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Being called out of the church
chuckusa:
Hello to all,
Ray's position on attending church is quite clear. I happen to be in agreement with him on this although I do attend a local church. I left my previous church after being called out, and feel that God has led me to the one that I attend now.
My own position is that one can attend a church and benefit from many aspects of it if you are careful, and Ray stated this same opinion somewhat, but I can fully understand someones decision to stay completely away.
Here is my question to the forum, and especially to the new members, or to ones that have yet to post:
How are you dealing with this issue. Could you please briefly explain your experiences and rationale behind your decision to stay or go?
I am not attempting to test Rays teachings in any way, I am simply interested in how others are dealing with this and the experiences that they have encountered once they made their decision to do one or the other.
I also realize this may have already been done to death here, and if so...just let this post fade off into the sunset...haha!!!
Blessings to all,
Chuck
MG:
God called me out of the church 15 years ago using the same scripture Ray uses. I was afraid to leave and it took me a year to finally really understand that God was really the one speaking to me. At that time God was teaching my brother and me the truth and we were the only two in the world that I knew of that believed that way. I thought I must be wrong and leaving the church made me feel like I was doomed. How could we be right and the huge church be wrong? God showed me in many ways that they were wrong and were teaching lies. The pastor of the church told me my beliefs would only lead me to despair and he got out all his books to prove me wrong. I was really devastated, but answered the call of God to come out of her.
I do not feel that God allows me to go back to church. When he called me out he also told me that he would gather us together. I've been looking for years and then I found all of you. My brother's wife and children attend church and he attends with them. He feels that God permits him to go to church and he has regular studies with his pastor relating to the truth. His pastor is open and willing to study with him. I don't question God's leading with someone else, but I do know that as of today God does not want me there.
chuckusa:
Thanks MG,
I think my problem is in the fact that I am afraid. I am afraid I will just go off in some dumb direction like before, if I don't stay in some type of fellowship. I'll be honest, it never occured to me that he may not want me at my new church either.
Thanks for sharing that with me.
Blessings,
Chuck
Joey Porter:
--- Quote from: chuckusa on July 27, 2006, 09:26:03 PM ---Thanks MG,
I think my problem is in the fact that I am afraid. I am afraid I will just go off in some dumb direction like before, if I don't stay in some type of fellowship. I'll be honest, it never occured to me that he may not want me at my new church either.
Thanks for sharing that with me.
Blessings,
Chuck
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As long as you maintain this type of humble attitude, I would think you'll be okay. Many folks would harden themselves and say "Oh there's no way God wants me to leave church." But the fact that you are deeply considering all of this and you confess that you're afraid shows humility, and God certainly won't forsake the humble.
I don't have much room to talk, because, thank God, I hadn't been attending church for many years, since I was a small child really. And in recent times God has been opening my eyes to all of these truths that are hidden form the masses, and once again, I am just thankful that I don't have to make such a difficult decision of how to leave church, because I have had no church.
joeltroxell:
My wife and I still attend church, but for pragmatic reasons. We moved to our community about 2 years ago, and it has been the only way for us to make any friends. The church we go to is also pretty active in the community with helping people out, which also is something that we looked for.
But the down side is that it is an independent, charismatic, word of faith church, so sometimes we spend the drive home talking about what opinions were presented with the same force as scripture in the sermon. But, they are pretty mellow when it comes to talking about eternal hell. I don't think I've heard it mentioned. Come to think of it, I don't think I've heard an explanation of salvation in a sermon since I've been there......Hmm.
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