“I’m Southern Baptist....”

I have read your posts on a couple different forums and although I would like to participate in the discussion, I’m sorry but I don’t feel right yet expressing my interpretation of the scriptures. I don’t trust my interpretation of scriptures. I can read the scriptures, and I'm beginning to understand the interpretation Baptists have to put on scripture to make them mean what the Baptists want them to mean. I'm still reading them and interpreting them the way my minister tells me I should interpret them but, like you said, through prayer, the Holy Spirit is beginning to open my eyes and I'm beginning to see through that thinly veiled veneer of half truths!

“I have gone to church with the same people for years. We have been told for so long by our minister, that we’re all sinners and that every time we read the scriptures,  because we question what our minister tells us, that our questioning and intrepretation (sic) of the scriptures is the work and power of Satan. Consequently, I don’t trust my interpretation and am afraid of reaping the condemnation and chastizement (sic) of my minister!”

“I’ve read people critisizing (sic) you on several forums saying “you twist the scriptures to fit your agenda.” On one forum, you said that every child is born into the world with the spirit of God. Several people critisized (sic) you fcor that "heresy." As a child, I just naturally knew that. I had no problem understanding the Bible. But as I got older, I do know now, that we all were humiliated into submission by our, ‘minister of God," who you call Professional Faith Merchants!

“You said once that what some ministers do is ‘humiliate their members into relinquishing their testimony given them by the Holy Spirit and subjegating it to the minister’s own interpretation which is most generally from Satan!’ When I read that, I was immediately very angry at you because you don’t even know our minister. You condemned him without even knowing him! But I continued to read what you said, I felt the Holy Spirit testifying to me once again after so many years, “Fear not! What this man is saying, though at times harsh, is the truth. Read on then fast and pray! God promised you and everyone that He’ll send you a testimony of His truth!”

“I read the rest of that post and everything else you have posted and I want you to know that I’m finally trusting myself again to understand and interpret what the scriptures are saying to me.” It's not that difficult. One has to believe in themselve and the power of God!

“I read on one forum someone criticizing you saying that God will interpret his own scriptures then the individual turned right around and interpreted the scripture himself completely contradicting what God said. I don’t believe God lies. If He said something is red, He didn’t mean it was yellow, pink or blue. You don’t have to be a genius or a minister to understand that.”

“The scriptures are living for me once again thanks to you. I hope you are able to carry the mesage (sic) to all people.

By the way, do you have a church? How can I read more of the thing you write?

"Thank you.”
 
 

                 [REPLY FROM DAVID R.W. WADSWORTH]

                    The world is God's and my church! All humanity, members of the church! A
                    church does not nessitate bricks and mortar but only the spiritof  God!.

                    I write those things as directed by the Holy Spirit! Go back to your own church.
                    Study, fast and pray thentestify to your minster as directed by the Holy Spirit.
                    Trust your own gift andinterpretation from the Holy Spirit! Do not be over-
                    bearing or closeminded but uselong-suffering testimony to share you inter-
                    pretation with others and humbly learn from others!
 
 

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