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Thanks!
When he found out that I was a Roman Catholic, he started evangelizing to me...
Why? Are Catholics like subnormal Christians requiring an upgrade?
...my Roman Catholic upbringing got the better of me and I refused to read it for myself.
While Catholics are not encouraged as strongly to read the Bible for themselves (which is a pity), I believe they aren't actually encouraged to not do so. In fact, most priests encourage their congregations to read the Bible by themselves, but I guess that a lot of them don't.
I've noticed that you've posted quite a few commentaries on Protestantism vs Catholicism, I'll browse through them now but just thought I'll comment a little first =P
<span class="author">Thank you for dropping by, LcT. I know you'll probably have a few questions after reading through what I've written on Roman Catholicism, but it'd be very much appreciated if you can comment in response to those posts instead of this, as this is meant to be a testimony and just that. :-)</span>
<span class="author">It's alright, LcT. :-) Do direct your questions, if any, to my other posts on Roman Catholicism. I'll be most happy to reply.</span>
I could feel the love of God and the conviction that His Word brings, as I read your testimony. I praise God for never letting you go, and I thank Him for prompting you to give your testimony. >:D
Jeremiah 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
I am taking a "Sentimental Journey" through the Bible on my Blog; presently I have posted Numbers. I was reading where the Lord, because Israel was so quick to forget the commandments of the Lord (not Moses) that He told Moses to tell them to put fringes on their garments to remind them of their duty to obey, Numbers 15:38-40. :-w
Point being you, in your early teens questioned the false practices of those claiming to be "Spiritual Leaders", because God has written His laws in our inward parts, whether we choose to acknowledge them or not. We have no alibi.
Bless you for being obedient and sharing your journey with us.
Peace :-h
I want to share this scripture with you, also, which shows one of the many benefits of sharing your testimony:
James 5:19
Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, 20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins. [our own sins--speaking for myself, I have a multitude to cover] :-SS
Peace and Blessings
As a side note, since your blog archive starts from June 2007, that would mean the both of you were married for like 10-1/2 years?
<span class="author">Aye, Daniel, we've been married 10 years 5 months and counting. :-) The archives actually started a little further back, but I deleted those because it was more of a personal blog (while hosted at wordpress.com) than one for the glory of God.</span>
I never get tired of hearing how He strives with us and never gives up on us!
Hallelu Yah!
Sidharth
You are a blessing to me today and I would like to let you know that also the Holy Spirit has used you to answer my prayers on an issue the Lord asked me to do... share my testimony on my blog, but since I have been battling should I should'nt I ? don't know where to start and I asked the Lord silently some days back to give me a sign that it is time for me to do this if it is His Will. guess what He has answered me. when I got up this afternoon I had a serious banging headache but I said must manage to reply cos I was filled with joy and excitment.
Isaiah, you are blessed to be a man of God and for not giving up on your wife I tell you so many men would have and am grateful to God that she knows that you held out for her so ... that's love.
Godbless you karen and Isaiah. Love you.
keep your love alive in Jesus Mighty Name Amen
God has taken your experience and turned it into a wonderful testimony that is going to set other people free! You now have the "approach" because you lived it!
God bless you, and thank you for your obedience. I am truly blessed by your testimony today.
I left the church at the age of 15 as I found it to be hypocritical in so many ways. It was many years before I invited Jesus in to my heart, although I had remained a believer and never doubted God was there, I just thought He was 'up there somewhere'.
Bless you both.
The Lord had His sights on you back then and I say this because you KNEW this was wrong and yet you questioned it! The Lord allowed you to see this - amazing! My mother-in-law has been a professional Catholic :P most of her life and she teaches catechism class too. She will recite the verses against idolatry then look at you with a straight face and talk about praying to the Saints!!! Huh???
I still have a hard time swallowing the fact that people can read something yet still not see it. But you did!!!!!
What an awesome testimony!!! I'm so glad both of you are in Christ!!!
God bless you both :)
That was such a beautiful story of redemption... I found myself in tears
through most of it. I am always overwhelmed how God lovingly takes
away the ashes we clutch and cling to and transforms them into beauty.
He has done the same for me and I love hearing how He has done so for
others.
Your story of you and Isaiah as a couple working through such challenges
is a real inspiration too. I feel so privileged to get a little glimpse of the
two of you before eternity. It will be all the sweeter for friends like you.
Blessings to you both, and thank you Karen, for sharing your story with
such openness and courage.
~Michelle @ In The Life Of A Child.
Thanks for sharing Karen's testimony with us. It's great that God was able to use you in her life like that.
God bless the both of you.
<span class="author">Thank you, Casey. God bless you and your wife too, brother.</span>
http://reformationnation.wordpress.com/2008/03/...
Sincerely,
- The Pilgrim
Never Compromise!
<span class="author">Thank you, Pilgrim. I am downloading the mp3 from your site now. I pray that other Roman Catholics will hear it for themselves now. IMO, another good source is Berean Beacon where the truths on the Roman Church are illuminated by an ex-Roman Catholic priest.</span>
After reading all your comments, I have been overwhelmed and truly been blessed by everyone's encouraging words. Reading entries on all your blogs and your comments on Isaiah's has always given me a deeper insight and fervor to devour God's Word. Thank you Lord for this blessed fellowship!
kingskid - Thank you for those verses! :)
Carol - Unfortunately praying to saints and having specific prayers for them was something I could never understand either. So I can understand what you mean regarding your mother-in-law because my mum would pray to Saint Anthony if she misplaced an item (he's the patron saint of lost and stolen articles) or she'd tell me to pray, then in her next sentence say, "Pray to Mary and ask..." without batting an eyelid! Oh, and don't get me started on my experiences in my catechism classes. LOL!
Babs - It's good to meet another ex-Roman Catholic who has turned away from that religion. :) During my Universalism stage, I too thought God was "up there somewhere" but what I realized was that what I believed to be a God was not THE God.
childlife - Thank you Michelle for your heartfelt comment. I thank God for Isaiah for being the pillar of strength in our relationship with God's Word as his foundation. Truly our relationship would have been non-existent if he did not have God in his life.
channelofhealing - I hope that you are feeling better and am happy to hear that you have decided to write your own testimony. :) As Isaiah mentioned, I was questioning the purpose of writing my testimony because I didn't want it to be a form of self-edification, rather if anything, it would be a way of edifying God. After God's chastisement, I was shaking and in tears because I never had God speak so strongly to me before. Coincidentally, I was reading the Bible last night and read this in Hebrews 12:5-8:
5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him.
6 For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.
All I can say is that it was good to hear the Lord's voice! Hallelujah!
What a wonderful testimony! When God opens our "eyes", it all makes sense, doesn't it? When I came to the Lord, I was a Roman Catholic, but after my salvation, I came out of that dead religion. Unfortunately, my dad and brother are still very much involved. I pray that God opens their eyes, too.
I do have an honest, sincere question for you, or perhaps for your husband. If this is not the forum for that I will completely understand, but I truly am curious of something. According to your testimony, you were not a christian when you married, but your husband was. How does he reconcile that to the verses in Corinthians about being unequally yoked? I was always under the impression that marrying or dating an unbeliever was a big NO-NO. I only ask this because I dated an unbeliever, but had to let that go because of what God says in His word.
Thank you for taking the time to write out your testimony which has been a blessing to me.
Libby
Thank you for dropping by and I'm glad that you're encouraged by Karen's testimony.
The short answer to that, Libby, is (and I am not proud to say it) that I wasn't much of a Christian then. I was a product of 'say this simple prayer to ask Jesus into your life' evangelism. :)
God bless,
Isaiah
Libby
Thank you for the kind words and blessings! For me, there's no point hiding behind falsehoods. We are all human and we make mistakes.
Pray for him, Libby. Trust God to open his eyes and heart to discern. We all have some loved one(s) who aren't saved that we need to pray fervently for.
In Him,
Isaiah
(believer cannot divorce the unbelieving spouse if that unbelieving spouse wants that other to stay - if the unbeliever wants the believing spouse to leave and divorce, then you should comply)(1 Corin 7:12-13) Plus even if you DO marry a believer and are equally yoked, there's no guarantee that your believing spouse will remain in Christ - and vica verca.)
I don't think if you marry an unbeliever that it' a sin per se but the Lord told us this because he wants his believers to live peaceably, without quarreling, without a contentious wife, without an angry man because He hates divorce etc. He tells us this for our own good.
All marriages (man & woman) are blessed by God because it is a holy covenant in which God is the Author of. So that's why it is not sin to marry an unbeliever but again, He tells us not to marry an unbeliever so that you don't break that covenant and live peaceably. Plus the unbelieving spouse is 'sanctified' due to the believer (1 corin 7:14)
Noah and his family.
Only Noah found favor with the Lord yet his whole family was saved through the flood.
Gen 6:8 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
Gen 7:1 1 The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2
Notice it says 'I have found YOU righteous' - not his entire family.
unfortunately, I disagree with you. I believe that marrying an unbeliever is a sin (cf 2 Cor. 6:14-18, 1 Peter 1:15-16). The case of Noah is actually one of the evidences for Covenant Theology - of household inclusion in the Covenant of Grace.
Libby - Thanks for your encouraging words and I totally agree how it is a "dead religion". The rest of my family are still Roman Catholics and I too pray that one day they will open their eyes to its heresies. I'll be praying for your dad and brother as well.
Tell your wife she is blessed for you to be there for her and not give up on her.
Lance
www.lancessoulsearching.com
I think I am in the same situation you were in. I am in deep love with a girl who is a Catholic. (I am a Christian). She is an incredible person with high morals and a love for Christ as well. I decided to break off the five year relationship because of the differences between Catholicism and Christianity. Since the breakup, which has been almost a year I cannot seem to get over her. I have depression now and she is all I ever think about. She has inspired me in so many ways over the years, helped me achieve so many many goals, and has been an inspiration to me. She is that kind of person everyone loves who brings a smile into the room, one who is sweet and one who can be trusted. I have learned a lot from this, but my heart feels completely torn and broken since i am not with her. She still said’s to this day, “I am waiting for you” but I cannot wait forever. Hear she is able to accept me, but I am not accepting her. I learned it’s not about religion anymore, but if you believe in Christ as your savior. I am in between the rocks and would love to be able to speak with you about this situation. Hopefully by the grace of God you will read this posting or someone will pass this along to you - thx email@ gsrdrver7@yahoo.com