Breaking through Barriers

[Hanoch]

All of us have heard of Jesus through a believing movement which is incomplete and incorrect in many ways;
it is the duty of each person to, in good faith, SEE
whether or not the things we've been taught are true.
I am a “non-denominational” Christian, but I do not by any
means subscribe to everything I am taught. Example: the
rapture, which I've tried and seen as false. We must transcend them, following the Shepherd wherever He may lead us.
The only Establishment is the Truth; the Truth does not belong to any human establishment; it is the Jerusalem that is above, and the Mother of us all. Therefore, I cannot instantly disregard anyone just because they're Mormon, Jehovah's Witness, Catholic, or Christian, but pray for them.
Christians, Catholics, JW, Mormons, all have something wrong with their theology. Think about it: if Catholicism was perfectly sound, why is Europe now the world center of humanism and atheism? Because they've had too much tradition and lack of they're fed up with it.

“The Kingdom is not in words, but in power.”

They've not been given the true substance of God, so ofcourse they turned away from this “God”; both are to blame: shepherd and flock, because if they truly feared God, they ought to have sought Him (of course, there is still more time for this) We see that there were always some who overcame the world (the world includes the church structure) even during those times.
Does this mean they're entirely wrong? Not at all, I read a book from the current Pope and the presence of Jesus was so real and so precious. URL=http://www.karmel.at/ics/john/dn.html]St. John of the Cross's “Dark Night of the Soul”[/URL] and Therese De Lisieux's writings are truly treasures.

Since the truth belongs only to the Shepherd, who alone is 100% correct, we ought to seek Him, not our own doctrines we are told to believe by our own congregations. We must have a foundation of truth.
Even the great man of God, Benny Hinn, has erroneous teachings about angels and what not.

This is where Psalms 133 comes into play. Let us reason together in the power of the Holy Spirit to come to unity. If we don't really practice love, truth has no use for our egotistical selves whatsoever – just as it did the zealots of old no good, but who were sons of hell.

Confession:
I am thinking… it may be more important to live out faith… than to be perfected in doctrine and have no fruit therewith — not bearing fruit is certainly not doctrinally correct.

“They who are faithful in the little are faithful in the much.”

And I've seen many people with less truth than me, but with much more fruit: more souls won, more love for God, more fruit of the Spirit, more joy, more love, more compassion, more affection for the things that are above…

I have been self-righteous, I've pierced myself through with many sorrows, and I have been lazy – lazy in prayer and not established faith, and in what Jesus says is true about ME personally. Therefore, I have not been able to look on Jesus very much at all except a little recently.
Pray for me, please, my brothers. Sometimes I feel lost. The problem is that, to me, I think that if I am truly concerned with the truths which God has put forth, I ought to be fasting alot more… but it is not as easy as it used to be… been in this problem too long… I need more faith, and to stop being offended and take responsibility for my actions:

1] I saw God and DID NOT BELIEVE I was worthy to be with Him. What does this mean except that I was not prepared to be Holy as He was?
2] I disobeyed God's Spirit many times, rather than believing, being calm, and obeying, instead of letting it [fear] get to me.
3] Sometimes I feel like I can no longer handle the pressures of faith… I am living with someone who won't change his ways and I feel I should go away from this place, but I don't know where I would end up… the Bible says that I should seek first the Kingdom and all things would be added unto me… but I will go to the street, and I just get overcome with depression whenever I've tried to do that in the past… I keep trying to reach backwards into my past, where I think that it was “better”, but am I trying to say that I am not wrong today in saying, “well, if it wasn't for xyz I would be fine today.” I am in such a struggle.
4] I have a problem with obeying the Holy Spirit when He wants me to say something that could be offensive to others, especially those who are close to me… “those who love others more than Me are not worthy of Me” simply because I identify myself with my old, quiet, passive, depressive self rather than with the dynamically powerful God inside of me…

I've noticed that I try to blame other people rather than to take the weight of the sin and responsibility on my own self, thereby humbling myself in the sight of God, as admitting wrongness and NOT rightness and the NEED for forgiveness, and coming before God to be forgiven.. admitting that I have done wrong, thereby dethroning myself from my life, and necessitating thereby the enthroning of the truth in my heart, Jesus Christ.

Just thought I'd put that out there, so that the devil would not be able to make me feel proud and so you can pray for me, please, especially Not3in1, I think she said she had two adopted children, I think she has alot of love in her heart. Please pray for me.
How did this turn into a prayer? Am I wrong for posting this here?
Also, I listen to old game music, like Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy and music from Spirited Away, which I consider to be demonically inspired, and therefore not possible of having an edifying effect on me. Am I being too strict?

[NickHassan]

Hi H,
Men should not allow themselves be driven to to act out of scruples.

1Jn3
18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

19And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

We should just obey the simple demands of God and leave the heavy burdens behind.
Then the wind of the Spirit will give you light but effective roles.

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