ArchivedWho is the Babylon mentioned in Revelation?I am not sure that it is Jerusalem but the second part of your post raised some points for me for me. To me Christianity is a way of life, I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior when I was 17 it had NOTHING to do with the church I was attending at the time. As a matter of fact the Methodist church I was attending NEVER addressed the issue of being born again. When I was 15 I was molested by a Baptist Minister he was a neighbor and his wife was a really good friend of my mothers. I was dating his son at the time. I had a friend (or so I thought) that was a Jehovia Whitness we had an agreement that we would never discuss the location of heaven. My views on this was I don't care where it is located as long as I am going. Why should I worry about that Jesus said I was going because his fathers house had many rooms and he has one waiting for me. Our relationship ended shortly after she decided to bring one of her church leaders around who suggested to me that I start attending bible study with my friend. When I explained that would not be pleasing to my husband he suggested that I tell my husband that I was out shopping instead. This list could go on and on with disapointments in churches. As I was saying being a Christian is a way of life. Once you have truly accepted Christ as your personal savior your old ways disappear. You become filled with the Holy Spirit and the desire to spread the word or the truth. I am not saying you do not sin again. We all sin and fall short of the glory of God. But it is like falling off the wagon as soon as you can you pick yourself up and get back on and you feel happy to be in God's presence again. I will never succeed totally but I am working hard at getting better. My Christian Life has been filled with miracles. Ones that I have personally seen. When I was 35 my husbands niece came for a vacation. She asked if I would go to church with her that sunday. We went to the local Catholic Church the homley was remarkable. The paster was filled with the Holy Spirit and you could sense it being passed to his congragation. He spoke of having Jesus in your heart accepting him totally and leading a life that was like Christs. After my niece went home I continued to attend (mind you I was not Catholic so I did not participate in their communion) I said that I have seen many miracles and at least 2 visions. Both were in that church. The first was as I was praying with the congregation. I looked up at the alter the priest was preparing the communion at. I saw another person standing there dressed in a brilliant white robe with a rope belt the light around this person was brilliant and stood out. I couldn't take my eyes off of him. I looked around the front of the church to see who was missing and who had put on this brilliant robe. Everyone was accounted for. He just stood there his hands folded as in prayer. And just as suddenly as he was there he was gone. I met with the priest after the service and he had no idea what I was talking about. I continued with this church and became very thirsty for more. I could feel the Holy Spirit move within me. One day the pastor wasn't at service. He was gone for about 2 months When it was time for the Homly he walked into the church and up to the pulpit (he got a standing ovation) He confessed in front of the church that he had a drinking problem and had been in detox. As he spoke I saw a black bird fly from the top of his head to the rafters of the church. I looked around to see if anyone else was looking at the bird that flew to the rafters. No one else seemed to have seen this. I accepted this that he was confessing his sins in public and the bird was a sign to me that the Holy Spirit was taking his sins away. I decided that I should join and at age 38 I became a Catholic. Now here is the thing. I can't get people to understand. I am a Christian First and always First my love for God is greater than anything. I am a Catholic second. This is where the Holy Spirit has led me to eat sort of speak. Because I am a Christian I feed off the word of the Lord. I do it daily. Going to church is like going to a fine dinner once a week at a fine resturaunt. Now I am not saying you should run out and become a Catholic. I am saying that you should find the resteraunt that you like eating at the best. Put your faith in God feed on his word trust the Holy Spirit to guide you. It doesn't say anywhere in the bible that you are going to heaven because you are catholic or methodist or baptist or any other religion it says you are going to heaven because of your faith in Jesus Christ. Well that is enough for today I am sorry I carried on so. Annie |
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