Isaiah 45:15 The old hymn says, “I once was lost but now I’m found was blind but now I see.” When I began to realize that I was in a false church I became angry at the deception and lies that I formally believed . After a time I began to realize that for me to be awakened to the truth I had to first experience the deception and lies. It’s like the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you cannot know one without the other. Only when you have had the direct experience of both can your eyes be opened. Why would God allow me to get mixed up with a false church ? Was there something that I could learn from the experience ? Should I continue to be angry or should I be thankful ? Truth and lie are opposites so are good and evil. Psalm 51:8 God set me up for a fall by allowing me to get involved with a group that was false only to crush my bones, my false beliefs, when He did open my eyes to see. Only when this was done could God create in me a clean heart and blot out all my sins. Today I am no longer angry at that false church because now I know that God used the experience to draw me to His son, for that I am ever thankful . Now I can put the past behind me, set my hand to the plow and not look back but move forward to the goal of the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14
I have forgotten those things that are behind me so that I can grow in the grace and the knowledge of my Lord and savior. 2 Peter 3:18
I have forgotten those things that are behind me so that I can grow in the grace and the knowledge of my Lord and savior. 2 Peter 3:18
