Dear family and friends, please read this letter.

The case where three is a thousand percent.

“Wining by losing.”

I love the revolutionary principle of Jesus stated in this verse, because in a rat race even if you win, you’re still a rat. In a self-reliant mentality and theory it might sound good, but in practice it is a perfect recipe for loneliness.

Most of my life before knowing Jesus I was surrounded by the intoxicating power of pseudo messiah who pursued to be number one. (I was together with many but united with none. Togetherness is a counterfeit for oneness and unity.)

I had the burden of leadership that made me lonely and lonelier as time went by.

I hate to talk about myself, but in order to illustrate my point I must mention that the first 25 years of my life I spent it in the darkness without the knowledge of Jesus. The next 25 years I was lost in the forest of Religion. By 50 by God's grace alone I returned to my first love that of Jesus in the Jungles of Washington DC.

I became a follower of Jesus because I understood the revolutionary principle of following Jesus who is number one and me a zero behind Jesus.

By myself even if I was a number one but not a follower by vocation and persuasion, I would have remained just one, but if I was zero by denying any value to myself so that standing behind Jesus the true number one, my life immediately acquires value that is 10 times more powerful or hundred percent more.

Add to that the small obedience of walking in small groups of two or three like Peter James and John with Jesus in the midst, then the true revolution of the ages is in progress. Zeros acquired value as they followed Jesus and not each other. Remember that crowds as large as they might be, are individuals with their personal agendas and are debilitated for the lack of oneness in Jesus.

By discipleship and mentoring you persuade another person to stand with you behind Jesus and then you will be 100 % and 1000% just the three of you plus Jesus.

The value of the life of a person comes only when he decides to be a zero and stands following Jesus the number one. Remember that and if you do not have at least one, you cannot have two, and if you do not have three you cannot have twelve and let alone 120 or 5000. The togetherness of a congregation is the enemy of the unity of the true church of Jesus that is people united in Jesus.

What Jesus seems to be saying in this verse as a word to the wise is. “Do not go out to the forest but go after the individual trees and know them one by one because forests without your trees are not forest. The revolutionary principle of Jesus was a true revolution that was meant to change the world through discipleship and mentoring.

If nobody is following, then you are not leading as some said, you are just taking a walk in life.

Let me share an example, I work as I do because I hate to be a fig tree without fruits to feed my Lord. I hate to occupy a soil that other fig trees need to be fruitful.

I desperately hung out with my friends because ours is a religion of Relationship and not enterprise. But the main reason is that it is the revolutionary principle of our Master and Lord.

I have had a friend since I was four years old. We have walked together for 71 years and he knows everything about me and I know everything about him. We have saved each other’s lives. We have shared everything together and I treasure my friend more than anyone can imagine because we both were zeros. We both were orphans. We both were adopted by my grandmother who loved Jesus and taught us to follow Jesus. Even though we were in the darkness of the world at the beginning of our lives, eventually we came to Jesus and he has been with us ever since as we seek unity to its ultimate consequence.

Many Eagles have joined us. For fear of not to mention some names I will not make the list of those names I know will be present in heaven.

Frankly speaking, my reasons why I write as I do it is because I have deep problems during the service that in my view has much to be desired.

I am about to depart to heaven and I am wondering if more of the same is ahead of me. By God's grace I have discovered that my understanding and knowledge of the dimensions of the gospel is vital to get a sense of my motivating force to worship God in Heaven for ever and ever.

Now I know the business-like services we render to God will not be the case in heaven. In fact, my fear of long and boring services has disappeared and now I know that Eternity will not be long enough to celebrate such a great salvation.

Since ours is such a great salvation, it is also the eternal punishment such a great punishment I don’t desire to anyone such great condemnation that I speak now and forcefully with my heart in my hands to advise you to give it up all to gain eternal fellowship with Jesus

Dear little ones of God, we have much to gain by losing it all. Yes. We have much to gain by losing it all for Jesus.

“And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it." Luke. 9:23-24

Gerry Gutierrez.

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