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loretta:
I quit the catholic church, the new testament church, house church, home church, prayer meetings, crusades, healing meetings and more recently fellowship with believers, etc etc.  I was so relaxed that I thought I had backslidden! ( ever heard this word - coined by the church?)

Recently I was listening to Ray's teaching on the Sabbath http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBrx7jXxw7g and suddenly I realized that what I was enjoying was the sabbath rest!

What is fellowship anyway, but sharing the truths that are on your heart, being equally yoked.  And if you can't share it, what sort of fellowship is it?  Better to join a theatre group or volunteer organisation, as Dave said.

Rhys 🕊:
We have true fellowship with the Lord, that's where I find peace and I'm not alone or lonely. Being in the place that sets you free is the best place to be and I haven't found that in any church that I have attended and have been to plenty.

Find you place in Him and you will be at rest - the search is over

Rhys

gerard_dsouza:
Hi Rhys,
That is a great revelation, and this only comes when one passes through all the tribulation the Lord brings our way in the churches. The Lord Jesus and the Father is the only fellowship we can be at rest with and find comfort.
I do find fellowship with believers never in churches, all live in a wilderness (meaning in no church and by themselves and do not feel part of any church).

It does not mean one does not go to any church congregation if invited for some social reason or some event like baptism in a Catholic church invited by relatives. I do not feel this offensive in any sense. As I look at the fact that God does not show them the truth and I want to be grateful to the Lord and kind to them.
Gerry

se7en:
ez2u,

What you are experiencing is all to recently familiar for me and my family. I had to tell my wife I couldn't go anymore. She soon quit the church as well but not because of what I believed but because she didn't get anything from the church.

For me, fellowshiping  on the forums and sharing Truth in our lives with each other helps me tremendously. It would be nice to have a physical neck to hug, however the next best thing would be skype or video chat.

We truly are a scattered bunch all over the globe!

Mat 26:41 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered."

loretta:

--- Quote ---It does not mean one does not go to any church congregation if invited for some social reason or some event like baptism in a Catholic church invited by relatives. I do not feel this offensive in any sense. As I look at the fact that God does not show them the truth and I want to be grateful to the Lord and kind to them.
--- End quote ---

Going to church congregation to attend social events does not in any way constitute the fellowship we're talking about.  Having said that, is it really ok to attend child baptisms, first communions, especially in the catholic church?  Never mind the church ceremony, what about the 'celebrations' afterwards, which day by day are getting more ostentatious - just like weddings, if you pls. 

This was the biggest issue I had to face after coming out of the catholic church, having friends, family and neighbors still there.  For a time, although I didn't go to the church, I continued attending the 'celebrations' with a view to keeping the relationship (albeit, for a selfish motive of evangelising!) with a servant heart (helping with the food and service), but I soon gave it up as my spirit was not at peace. The question that bothers me is, what are we celebrating?  the sacraments that promise salvation?  are we encouraging error, rather than pointing to the truth?  Aren't we called to be separate, a holy people, exhorted to come out of these babylonian systems?  Aren't there other social functions that we can freely attend, to extend our love to these blinded people?  And so many other practical ways to be kind to them?  Now that I know that these people are blinded by God, do I condone the error?  Will it amount to being unequally yoked?

What I do know is that in the years since I have truly come out of her, I have become a better wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, neighbor and a citizen. And I have not lost a single friend or relationship, except the ones that had to go.  On the contrary, people know that they can count on me in good times and bad, which is harder still than attending these 'celebrations'.

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