolution in education. When they were created, the universities provided an advancement in civilization because they were what their name implied. “University” came from the phrase “unity in diversity.” Universities were collections of different schools with different focuses that would work together to benefit from the interchange. This is how creation works; all the unique plants and animals have parts to play which support the whole environment. This unity of diversity is required for life to exist, which is exactly contrary to the Marxist philosophy of unity by conformity.

      When I was young, I was drawn into a Marxist group for a time. This lasted until I read Karl Marx’s works. Even as a 19-year-old, I could perceive that the Marxist philosophy was not only contrary to human nature, but all of nature. President Ronald Reagan was right when he said, “A Marxist is someone who follows Marx. An anti-Marxist is someone who has actually read Marx.”

      We must also understand that true Marxism is actually the opposite of what our schools teach that it is, or what their propaganda says it is. That’s why Marxist leaders do not want their followers to read Marx, and most of the leaders have not read it either. This is why Marxist workers are called “useful idiots.” Marxism is so bizarre and so contrary to reason that you have to be an idiot to believe it. This is why our Marxist-dominated education system does not educate but indoctrinates, conditioning students to comply, not think.

      Here’s a radical question: is the church any different? I have spent over fifty years studying Marxism and the church. In general, in much of what is taught and practiced, there is not much difference. In fact, the institutional church is a very socialist organization, and its goals promote conformity more than providing a liberty where we can find the Spirit of the Lord (see 2 Corinthians 3:17).

      The Apostle Paul rebuked the early church’s attempts to unify around a single teacher, rather than receiving the diverse teachings of all the teachers God was sending them. He also rebuked them for failing to recognize how unique all the different members of the body of Christ were, and how they were all essential to the body. There is a great diversity of gifts and ministries of the Spirit, but we are all one body in Christ (see Romans 12:4-5 and 1 Corinthians 12:12-16).

      Marxism is like the beast that “comes up out of the earth” in Revelation 13. This chapter speaks of the beast’s nature being of the earth—earthly-minded. Marxism seems to be to what this metaphor is referring. The true church in Revelation comes down from above and is a “heavenly city,” populated by the heavenly-minded. A basic message of the book of Revelation is this contrast between man’s church and God’s church which He is building.