Cynical ,
His grace is awesome.. and I agree on those gentile duties.. we truly are free..
But what if christendom is just one big ‘idol’ where the enemy has copied the Word and created his own savior at the same time? And all of our lives, our food, are consecrated and dedicated to a look alik idol that looks and feels like the real thing? A truly ‘in place of messiah’ or an anti Messiah or a pseudo messiah as scripture says will come..sounds crazy and nonsensical but I didnt expect to have Him draw me away from church either.
Thankfully, I was able to reject december 25 and easter as lies, of which christendom holds as sacred golden calves.
The church can’t reject december 25 or easter as lies.. and why would they? The world is run on its calendar. No reason to repent from lies..
We need His grace but we don’t have to accept lies to keep having that grace abound.
enough lies and we may actually be led to follow what scripture calls pseudo christos, pseudo prophets, and anti(in place of) messiah that holds tradition as equal with scripture.
You and I dont accept the same premise..
I see enough counterfeits of scripture to make me very uncomfortable with christendom that I didnt see just two years ago...not the words..
but the worship life..
And satan versus our Heavenly Father is all about worship..
Let’s just stop right there. God saw fit to preserve enough of the Greek manuscripts to give us His word. Along with the Hebrew texts of the Old Testament we can be assured by faith that God has preserved for us what we need. If we don’t have that faith in God we have nothing anyway.
What you call “Christendom” has many sects that have added to or taken away from the words of those texts. You and I both realize that “christmans” and “easter” are pagan and not condoned by scripture. We determined that by the words found in those preserved scriptures. We rely on the guidance of the Holy Spirit not the words of man. He will lead those who God is calling to be His. As far as the calendar is concerned we still have to live in this world. We are not under the laws of the old calendar. Yes we can understand it and understand God’s timing but as long as we are in this world we will be constrained in some ways to use that calendar. It’s not something that affects our service or dedication to God.
>> I see enough counterfeits of scripture to make me very uncomfortable with christendom that I didnt see just two years ago<<
I have enough trust in God’s promise to preserve His word for “all generations” to believe that the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament texts we have are indeed His infallible word. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit as He promised we can be assured that if we diligently seek Him with faith in Christ alone for our salvation God will not abandon or forsake us.
Don’t think for a minute that God didn’t realize how muddied things would get after the apostles passed from this world. His gift of this dispensation of grace was for a reason. Faith alone in Christ alone.