My Story

[navygoat1998]

Before I left UPCI SOCAL district (wont mention any names because we know some of the same people) I thought my name was Jezebel Spirit. I was told that because I was being disobedient to the man of God that I would suffer greatly. I was told by other members of the Church not to touch the Lords anointed and that the ground will swallow me and that I needed to repent at the altar. I have to be honest I waited for death and destruction to show up on my door step. I had sermons preached about me and to me and even after we departed the sermon series on spiritual authority continued we had friends that told us thanks a lot for the heavy handed preaching.

The final straw was when we had to stand up and apologize to the entire church, youth and all for going against authority. We were left at the altar as a bloody mess with little concern for our souls. All we did was get married without approval we were told that the pastors will decide when we could get married please and understand we were both in our 40's. We were active members of our respective churches I was the men's leader and was being groomed for bigger things and my wife was on the platform singing specials. We were both serving our local church hard!

It was then we decided the time was now to get out so we met with the pastor the next Sunday morning and we informed him of our decision to leave his church, he was hot and told me that in prayer that God told him to just let us go. We went to a little AOG church that very morning during that very service there was tongues and interpretation and during this interpretation the word came forth that He Himself had set us free from the shackles and bonds and that He has made our path straight and I thought to myself how can God show up here they don't know the truth. Also during our church hunt we went to this church plant that had 5 people and we were 2 of the 5. The pastor looked at me and told me that God would speak to me today but in my head I am like whatever your just trying to grow a church and your wife wears pants. Worship started and the Holy Ghost fell and caused me to bend over and weep uncontrollably it was at this time He told me that He was not well pleased and that none of what we went through were by His hand and that He would he would deal with them in a Godly manner that I would never understand because they love Him.

My dad is still in UPC and has been from the H Richard Hall days. To him I am his backslidden son who would have better off have never tasting the riches of God. He is getting soft in his old age because he asks me once and awhile how was church. I know that like a few here at AFF he thinks that I attend the Temple of Baal with a doctrine of demons. I respect that because I will always know where I stand, I don't agree but I respect.

Someone here on the forums said that other certain Pentecostal church members need to go a little further down the rabbit hole. For the record snakes have been known live rabbit holes.

Today I don't put my hope in manmade interpretation of scriptures because that's all doctrine is but instead I put on my blessed hope and know that mercy triumphs judgment and God desires mercy over sacrifice. It has been a long bloody battle and I have to scars to prove it as do most people that leave a certain oneness organization.

In His Name!

Mike