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How did you tell your loved ones about your no longer going to church?
santikos:
I kind of mentioned to my wife something about what i have learned here but she dies not want to hear it. we still attend the pentecostal church and last week we went to hand out flyers by knocking on doors. i really did not want to go but i did it any way. she does know i got something against the church system but i dont make my case strong enough.
i want to so bad tell my wife that i no longer want to go to church but i know she will think that i no longer want to anything to do with God. i am just extremely confused about where God want to lead me.
i enjoy the fellowship and speaking about God with other believers. it will just be very difficult not having people who i can fellowship with. but then again no one i go to church believes what i believe so i must maintain my tongue when speaking with them. sorry for venting with you bro's/sis' but i am just so confused regarding the whole thing. how hard was it for some of you? and do some of you still go to church? let me know. Thanks, God Bless.
mharrell08:
FYI: http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,11572.0.html
Hello Santikos,
I no longer go to church with my family and my wife knows somewhat why I do not. She does not like discussing the bible with me but respects what I believe by not pressuring me to get involved in her church.
It was harder at first, but the Lord gives strength to those who ask. It helps to focus more on living these truths that we've learned than getting upset because a loved one or friend doesn't believe. We would be doing that all our life if we let it. God is not calling everyone in this age.
Hope this helps,
Marques
P.S. I removed all the extra space in your comments above, just to leave more room on the page for member comments. Hope you don't mind.
aqrinc:
Hello Santikos,
My tongue has been bruised so many times from my biting it; and equally many times i used to get into arguments with my wife about church/hagee teaching. Well she still thinks i am a heretic and cult member, although now she is starting to doubt quite a bit of the hell and damnation teaching of churchianity.
Last couple times i even recorded her favourite program for her; the point is, you need to heed all the words of Scripture, in Spirit and Truth, and not let the things of the flesh bother you too much.
1Co 10: 23-33 (GW)
23 Someone may say, "I'm allowed to do anything," but not everything is helpful. I'm allowed to do anything, but not everything encourages growth.
24 People should be concerned about others and not just about themselves.
25 Eat anything that is sold in the market without letting your conscience trouble you.
26 Certainly, "The earth is the Lord's and everything it contains is his."
27 If an unbeliever invites you to his house for dinner, and you wish to go, eat anything he serves you without letting your conscience trouble you.
28 However, if someone says to you, "This was sacrificed to a god," don't eat it because of the one who informed you and because of conscience.
29 I'm not talking about your conscience but the other person's conscience. Why should my freedom be judged by someone else's conscience?
30 If I give thanks to God for the food I eat, why am I condemned for that?
31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything to the glory of God.
32 Don't cause others to stumble, whether they are Jewish, Greek, or members of God's church.
33 I try to please everyone in every way. I don't think about what would be good for me but about what would be good for many people so that they might be saved.
george :).
Roy Coates:
Pray pray pray, here is a little disscussion on what happened to me.
http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,10351.0.html
Duane:
DON'T FEEL ALONE! We all go thru it on an everyday basis with whoever we talk to that is "grounded in their church beliefs".
Sometimes it feels like a curse, as we remember what peace of mind we had when we all believed the same thing. Now you are the
"Jewish" kid that accepted Christ at college and has to tell his family, friends, relatives that he is a member of "Jews for Jesus"!
PROBLEM: once you are exposed to the TRUTH, and you truly believe it and accept it-- "you can't 'un-ring' the bell"!
(Like ok, you won, I guess I will go back and believe what I used to ?! Now, does anyone believe me? Do I get my old status of
acceptence back? PLEASE??)
How do I know? I am going thru the same thing you are ==RIGHT NOW! Duane
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