I’m not upset. I got over that when I accepted Christ and shook the dust off my feet from the Catholic church. But I pity most Catholics, especially when I see the meanness and pettiness that is all too pervasive in Catholicism.
I am a forgiven, redeemed child of God, fully forgiven and justified in Christ, clothed in the righteousness of Christ, sealed with the promised Holy Spirit who was given me as a deposit guaranteeing what is to come.
I am now free in Christ, free from judgment, free from condemnation, free from rules and regs imposed on me that kept me in bondage for so many years. Free from the threats of hellfire and brimstone for making a mistake or failing because of simply being human. I am free to be who God wants to make me, not who some church or other Christians want to make me.
2 Timothy 1:12 ....nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Did you leave because the people were not christian in their behavior, or because their church demands it's members believe a different Gospel?
And free from insults and hateful words that would send most people on a quest for justice, mm. Pity is the word that applies to those who would seek to destroy those who derive pleasure from hurting others. And I’m not talking about reproving or rebuking for the sake of God’s Word. I’m talking about plain meanness of spirit. We are in a spiritual battle, that’s for sure. You are doing a fine job of putting on the whole armor of God and fighting the good fight. And when having done all you can, continuing to STAND. Regards, smvoice
Galatians 2:4-5
King James Version (KJV)
4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.