Hello all!
OK…gonna give as much info about myself in as much of a nutshell as I can.

I am relatively new in my discipleship in Christ. They say that hindsight is 20/20 ; I would have to agree with that. Only now that I look back at my life can I clearly see how Christ and God’s Holy Spirit guided me through much. At the time, though, I was not in a spiritual place to be able to realize or recognize it for what it was.

I didn’t actually repent of my sins until a few yrs. ago ( It’s actually been a little less than 2 yrs ago). Don’t get me wrong, though, because I have always been a Christian ~ just not the believer in Christ/Christian that I should have been. Ever since being a child and first finding out about WHO Jesus was/is, I acknowledged Him as being exactly that. I’ve always believed in God and His Son. But ONLY NOW, since growing in Christ, can I see the huge difference that exists between merely believing/knowing of God and Christ from a spiritually intellectual standpoint ( which falls short of complete faith) — compared to TRULY and COMPLETELY loving and trusting in God and Christ with your WHOLE being, which is COMPLETE Faith.

I was Christened into the Catholic religion when I was a baby, but my mom and the rest of my family NEVER EVER practiced it…like EVER! But when I was about 3 or 4, my mom’s sister became one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. My first knowledge of God and Christ derived from this organization via my aunt. This was the ONLY “religion” and belief system I held for years. I never was baptized through that organization, but “studied” around 6 times with them throughout the course of my life. The last time I studied with a Witness was approximately 16 yrs. ago. (I’m totally dating myself, now..ugh..lol)

God has given me inborn skills and abilities. One of them is the ability to judge things fairly. I’ve always given credit where credit is due, and refused to participate in blanket condemnation of others, based solely on generalizations of said person/groups. I’m not too keen on mob mentality. I am able to be honest with myself and with others concerning fairness in judging people’s actions and efforts whether good or bad. If a certain person/group did something good, I would give them credit for it even if that person/group was considered to be “bad” by most. This character trait amongst others, is the reason behind WHY I never could fully accept the organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses in my life. The organization is intentionally and continually refusing to acknowledge good things that God is doing. HE is ACTIVELY working in people all over the world so that HIS Plan will be fulfilled. The organization rejects anything that doesn’t come directly from The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. By doing this…by denying works of God, they inevitably end up blaspheming the Holy Spirit in the process. They put God into a box (the box being THEIR organization), thus portraying God as an exclusive, closed-minded, unwilling and incapable Being – as opposed to an inclusive, open, willing and VERY capable Being! God wants ALL to come to know HIM through Christ! But the organization would have you believe that you can only know God and only be accepted by God “EXCLUSIVELY” through THEM – the organization. In that organization, the role of Jesus , to me appeared to be played down – Like he was just an afterthought or a footnote. It’s a rather subtle process, but one day you wake up and realize what is being done – One day you wake up and realize you have been fearing the organization more than you have been fearing God. There is a major conflict of interest with this that is LITERALLY a matter of life and death.

I’ve seen and experienced the ugly truth concerning this organization first hand and up close. There is much I can discuss concerning this subject and what finally led me to my TRUE discipleship in Christ, but I will save those details for the forums and/or inquiring minds.

Lastly, I want people to know that I have yet to be baptized by water. I know I’ve received Spiritual Baptism, but know I need to be obedient and receive water as well, as a visible declaration.
Denominations want you to jump through unscriptural hoops in order to be baptized e.g filling out forms, baptismal classes, being scrutinizes and questioned beforehand, signing onto that particular denomination’s statement of faith, etc, etc…All of this is unscriptural and I will not participate in unscriptural water baptism. I now also refuse to be baptized with the trinitarian formula and only want to be baptized in Jesus Christ’s name.
Will definitely want my Brothers and Sisters on this site to help lead me to where and how I can accomplish this.

So very glad to have found members of the TRUE Church here! We need to constantly pray that The Church – The Body of Christ finds unity within itself by finally recognizing that the creeds and doctrines the denominations teach and what they, themselves, inevitably adhere to, are in fact creeds and doctrines of men and NOT of God and Christ.

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Grasshopper