Greetings to all my brothers and sisters in Christ,
It feels SO good to finally be able to fellowship with true believers. As I'm quite sure you all know, there are not too many people of this particular persuasion;I often find myself frustrated by the fact that my family and those closest to me cannot recognize that there's something totally wrong with the doctrine we've been taught. It really soothes my heart to know that I can now study, fellowship, worship, serve God together with those of the same mind. I am really looking forward to meeting everyone here who is willing to meet me..Lol
Now here's a bit about me.....
I come from a very, Very strict pentecostal background. For ex: If a woman decided to wear a pair of pants to church... we would pray for her that her soul wouldn't be lost.(it was that serious Lol) Yeah it was pretty strict. Both my father, mother and much the majority of my family are heavily involved in the church. So you can imagine how deeply rooted the doctrines of Babylon were instilled in me.
I can remember, as a young boy witnessing to people about Jesus Christ with zeal and desire. I really wanted to please God. As I grew my desire to know more about God increased, and interestingly enough my questions became a little more annoying. In the church where I was raised, the pastor/bishop was esteemed so highly that it was probably on the verge of worship. So to ask him questions about anything was just something that didn't happen often. But I was a little hardheaded joker and I had questions that I thought if anybody could answer he, the bishop could. Well to my disappointment some of the answers I received were not at all scriptural and/or historically satisfactory.
Back in 2003 the pastor of that church passed. There was a dispute as to who was going to become pastor. The bishop's family wanted the grandson to take over; though he had been in the ministry for only a year or two. The church wanted my uncle, who had been named the pastor's assistant prior to bishop's passing and had served as an elder for over 25 years with bishop, to become pastor. So they had the church to vote and my uncle was chosen as the new pastor. Well the bishops' family didn't like it and they left to start a new church with the bishop's grandson as pastor. My mother and 3 of my siblings along with other family members from my mothers' side went along with the bishop's grandson. Of course my fathers' side of the family stayed there at the church we grew up in as my uncle was now the new pastor.
When I heard of this I was blown away; not especially in regards to their behavior, but because about 6-8 months prior to this I had a feeling to leave this church!!! I knew there were things I didn't agree with and questions I felt my church couldn't answer, but this feeling was more than just a typical "I don't like it" feeling. It was deep and bone-cutting and kind of had me scared to really do it because this was the church I grew up in. I mean we were there for church every Wed, Fri, and literally all day Sunday for years. Everybody was family and I was faced with the challenge to go before them and tell them that I felt that God was admonishing me to leave this very church. It was tough and I didn't fully understand at the moment, neither did my family, but now..... OOHHH boy!! Now that I understand what "Babylon The Great" is and how God admonishes his people to come out of her...I COULD DO A THOUSAND FLIPS!!!
This is just one of a few testimonies I will share. I have this feeling that there will be a lot of similar testimonies here and not only in reference to coming out of Babylon, but how God has spared our lives. (can't wait to share that one)
Again, I'm SOOOO excited that God has lead me here as I feel we will be collectively beneficial to one another in the days ahead....Psalm 133
LiberatedEagle
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