Hi Gino, John and Doves,
Gino - your post linked below. I can so relate to your story. My sister became embedded with the Jehovah's Witnesses and I was persuaded/emotionally blackmailed into studying with them for about a year. They got to me for awhile because my Bible knowledge was non-existent. I knew the basics because I had a believing Mother. But she wasn't a watchman and her Bible knowledge was limited. It was more instinctual - a spiritual knowing. Thank the LORD! I was sucked in because the JW's seemed to know scripture better than I had ever heard - in all my years of attending Sunday School and church. The JW's seemed to have it all going on. Honestly - I have to thank them for forcing me to really study the Bible for the truth. My study with them made me focus on the Bible and what it actually says. The Anglican church (Church of England) never, ever focused on actual Bible study. The focus was always on guilt. We are sinners and will always be sinners etc. True enough - yet the focus was on our LORD Jesus' sacrifice having set us free (again - true enough) but they never explained why? It was presented as a set statement that we were expected to absorb and believe without question.
When I had my first baby, I was utterly blown away by the intense love I felt and the miracle of life. I could not stop staring at the perfect folds of my baby's ears. His fingers and finger nails. So tiny and so perfect. I stared at his little feet - that had not been walked on yet - and prayed my heart out for this little, gorgeous, scrap of beautiful humanity. I could not believe that I had been given the honour of producing such a physically complicated human baby! It was a MIRACLE! My faith took hold - and never let me go again. I had been so honoured and blessed to have a baby. A wonderful baby. I cannot describe the feeling. It's like winning a gold medal at the Olympics without any training. I was, and am, a WINNER! Thank you, Father God.
All formal, money-making religions are a disgrace. The so-called formal 'Christian' churches are corrupt. The Roman Catholic church, the CofE (Anglican church), The Methodists etc., etc. Not one of them focus on prophecy. They are all replacement theologians because the land of Israel did not exist until 1948. They assumed that they had replaced the Jewish people (As do the JW's). Instead of admitting they were wrong - they doubled down and dismissed Israel as 'fake'. I believe that the 'Great Deception' has already taken place. A deception so great that it may even deceive the elect, if that were possible. Thank the LORD God that we are not deceived.