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"Forest Fan testimony"

It was just a few years ago, growing up in a Hebrew Christian family, that I went to Church, had faith, prayed - occasionally and read the Bible - again occasionally. Then the boss of my father, invited us all over to the States, for a conference on Jewish teachings in the Bible. It was my first time away and I enjoyed the time, but something better, more amazing happened. There in sunny USA for the first time, in the desert of Arizona something else happened...

As I was really a man now, it was time for me to make a decision about Jesus and this trip, made up my mind, that I wanted Jesus and wanted to avoid Hell. I was sitting in a room, when I asked Jesus into my heart. I suddenly felt the difference, I was relieved, my sins were off my shoulders and on the cross. Jesus was living in me, in my life and in my heart. What a great day! You might think, is it really that easy? Do you really just pray and feel different? The answer is YES. If you confess you are a SINNER, you believe Jesus died for YOUR SINS and He LOVES YOU, you will be saved! That's what I did anyway.

Anyway, thinking that was it for the day, having asked Jesus into my heart - enough for one day, I went to bed. Next morning I woke up early to reflect on the previous day, when a gleem of light, glistened through the bathroom door. I opened it, to get ready for the day, when I went to the sink, to wash. As I reached for the sink (with nothing on my feet), I wobbled unsteadily, before I felt myself falling. It felt like minutes, but in reality, it was seconds, before I fell... head-first straight onto the cold, hard, marble like bathroom floor. I was soon carried away and into safety, but the pain wrang around in my head, for days.

As I went back down to the conference, head still hurting, most of the ateendees met with me and they told me that I had been attacked by Satan, but the Lord had protected me. How true that sounded! I had no long lasting damage to my head and enjoyed the rest of my trip. I met Archangel out there and His name reminds me that the angels looked after me in Arizona. I never really thought much about hurting my head, because it soon healed after much ice and rest, but recently I reminded myself of it. I was doubting I was really saved, when the Lord reminded me I am on the Lord's side and I accepted Him the day I was saved and Satan tried to get me the next day - but he was just too late.

Organized religion wanted Jesus dead. The Pharisees and Sadduccees and scribes hated Him. He exposed them for what they were: hypocrites who didn't recognize Him as the Son of God.
Organized religion today is more interested in how big their church is compared to another. It's become all about numbers, not worship. There was no division among the 1st century followers of Christ. They were, as the Bible says, of one mind and purpose; i.e., to tell the world of the resurrected Son of God and His power to save them from their sins.
But every group has to have some organization. We are supposed to be the body of Christ. He is the head. Unfortunately, some religions have cut off the head and are running around claiming to be doing great things in His name. One day He will tell those people, "Depart from me, you that work iniquity, for I never knew you."

Forest Fan wrote:
> No and nope.

So you don't have;

- Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe. In other words, you don't believe in God, right?

- A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship. So you don't believe in a system of worship and you don't believe that people have to follow a set of rules, right?

- A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader. So you don't live your life according to the teachings of Jesus, right?
- A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion. So you don't in fact believe any of the stuff you've posted, right?

Right?

Do you have any grounding in reality Gump? Or do you live in your own world, free and untroubled by thing such as "logic", "common sense", and "friends"?

No and nope.

Forest Fan wrote:
> To be religious - I would have to earn my way to Heaven - which I
> can't do.

Nope. To be devoted to Jesus like you are is also religious.
And to believe in the Bible and Gospel is a religion. :-)

Forest Fan wrote:
> To be religious - I would have to earn my way to Heaven - which I
> can't do.

That's a crock of proverbial, and you're very clearly relying on a definition that exists solely within your own ignorant noggin. Aside from that, it's not answering the question. I didn't ask if you were religious. I asked if you considered yourself to be a member of a religion.

To be religious - I would have to earn my way to Heaven - which I can't do.

Archangel wrote:
> Definition:
>
> Christian: a person professing belief in Jesus as the Christ

A religious belief. :-)

Forest Fan wrote:
> English_Bloke wrote:
> Booger off
>
> $nickelback$ wrote:
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>
> I reported him EB.


Good for you, you whiny little hypocritical snotstack (a relevant insult because, you see, booger is slang term for snot. Do you find snot offensive as well Gump?).

Back to the point; are you saying you're not a member of a religion? Or are you back to being a coward?

English_Bloke wrote:
> Booger off

$nickelback$ wrote:
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I reported him EB.

Booger off