You are not dumb..
We have all been deceived.. the whole world.. christian, jew, muslim, secular humanist, atheists, etc..you name the group, they have accepted too much that just isn’t truth...
And scripture says it happens..
And when I realized, as a protestant, that I had my faith in exactly the same thing that the Mary of the catholic church pointed to, I sought to defend my ‘faith’...
And everything pointed in the direction that I just wasn’t taught Truth., I had just accepted inherited lies that people long since dead accepted and passed off as truth.
The Holy Spirit will lead us to all Truth. And I met the savior like we all do, as Jesus.,. He didn’t let me stay ‘there’..
And I didn’t know why at first... but I know why now...and why I don’t consider myself a christian anymore..
But not because my faith is gone. It has been strengthened...
I truly believe the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.. and He is coming back... and I don’t call Him Jesus anymore..
I don’t accept December 25, good friday or easter either as truth... I don’t live my life by the world’s calendar (named after a pope) anymore either.
It has opened my eyes to what sola scriptura can really be when one rejects the world and turns to His Holy Word for all instruction..
I, too, am not of any denomination, although I do want to study the letters to the churches in depth. Right now I am focusing on the last day. The great falling away of the faithful has its source in the lies. For protestants the lie of the pre-trib rapture will be devastating.
Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS (Iésous): for he shall save his people from their sins. Iésous - Definition: Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.
Luke 3:29 the son of Joshua (Iésous), the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
Now explain to us how the entire New Testament we have today in the Greek is corrupted and it doesn't really say to call Him Iésous. Tell us how the sacred name cult has "corrected" the erroneous documentation we have in the Greek. Can you do that with documentation from ancient manuscripts? Or are you using that Hebrew roots cult nonsense to reverse engineer the words of the New Testament to cast doubt?
“I don’t call Him Jesus anymore”
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, Yeshua, Emmanuel, Anointed Savior, Son of the Most High, Lion of Judah, Star of Jacob, Son of David,the lamb of God.....
He has lots of names, but following the will of the Father who sent him into our world, he died for our sins that we might be reconciled to the Father. God is the WORD and Christ is that WORD made flesh which dwelt amongst us!