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11-12-2021, 06:48 AM | #1 |
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A different Perspective!
Hello all,
I have recently found this website, while doing some extensive research regarding the so-called truths that I have been told. I must admit that the detox process is not always a pleasant experience, but something that one has to go through. By the mercy and grace of God, I have been recently (about 10 months) taken out of this movement, after spending 12+ years dishonoring Him, doubting Him, and prostituting myself (spiritually speaking), believing a lie! I don't really want to get into all details regarding on how and when I got into it at this time, (one day I will), however, I can testify that as couple of men told me upon my notification to them that I'm no longer part of this group, "Paul, you know you can't leave this, there is no way out! There is no where to go! Don't worry, you will be back here in a matter of time". Those are probably the only true statements that I have heard! And after not understanding the matter at hand, and having to stand before God and beg for the answers, I've realized and see their point. No man by themselves can leave this! No-one can just pack their bags and go away! No-one can just say that I disagree and leave, because if you believed that lie once, it comes with strings attached and will pull you back into it, if not to these man, but sometimes into even worse! It requires God, only He can pull someone out of it! Only He can cut all ties and strings! Only He can set you free! I just want to point out one theme, or one underlining issue that I have discovered and noticed with mostly all people that are no longer associated with this scam, and that issue is doctrinal bases. Although it is the biggest and the most important of all issues, no argument from me, I do believe that there is a trap that’s is purposely set there. I will just touch one aspect of it. I hope that me bringing in this illustration will help someone see, or at least shed some light into the matter at hand. Ephesians 6:12 (King James Version) "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places". How many of you ever played a game of chess? Or how many understand the concepts of what the game is all about? If you do, great. That will help you to understand what Im trying to point out, but if you don't, just understanding a simple concept of "winning a battle, but losing a war", is enough to get my point. Just like with any great and effective operation and strategy, there is sometimes things that one has to sacrifice in order to achieve the bigger goal. This is not your typical Joyce Myers, or Joel Olsteen run of the mill operation. I can guarantee you that it wasn't put together overnite in the garage. This is not trading your bishop for a knight, or pawn for a pawn, and at the end calling it a draw! This is more like trading their queen for a pawn, with the hope that you don't see the trap that's is set there, and jump all over it, so that they can get to your King! I apologize that I'm using this examples to show something that I hope will point someone to a slightly different direction and to maybe see how this thing here is put together. There is much more to this than arguments about doctrines and practices. Lastly, I say to those who live in any kind of fear of these men, and become anonymous online critics and pontificators. Although I understand and can clearly see what the consequences of doing so would be, I ask you to consider this: What was the reason God by His mercy on you took you out of this scam or anything else for that matter? What was the reason you have been set free, if that so happen in your life and this is not just a holy war on your understanding of the certain truths? Are we called to be the light? Are we called to be the salt? Are we to continue to live our live in our own pity, “Oh, poor me. How I got screwed”? Are we to still yield anything to this scam, and give power to the man that invented it or the people that run it? You all know how many people’s lives and families have been destroyed by this scam, even their own children will testify against them! I ask and say all this not to say that I’m in a better situation than ya’ll, but I say this knowing that, this is exactly where these men want you to be. This is exactly where they feel most powerful! This is exactly what this is all about. And while you all out here fighting the holy battle, of trying to prove who is right and who is wrong, they will be going after your weak! They are going after you children! They are going after your wives, because you know “if we get the children, we will get the mother, and then the father will have no choice”. And while a lot of you thinking that your are winning your holy battles, these men are winning ultimate war! I ask you all to consider the matter at hand and look at it from the perspective of the scripture above, who we are to wrestle, and who/what stand behind this whole scam! There will be no draw, nor there will be any yielding! Do not fear these men, they have as much power as a common flu, although they will say otherwise! Instead, put your testimony out in the light! I’m sure that wherever you are in the world, there are hundreds if not thousands of children, women, and men that are looking for someone to help them! There are hundreds of people who are living in fear, living in crippling chains of this disabling scam! Point them to the One that can free, the One that can restore! Point them to Him that has set you free, The Real Jesus, the Living one! Maybe just one person who will see your testimony before man, and you will have a chance to share Christ with them, and that will be way better off than posting online as anonymous victims! We are not called to sell a vision, or to follow one! We are not here to preach a word of a man, but to preach Christ, and Christ crucified! 1 Cor 9:16 “…Woe unto me, if I preach not the gospel” and also 1 Cor 1:23 “But we preach Christ crucified”. Throw away all visions, all junk that’s associated with it also! Jer 17:5 “Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusts in man, and taketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD”. Him alone, Christ alone! May God be our Shepard in every step that we take, and every moment of our lives! Do not fear anyone, except God! 2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV) For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Matthew 10:28 (KJV) 28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear Him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. God Bless. Paul. I apologize for any grammatical errors or such, English and writing is not my strong suit. |
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