- Nov 10, 2016
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Years ago I was agnostic/atheist. I came across Christianity on my own, I wasn't sure if the spiritual realm existed but now I have experienced it when I wasn't ready.
From that moment onwards I had many deceivers come past, JW knocking on my door, Mormon missionaries, and I eventually left the Orthodox Church which I was new to and got swept into a cult by fear. I had no idea what the message of the Bible was, I thought it was to do what Jesus did which the cult I was apart of emphasized Passover and Sabbath day in order to get to heaven. They taught modalism, and rejected trinity, thought Jesus comes back 3 times, and his 2nd time will be secret. I had counterfeit blessings come my way which I thought were from God, but these blessings weren't from God. I am now reading about a real counterfeit spirit that pretends to be the Holy Spirit. I have experienced the spiritual, but the negative spectrum of it. My life was going downhill, and I started having thoughts what if this isn't the truth? Because the teachings were confusing and contradicting each other. I was in the process of being indoctrinated and told not to go on the internet or other Churches because they don't go to Church on the 7th day or celebrate Passover which are needed for heaven they claim, they don't even think Jesus is the savior by the way which gave me a major red flag. They also think crosses are pagan, and anyone talking about the death of Jesus they look down on.
I had enough of this and wanted to leave and follow Jesus alone, I had not talked to God for help in the past I tried doing this all on my own.
I am having waves of confusion, but as I endure I start to realize the message that is being clouded. I do not believe my works or what I do can get me to heaven, I believe I am starting to realize what Jesus did that he died for my sins and whoever believes in him ALONE that he died for your sins will be saved and not of works.
Its not Passover or Sabbath or good works. Satan tried really hard to drag me down into hell.
From that moment onwards I had many deceivers come past, JW knocking on my door, Mormon missionaries, and I eventually left the Orthodox Church which I was new to and got swept into a cult by fear. I had no idea what the message of the Bible was, I thought it was to do what Jesus did which the cult I was apart of emphasized Passover and Sabbath day in order to get to heaven. They taught modalism, and rejected trinity, thought Jesus comes back 3 times, and his 2nd time will be secret. I had counterfeit blessings come my way which I thought were from God, but these blessings weren't from God. I am now reading about a real counterfeit spirit that pretends to be the Holy Spirit. I have experienced the spiritual, but the negative spectrum of it. My life was going downhill, and I started having thoughts what if this isn't the truth? Because the teachings were confusing and contradicting each other. I was in the process of being indoctrinated and told not to go on the internet or other Churches because they don't go to Church on the 7th day or celebrate Passover which are needed for heaven they claim, they don't even think Jesus is the savior by the way which gave me a major red flag. They also think crosses are pagan, and anyone talking about the death of Jesus they look down on.
I had enough of this and wanted to leave and follow Jesus alone, I had not talked to God for help in the past I tried doing this all on my own.
I am having waves of confusion, but as I endure I start to realize the message that is being clouded. I do not believe my works or what I do can get me to heaven, I believe I am starting to realize what Jesus did that he died for my sins and whoever believes in him ALONE that he died for your sins will be saved and not of works.
Its not Passover or Sabbath or good works. Satan tried really hard to drag me down into hell.