I'm not looking for a religious organization per-say. I am looking for fellowship or just people. ANYONE! Because I had a PTSD episode I was ostrasiced from a campus group and these mainstream "Christians" just stopped talking to me. They were supposed to be my friends. They outright lied to me. So then I found the other "mother god" church and it looked really nice at first and they made some really good points but then when they started talking about "mother god" I was like "hmm..maybe not" so I'm not gonna go with that one so I am churchless AGAIN! Idc about the building but I do care that I am being taught sound biblical truth. I have come to the conclusion that the sabbath MUST be kept and that the sabbath is on a Saturday but most churches keep it on Sunday and that's no good. I'm just tired of the lies and the people not caring. I want the real thing. Plus the Bible can be misiterpreted a million different ways and can be used for good or for evil. Satan is so dangerous because he knows the Bible so well. So all I want is to have the pure unfiltered truth. Mainstream Christianity can't give that to me. Part of this may be because I am hurt but maybe it's a good thing because it is pushing me to find something better. My boyfriend sent me a link about what to do if you can't find a church. It said to remain as I am, do my own thing and whenever I encounter another Christian, offer to do a Bible study with them and see what I can learn or maybe I could teach them something. So yeah I am looking for people and stuff but overall I just want truth. And while the Bible is truth, satan perverts it and we can't always understand the Bible for one reason or another so I want to understand it. Look at how many denominations there are. A lot of them use the SAME Bible but interpret it different! So how can we be surem ours is the right interpretation unless we do some digging?
Pure unfiltered truth can only cone from the holy spirit.
When I became a christian I sat on the edge of my bed, deep in thought. There were six billion people in the world, most smarter than me. Most of them believed in God but had different ideologies concerning him. Even in Christianity there were so many different denominations with various doctrines, and geld by highly intelligent people. I suddenly felt very small and vulnerable in the grand scheme of things. So I did the only thing I could do. I got down on my knees and asked God to show me truth through the holy spirit as I read the bible and I trusted him to do it. Does Tha mean I am infallible in knowledge? Heck no, but you gave to put your trust somewhere, right"
I sympathise with your bad experiences in churches, I had that also. It left me in a terrible state in my youth
Yes the bible can be manipulated, Tha can be done by various groups, even ones you may initially trust. Concerning which day you must go to church, Paul speaks in romans 14 of disputable matters, things everyone can follow what they think they should follow. In verse five he states:
One man considers one day more sacred( holy) than another. Another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind
My understanding of that is. You are welcome to go to church on a Saturday and i am a Sunday. You may consider Saturday more holy than another day, i nay consider every day alike. But we do not have the right on Thi issue to say everyone must do as we do