In November 2015, my job was taken from me because I chose not to participate in their EAP (Employee Assistance Program). They were compelling me to this program because I was refusing to participate in certain "team building" exercises that I thought were intrusive and deceptive in their motives. Since I chose to not participate, they chose to terminate my employment. I have not worked for pay since then except small jobs for some family members. I did not draw unemployment benefits, on purpose.
InsteadI started searching for truth. I read books seeking to find out what is true. I searched the internet. I found Q stuff while researching about Seth Rich.
I started reading Q posts and researching on my own. I wrote down stuff to develop my core beliefs and this became my list of 21 things. I read a book, "Evidence That Demands A Verdict" to try to understand if the Bible is true. I started reading the Bible again daily to see if it was true. I started talking to God, just asking Him questions. Then I started praying, as I learned more about what I was reading.
Then God started revealing Himself to me. I wrote down what He shared about His attributes, about what I learned from His Word, about what I saw of His work in the world today. I wrote it all down. I have even shared some here on GAW.
Then I started to see God answering my prayers. I noticed He answered my prayer from 2015 in an expansive way. My prayer was regarding harassment. His answer came in my separation from my employer--and expanded from that into elimination of human trafficking, or at least, the work toward that. My prayer was limited, but God's response is not.
When I realized this, I wrote it down and Praised God. I find myself thanking God with every revelation and there are tons of them now.
There is much I wish to share. Over time I may. For now, I had better leave it with this...
From my list of 21 Things:
- God Wins.
And
- First Go To God.
Don't do that.
Don't claim to have super special secret divine esoteric knowledge and then withhold it.
It raises every red flag that you are full of shit and obsessed with ego.
You fail the moment you claim to be more righteous than anyone else.
You have no authority to tell us what to believe.
You are fallible Christian with opinions and beliefs, just like the rest of us.
Stay humble and open minded or don't. That's between you and God.
Your beliefs are your beliefs. You are not the mouth of God.
Many Christians enjoy believing their claims are infallible and omniscient, but they still have much to learn. Often they have humility to learn.
Believers need to spread His word. None of us is more righteous than anyone else but we need to help bring as many of our fellows as we can to enter into His Kingdom.
You were already warned before coming in here you could skip this post. It was your choice to enter even after seeing the title.
And it is your choice to accept Him as your Savior. God will always give you many chances to accept Him before your eternal fate is decided at death.
Agreed. Free speech is a two way street and I never apologize for warning Christians when I think they are too caught up in ego to notice they have bedazzled themselves a silly hat and cloak.
Truth will set us free and discussing the Gospel will always help us on our path, however claiming to have super-secret-special-knowledge about Jesus that you're unwilling to share or that we're unworthy to hear... deserves ridicule.
These are some fantastical leaps you're making. This guy just wanted to share something he felt was empowering for him and his faith in the hopes maybe others would find inspiration, and because he didn't go into painstaking detail you are claiming he is holding the secrets of the universe back from us.
Like take a step back and look at what you are doing.
If the entire model of Christianity versus ordinary religons is that it allows us mere mortals to have a personal relationship with an omnipotent diety..no..in fact that an omnipotent diety craves having a personal relationship with us
Logically, the idea that there be secrets or truths shared between Jesus and one person, is sound
God is very explicit when he wants us to tell everyone. PERHAPS the truth he arrived at is one that needs to be further tested before it is shared.
Or perhaps it is tested as it is shared for all to see.
SauceFag Here.
Please rebuke clearly. Please add scriptural references.
I do have ego issues along with a multitude of sins.
I am often full of stuff but God knows me and those times.
That sentence is honest. I do have much to share. And, yes, over time I may share. Or I may not.
Right now there was a tiredness and so I give it a rest.
I don't remember claiming to be more righteous than anyone else. One only has to look at the vast righteousness of God+his Son to be instantly humbled. I do that. I look at the vast righteousness of God+his Son. And I shared the truth of what I do. I made no compare and contrast to anyone else. I feel silly for defending this.
Oh, choose for yourself whom or what you believe. I will do the same. I will not be silent anymore about it. You may speak and share yours also, as you have shown.
Yes I am fallible and sin, though I don't wish to. I wish to become more and more like Christ. That's true.
"Stay humble and shut up." Did I misunderstand?
I believe God works in many ways. I have read that once God even made an ass speak to the guy who was beating him because an angel was standing before them and the guy didn't see.
You last observation makes you sound like a know it all. Funny how God reveals all of us where we are.
Me, feeling silly for being defensive.
God knows about it. He is Allknowing.
Wew - so now you claim you have no ego.
I mock your claims that you have special secret divine truth that you won't share for secret reasons because no such truth exists.
You just got overly excited and forgot to be humble.
u/Dempsey may I suggest a deep breath, maybe a walk, pet a dog, something relaxing.
u/Q20191776 made a great post. It was very heartfelt and humble. Frankly, it was courageous. Many people decide not to write posts like this because they are afraid of the type of unwarranted ridicule that you selfishly interjected.
In your effort to demand OP share more and not hold back, you are (un)wittingly making members of this community think twice about sharing their own thoughts out of fear of ridicule from folks like you.
You may have good intentions (or not, hard to tell) but when you get all bent out of shape like this it makes it look like you're the one with the "too large of an ego" and lack of humility and humbleness.
You could have just scrolled on by. It would have been the easiest thing you did all day.
I encourage people to share their personal experiences and wisdom. There is no right or wrong way to do it. It takes courage to do so and I stand and applaud all who do.
If you disagree with someone or it rubs you the wrong way, consider scrolling by. Maybe think twice before commenting and ask if you are improving the conversation.
Here's to all the courageous patriots on here that take the time to be vulnerable and post their personal experiences and thoughts. YOU are the ones who make this community great.
Ride on u/Q20191776
We ride together.
u/#Ridetofreedom
Dempsey is a fighter. I can tell by his name. We need fighters among us also. I applaud his comments. They are humbling and provocative.
Thank you for your reminders about provocations and conflicts.
I said I do have ego problems. Unless there was a typo.
I saw no claim to any righteousness outside of God's. Where did you see this? Assuming good faith is a positive attribute, unless the person has already disqualified themselves by word or deed.
This is interesting to me.
I believe that God knows His own, even those who don't yet know Him. God is Allknowing.
I believe this because God is Infinite. #12 on my list. "God's view of time is different from man's view of time." He is outside of time and space--infinite.
So, when one thinks about the redemption on the cross, the payment for our sins, it is not limited to the past and the present, but includes the future in man's viewpoint. Gotta keep remembering this.
So, do any of us know who is God's own?
This ego broke my virtue signal meter as it savaged strawman after strawman.
Must be great to have a virtue signal meter.
Must be great to have a database of strawmen.
Lol you sound like Josephs brothers belittling him for having divine dreams. Chill its okay OP probably has a lot to tell but short on time to talk 🤷🏼♀️
This.