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Going Against The Grain is about a believers experience in the black apostolic or Holiness church. The writer was born and raised in the City of Philadelphia and grew up in churches. Going from the Baptist Church in his childhood years and then on to Non denominational Churches and then on to the Holiness Church in his adult years.
While growing up and being exposed to these various denominations, the writer had many questions about each denomination. How can each denomination claim to love the same God and yet be so divided in their beliefs and understandings? If heaven is to be the final resting place of believers, why cant we get along and worship the same God while here on earth? Questions like these and many others would not be tolerated in many denominations, especially the Holiness Church. Holiness (which is a life style) has become a denomination all to itself.
Their are many other questions about church etiquette, tradition and practices that many parishioners may have but are reluctant to ask because of the element of fear and ridicule in the church. Members are sometimes made to feel inferior or lacking in the presence of the attending super saints in many churches. Church members and their families are facing real problems and can not get real down to earth answers. Special prayer lines where the participant must have money in their hands is appalling. People are attending church greeting each other with forced smiles and over rated religious cliches and phrases, and they are hurting and dying on the inside.
Going Against The Grain raises the questions that are avoided in church and comments on the traditions and practices that many members view as questionable and definitely not scriptural. When you don’t blindly follow the masses and do not subject yourself to the strict rules of the church; when you take the time to ask relevant questions and desire to understand and follow what scripture really says; I have learned that you are really Going Against The Grain.
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The expressions of I was thinking about you as many of the previous topics from this site allows me to know the truth of God is not based or biased of denomination, sect, or culture. I understand when people hurt me by actions or words, they don’t realize as being a family of the Kingdom of God they do an injustice to themselves by doing it the Lord. ” As you have done to the the least of these my brothern, you’ve done it unto me”. I thank this writer for his faithfulness to the Creator for courage, patience, and strength to continue as God allows him and us through his experiences to go and grow through these changes as we lend our minds and sometimes our body to inflict discomfort to the children of God through the devices of the evil one; in awareness or not. I humbly say I’m sorry and respectfully ask your forgiveness. I close with the heart felt words ‘thank you’ not in arrogance of this should happen. yet in honor of knowing this my brother’s spirit.
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Praise Him!!!!!!! We often forget that, GOD is GOD all by himself. He doesn’t need us. We need him. Spirituality is a growing process. True FOLLOWERS of Christ aren’t suppose to have a House but a HOME, a HOME in our hearts. So when the Lord says move, we MOVE. We are to follow him not people. People have a tendency to try to IMPRESS each other and not the LORD. I Thank God for Him in you and you in Him. So many need to know the truth about , “Moving On”.
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Thank you for your contribution. =) Stay true and Stay blessed! =D I wish to send you a virtual hug ::hugz:: I hope you will be able to feel it. Thank you again!
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