I have had a lot of growing in the Lord in these last years and so I wanted to share a little in that. Perhaps some readers might be seeking deeper truth in a world where evil and deception abounds and sadly among those claiming to be God's people. It can be confusing out there, I know.
As I have shared before, I have grown up always hearing about God and being taught many of His ways. I have shared a little of my testimony before.
I grew up pretty sheltered from the world and from much sin for which I praise God for. I know that not one person on earth is free from sin and so I know even one so called "little sin" is big and an evil against a holy God just as Eve's sin sent the world into all this mess.
For many years I have been faithfully reading the Word and striving to obey all I knew.
Much what I know now I just did not see clearly back then as I do now but I was seeking truth and the Lord has been faithful to show me more.
So it really has been a matter of once you learn something isn't in line with scripture then many other things also go with it.
I know I was deceived in how I viewed the church today and so now that I know how corrupt most all of that is, they have lost the authority that I perhaps thought they had. You tend to think that people more studied or older in the faith should know better...but it is not always so. Many have a form of godliness and perhaps are not even born again, and remember that satan can come as an angel of light and there are wolves in sheep's clothing.
So many things that come with what is called Christianity today has to be questioned once you know it is corrupt and not what Christ ordained for His body. Yes I knew very many things were wrong but still I was not seeing clearly the true ways of God. I couldn't quite identify exactly what it was but now I know so many things are false and vain traditions of men and must all be rejected.
A few things that I had to rethink and come to a conclusion on are the lies of Sunday being the Lord's Day and the pretrib rapture. I had to forsake pagan holidays like christmas and easter, and separate from those claiming Christ yet living in sin.
In the past, I was also involved in music along with most of my family. I repented of that fleshly sin and threw away into the garbage all remaining things I had from it.
Now most claiming Christ today do not teach ladies to cover their heads. They usually say that it was just cultural or a woman's hair is her covering. I was swept away in that thinking also and so when I began to be convicted of that several years ago I was confused as to what is a true biblical covering. Is it just one that conceals the long hair or one that covers everything? I praise the Lord that He continued to convict me on this and even though yes it is something that the world and most so called Christians think is unnecessary and weird the Lord has spoken through His chosen one Paul and it is all in the plan that God has for His obedient women. Yes it was hard in my flesh for a little while to think that's what God required of me but by His power I pressed on and did it.
I've shared before how my dress had to change a little bit from what I had grown up with in order to be fully biblical as I was wearing things that are adornments and the Word says in a couple places not to adorn. I've shared about women's dress here and I hope to continue to do so in hopes that it will help someone else to see what God's desire in this is in a world where just about anything goes.
I also had to learn the true submissive role of a woman in the body of believers. Because I had a wrong view of the church today I had this wrong also. I certainly thought women pastors and teachers were wrong but when I learned all the errors of today's so called believers and I learned how the true body of Christ works, I needed to put away my sin of going too far in theology which is stepping out of place for women. The Lord wants women to be in subjection to the men and so we need to be quiet in the body and we do not teach theology either. Yes we can be useful in sharing the gospel and we can teach and encourage women in their roles as I try to do on this blog but not have authority over men.
There are probably a few more things that do not come to mind right now that I had to see what scripture actually teaches and not what I had been taught or had always believed. Putting all this away for God's glory must come with those who are born again creations by the Spirit.
I praise and thank Him for allowing me to see His truth and ways...and I want to continue to grow in Him and in knowledge of the truth.
Blessed are you Lord!
So I go on day by day striving against sin and trying to live blameless for my Lord. I praise Him for allowing my eyes to be opened and I know He will continue to show me more truth from His Word as I desire to see it.
I thought a sister in Christ might especially appreciate this picture:-)
Tonight we were making pizza again. Sometimes I make yeast free pizza bases but I didn't have enough raising agent so I dug out a recipe from a sister. I've made it a couple times before.
I was also wearing an apron that this sister had helped me make by giving me the idea.
That might represent the physical help this sister has given me...but the spiritual help has been far greater. I praise God for what the Lord has led this sister and her husband to do for the Lord and in His timing it could help me...for eternity. God be praised!
Brother and sister, I greatly appreciate all the help, the encouragement, the edification, the emails, the prayers, and the sharing you have done with me (and countless others). I know you are very busy and you face some tough things out there in the heat of the battle but you truly love like no other. To God be the glory!
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