This is my continuation from my previous post. Again I want to get this out in the open, I’m not going to pretend I know everything ; I don’t. My goal here is not to make you believe me or convince you of my thoughts, feelings, and opinions. My goal is to help you think and ask the questions, but more importantly, to search for the truth in the scripture, so that you may grow in your knowledge and relationship with Christ. As born-again followers of Christ living in today’s world it’s so very easy to hear things that sound biblical but just are not scriptural at all. I call them the feel good mantras. They make people feel good but it’s not the reality of the teachings in the scriptures or Jesus himself. Remember, context it key.

It’s never okay or correct to pull out a verse and twist it to say something it’s not saying and I pray I don’t do that. That becomes misleading. I’ve been “around the block” and I’ve heard it all. Well, maybe not “all” as these past few years I’ve heard things that shocked me that people claim the scripture says, that when I actually look for it, it’s not in there, but instead it is some man’s interpretation to get some kind of man made idea across. I’ll say it again, the Bible is not that complicated when you read it without presuppositions or man’s idea of what they want it to say. Just allow the Holy Spirit to show you what it says. Don’t read the scriptures with a YOU centered bent or a modern day Christianity idea. That is to say, there was no such thing as “Calvinism”, “dispensationalism”, “Baptist”, “Catholic”, etc, when the scriptures were written and it’s this author’s opinion you should not read the Bible this way.

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I realized that some people that may find my blog may be searching for faith answers and not knowing where to begin and my last post would probably not have much meaning to them. Today I decided to start with the basics. Even if you’ve been a long-time believer in Christ I hope that what I say here you’ll appreciate and share with others.

I will say, I am not here to change your mind or tell you how to think. I decided to re-create this blog into a faith based one with the goal of helping you read the scripture without presuppositions and to just read it, in its full context, and focus on what it actually says, not what all the internet pastors and men writing books to make money telling you it says, but what the Spirit, who should be residing in all believers, tells you it says. You don’t have to agree with me. It’s okay. We can have different opinions on various scriptures and we can still both be believers in Christ and love one another as Jesus said.

Likely you’ve heard the phrase, “I got saved…”, many times whether you’re a Christian or not. What does that mean, “I got saved”? This is something I’ve looked at and paid attention to for a very long time and I would like to share my thoughts with you. I prefer not to use this phrase and by the end of this article you’ll know why.

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