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Deborah-Leigh:
I am sorry you feel that way about us Jennie! :(  I hope you get right back and comfortable again real soon.

Peace to you

Arcturus :)

TimothyVI:
Hi Jennie,
You said "This forum speaks a lot of Babylon and coming out of Babylon. Not all churches are what is seen on t.v. or in towns where they are so huge and take in so much money. How is it that all are lumped together? It is almost like throwing the baby out with the bath water. Since I came back, I don't feel the welcoming and loving spirit I once did."

Some on this forum have left the church, but not all.
I still belong to a small country church. I differ with much of what they preach.
But they are all good people who do a lot of good for our community as well as
other places in the world.
God still has a very active need for the churches. When God is ready to bring
someone to Christ, He usually does it through one of the churches.

Can a person "out grow" the need for a church. Sure he can. But does he have to
outgrow the need for a church in the eyes of God. I think not.

I still belong to a church because I enjoy the fellowship and belonging.
God will not condemn me for that. But on the other hand, if I were to leave my church
tomorrow, and continue to study the word of God, and spend time with hhim in prayer,
then I am certain that he would not condemn me for that either.

It all depends on your position in your journey of being created in His image.

I am sorry that you do not feel the welcoming and loving spirit that you did at one time.
It is still here. But in every gathering of people there are waves of emotions that
roll in and roll out just like the waves on a beach. When they roll in we feel incredible togetherness,
when they roll out we feel alone. It seems different when they go out but I think that we need the waves
to make the beach clean and beautiful.

Welcome back Jennie. ;D

Tim

hillsbororiver:
Tim,

Beautiful post.

Joe

Robin:
Sometimes God doesn't give me immediate answers to all my questions. Sometimes he holds off on the answer on purpose. I've been through many tests of my faith having to wait for an answer. I put the question before God and then wait. I've waited many years for some answers and gone through a great test of my faith while I was waiting. He has never failed to answer a question yet.

There are many times when he needs to prepare me to receive the truth. Truth to me is the process of being molded into the image of Christ. Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. I'm not always ready to receive him on a deeper spiritual level. The truth that I receive now probably would have killed me 25 years ago. I was not prepared. In the beginning I used to kick and stomp my feet wanting answers "right now". I've learned patience over the years. I know now that the trials prepare me to receive more when I'm ready. When I receive the truth in ground that is prepared it will stay with me and produce fruit. Until then all I can say is I don't know the answer because God hasn't revealed it to me yet. I also try to be accountable with my questions. Sometimes I feel a little desperate in the middle of a trial and ask a question that does not have much faith attached to it, but I try not to ask questions that may weaken someone else's faith. There are some questions the evil one uses on me to attack my faith. I don't want to pass that on to others.

Mark 4  

3Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

 9And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Jennie:
I am sorry if I was abrasive or offensive to anyone. I know that all here are"like-minded" and that is the forum rules. I feel strongly that in casting comments about anyone in "Babylon" is a judgemental thing. It seems to be no different than churches saying"if you don't agree with us you are deceived by satan ". Just my country take on it, Jennie

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