God does not speak to be heard,
Today the majority of Christians who claim to follow God and His ways are in fact following a lot of worldly, pagan customs that are not Scripturally sound. They have a form of religion, but it is not Scripturally sound.
I grew up all my life in church. I was born into a Baptist family, so from the time I was 6 weeks old and dedicated in the church, I only missed church if I was sick. Which thank God wasn’t often. I grew up in the church and for a very long time I thought that what the church thought was truth.
Unfortunately, like most church pew sitting people I didn’t read the full Bible until the age of 43! How sad that is. I served in the church, sat in the choir, was a nursery helper, youth group leader, summer camp councillor, and served in the women’s group leadership. Loved the Lord. Saved. Read the Bible … like you know those daily devotionals and studied the Bible when I had to prepare for any of the above roles I fulfilled. I was a good religious person.
But I never read the full Bible until the age of 43. However, when I did read the full Bible everything changed! I mean EVERYTHING. I realized that I wasn’t saved. I realized that I followed a false gospel, I loved a false Jesus and followed customs that are not in the Bible in any shape and form. I was confused. Sometimes angry. More confused. So I decided to study the Scriptures. Not just read it, but study it. I asked God to help me understand His word. Trust me, you pray that … he answer it. In 2 years. I grew more Spiritually than I did in 43 years. The more I studied the Scripture, the more I knew that many of my religious Christian customs are not Scriptural.
God revealed to me step-by-step, one-by-one where I was wrong, thanks to a lot of wrong doctrinal and theological doctrines. And it was hard. I am not going to lie. It is very hard to give up what you thought all your life was true. And I personally struggle with pastors of many denominations who actually study the Bible (or I think they do) and more likely study historical elements on a deeper level … yet they still teach and preach doctrines that are not Scripturally sound. By doing so they lead many astray. They willingly or ignorantly block others to enter the kingdom of God.
“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.” ~ Matthew 23:13
But, I realized that I will be responsible for my own actions. We live in a time in history when we have access to God’s word. We can all draw to God, we have access to the throne of God thanks to Jesus. So I realized that wrong theological doctrine will not be an acceptable excuse.
I am sharing here some of the things God reveals to me and teaches me. The Scripture tells us that the Spirit of truth will guide us into all truth and teach us. So, before I open my Bible I pray and asked the Holy Spirit to teach me into all truth and he does.
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Unscriptural Church Feasts
In the spring of 2020 when the world went mad with Covid, I realized that we been lied daily by the news, I also noticed the phenomenon that churches followed orders that were totally against Scriptural principles.
I remember in one of my prayers specifically asking God: “God please show me the lies we been lied in the church. What are the things that are presented as truth, but they are not of you.” Well, only pray these prayers if you are ready, not only to hear the truth from God, but to make changes, because when God speaks He doesn’t speak to be heard, He speaks to be obeyed.
Interestingly enough God began the revelation and correction about the celebration we celebrate in church. It showed me clearly that Halloween, Easter and Christmas are not in the Bible and I should not participate in them. To say this was easy, and I easily dropped them would be a lie.
Halloween was easy to drop because that celebration is so pagan and so dark that I never really liked it. But Easter and Christmas … now that’s a different story. I think when a lie is presented as truth, especially if it’s a religious truth, that you believed all your life that is was good and true, it’s very hard to let it go. It’s hard to let go of traditions.
But ultimately God is very straight forward and clear: We must not worship the Lord our God in the way the world does. (Deuteronomy 12: 4,31) God is very clear that when we don’t follow His ways, our celebration are in vein and He does not accept them.
When you have to choose between truth and tradition, always choose truth.
