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Born outside a denomination.!!!

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Just to help those who believe that to state that someone or some group is in the wrong place (outside of Gods grace or interest) is judgemental to say the least. :eek: :(

In my ignorance & in my minimal level of ''this walk'',I was born again,groovy, into a cult.
This body of people followed the teaching of a man. :( ( Think on these things!!)
(There is usually a man/woman in leadership)he quite correctly ''believed'' that he had been shown that he needed to follow the passage '' (KJ) ''Come ye out & be separated.'' People followed the man who had the message. (Not unknown ''even ''in the bible.) The other leaders unfortunately raised that leader above the position God gave him. But I never heard in that group that Jesus love ME!!! & that He died that this love might be exchanged between us.
N.B. This was in the time that the world that I knew was saying ''stop the world I want to get off..(early '70's!!)
Who else like me, now follows someone or group of the leadership of a body or church. Who they through known history; or their faith/ trust in them, are listerning to & being led by Jesus who lives & breaths through His body ministry. :)
Each of us is respons-able for our own walk & others. Leaders carry the greater responsibility before God.
His body, his spirit is at work world wide & we don't always know where the ''wind''blows or on whom. :nod:
I quite happy to answer your questions.
UK- Charismatic. :wave:
 

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it sounds like you have had an interesting journey in life, thank you for sharing part of this here.

though I wasn't in a cult i was in a tightknit group for a while that had many similarities to one. I didn't realise at the time but I put leaders above God and what the leaders said above what God said, and unfortunately that didn't work out well at all for me spiritually or in other ways so now I seek to put God above any leader and what God says above any leader, even the ones that seem really Godly because from experience and from what the Bible says 'It is better to trust in God than man.'

I believe God can reach people whereever they are because God reached me, God is very powerful.

I am glad you heard about Jesus and that Jesus loves you because this is the truth. How did you hear about this?
 
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