One of the biggest assumptions the world has is that it is a stigma if a professing Christian does not belong to a church, so I sought out to find one for fellowship and to help strengthen my walk when I began to feel perplexed as to why the Lord was leading me away from the church, what was he trying to teach/show me? My journey in looking for the perfect church led to the biggest eye opening experience Ive ever had and finally led me straight to the true church that I desired to find. Heres my testimony... I set out to seek a church home for fellowship and one that matched Biblical scripture. Each and every church I attended, I ended up walking away from having learned some form of deception. Some of the things that I witnessed was division inside the church, changing of Pastors (the was a HIGH common factor), changing of even whole congregations! I learned about the Illuminate red and blues color meaning and church infiltration, I learned the awful history of Catholicism, I noticed that each domination only emphasized on one part of scripture instead of all of it and it really upset me how incredibly divided the body of Christ is when the Bible says to be like minded, think together as one yet everyone practiced their own personal beliefs and how it should be done. All I could see was mass confusion and little cliques here and there inside most churches. Some churches felt ice cold, having no love in them what so ever, I learned about Sabbath keeping, I learned how many of the churches out there participate heavy in worldly affairs whether it be loud music concerts w/fog and dark lighting, spa and casino trips here and there w/mutual believers, even one church would play a short clip of dirty unclean comedy before starting the sermon, I saw teens making out with each other on so called teen nights IN the church, I saw the church being used a money making market scheme, pastors using the prosperity gospel to get people to tithe all of their money to receive more blessings in their life, Ive witnessed the overly dramatic scene where the pastor plays this soft instrumental music in the background and he gets all sentimental in his wanting to bring lost souls up to the alter to be saved and those poor people thinking that by confession alone they are saved and that is all they have to do. Never being told about the next step of conversion and the importance of being filled with the Holy Spirit. I heard music and songs being sung that had some form of deception in them...I heard the feel good gospel being preached, the one that focuses on self rather then focusing on Jesus Christ. I felt so disappointed and stunned at how ungodly most churches are out there. I would come home and research the history of some of these churches like the 7 day Adventists, just to find out that it comes from a Satanic Occult of some sort. I even tried forming friendships with other church goers just to discover that they werent as passionate for the Lord as they were with worldly affairs. Feeling bummed about it, I prayed that the Lord lead me to a good church, one that practices all of his truth, one that I can find like minded believers in... Finally one night while sifting through videos to learn more about all of these denominations, I came across someones video that I could identify with completely. It was like a breath of fresh air, that pivotal moment when you realize you arent all alone and that there are other people that feel the same way as you do (which arent very many these days). What I learned is that the true church is in the body of Christ. It is a church among believers that are led in spirit, there are no divides, no disagreements and everyone is one formed in the Body of Christ to fullfil a role and a purpose. This group of believers are like minded because they are led in spirit and not by the ways of the world or mans teachings/laws/traditions. I realized that I didnt need a church to teach me anything because the spirit was guiding me to all truth, the only thing I am still missing however, is fellowship. Been praying for awhile now that he send holy spirit led believers in my path and still patiently I wait, hoping to one day start a small in home service dedicated to Jesus on HIS holy sabbath day. Who really cares about that though right? My point being is this: We DONT need to belong to a church ESPECIALLY now when the deception is beginning to reach its peak, we should never trust a man alone to teach us the Word of God, we should be relying fully on the Holy Spirit for that. We dont need to attend a building to validate who we are in Christ. He isnt looking for those type of believers, he is looking for the ones that trust FULLY in HIM to be guided and directed on the correct path. I am not saying that the people who attend church are bad people, or even that church leaders are, what I am saying is that the TRUE church, comes out of the world and fully surrenders their lives over to Christ. So many professing believers think that they are saved having no idea how incredibly far from the truth that they are and many will be so upset with their church leaders for having led them astray. Know your God, Know his Word. Prepare spiritually. Time is ticking down. youtu.be/N0UyTS22gpU
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:12:27 +0000
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