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Originally Posted by awareness
There was nothing easy in the local church. I eventually developed a consistent knot in my stomach from trying so hard. Seemed I couldn't give enough to Christ and the church. I was, in fact, working out my salvation. Easy-believism wasn't part of the local church when I was in it.
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From my own experience I thought I was living a life pleasing to God in the LC because I had "works". I was attending Lord's day, Friday night and prayer meetings and serving youth on and off. However my heart was really for the world. My goal in life was to make money quickly so I could play video games for the rest of my life. Yet I knew and accepted that Jesus was real, so I still convinced myself that I had to be involved because I didn't want to end up in that 1000 year dark closet.
It wasn't until I left and fully surrendered my life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ that I believe I became born again and a new creation. I could have stayed in the LCs all my life and lived in this deception, missing out on the beginning of a new transformation.