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iris:
Hi Addison,

Welcome to the forum!!!


Iris

mrsnacks:
Great news :

I actually had about a 2 1/2 hour phone conversation with a friend and a long time member of the church I attend. She is and has been very open to truths I have been sowing in church. We talked about tithing over the phone. She wanted to know my thinking on the subject. I then responded by telling her it is irrelevant what I think -- we want God's position. But I broke the ice by saying that I am not going you what to do. If you want to tithe 10% or 80% it is up to you. But what I am going to share are scriptures and pray you will be open to what I am saying. Just lay aside everything sermon or lecture you have been taught on this and take a listen. Then I started to share.

This conversation led to her asking me questions on various subjects and then hell came up. About the unbelievers being punished forever and ever. Then I hesitated and asked her questions. Such as; is God a God of love ? Does God's love and mercy endure forever? If I were to lock my kids up in a cellar and have them tortured behind locked doors endlessly for no reason except that they were disobedient without no hope of getting out - would I be a good parent or would you report me if you found out ? Then I said why in Christendom when God does this - the so called church thinks He is being loving and merciful, but when I end up doing this torturing and throwing them into a cellar behind locked doors  as a parent I will face a prison term and my kids will be taken away from me. That doesn't make sense does it ? God does this to billions and I do it to my 2 kids and it is okay when He does it and I am looked upon as a horrible parent. I asked her. She was silent and then this led to more questions. I shared and was able to answer questions.

IS God's love and mercy enduring forever while billions of His creation are being tortured ? IS God the Savior of all mankind when most of all mankind is in this so called hell roasting in torment ? Jesus came to save sinners and in Christendom it looks like He failed big time- when billions will end up not saved . To me Satan wins. Does this make sense to you ? I was very gentle with her.

We then talked awhile and then about 2 hours in our conversation she wanted to stop. She said I was laying a lot of heavy stuff on her and she needed to collect her thoughts. I said fine. And she has been calling me and actually came over yesterday for dinner and just hung out in my home for 5 hours.

I share this to say that God has used me with my new found knowledge of Him and with success. I am just happy that He would use me. That brings me much pleasure. She was very open and others have been. I think it is that I am not jamming anything down their throats. The Lord has led me to do it asking questions so that they can discover the truths instead of me telling them and doing the thinking for them which they are so used to from the pulpit. I know that that the majority aren't ready . But I must be ready to share when led by the Holy Spirit. Only a few I know are ready and ripe in the church I attend.

By the way a few days later  she called me about a church her friend attends that the pastor there doesn't believe in tithing for today. He takes offerings and has a basket at the door of the sanctuary. And according to what her friend told her- the church is doing fine financially. People do give when they don't feel they have to.  She prayed that what I was saying would be confirmed by God's Spirit.
And it was. She liked it when I told her " don't just take my word for it. Test everything even what I have been saying."

hebrewroots98:
Yes Mrsnacks, HE IS talking to you through this site.  As stated before, HE uses many diff ways to speak to HIS children and to teach us His truths.


Welcome Addison!  Glad that you found us.  Where are you from and have you read Rays' stuff yet? 

Kent, Yes,I agree withg what you said about how is going to hell good news to christians? People get extremely angry when you mess up their status quo; afterall, they have spent much time, energy money and infact their whole lives building up their comfort zone around them and they will be darned if YOU come in and tear that down... all that they have built up, b/c this is their reality and their truth (The Word means little compared to whatever else is more important to them.)  And they don't care how diabolical  hell really is, as long as they don't have to give up whatever the idols of their hearts are (ususally family traditions, money, public image, etc.)

The dilemma that I am facing is wether to go into a church building in order to participate in some kind of activity (not to worship, but to use the bldg in order to have a homeschool co op, a buisness meeting, a play, yard sales etc...) ever again or to never go into a church building b/c of these activities in "Gods' sanctuary"...any input on this would be of assistance to me.  My DH says to stay out of them altogether, especially from doing unworshipful things in the sanctuary. ???

Craig:
Your husband sounds like a wise man to me ;)

Craig

hebrewroots98:
Craig,
Thank you for your wisdom as well.  (Yes my Dh is a wise man and I thank God for his spiritual covering of me.)   Just so I don;t confuse anyone, I know that WE are the TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD and that the church has no REAL Sanctuary.  Going into the church (BABYLON) does give me the creeps anymore.

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