There was a definite coldness and rigid legalism in the ecclesias, and a
certain phoniness at Bible Schools. I never really enjoyed myself at those
events, and decided to stop going to them when I got older. All I had to fall
back on was cultic tradition and my own feeble, human efforts. And that won’t
give a person a prayer of a chance to make it eternally. It’s a hopeless
situation.
I have heard about many who have simply (and secretly) given up, too afraid or
embarrassed to admit it, forced to remain in the system by family and peer
group pressures, sitting on the fence not knowing what to do. My church peer
group was anything but spiritual. Our most important activities revolved around
evangelizing ourselves, over and over through endless conversations and Sunday
School classes, that we alone had "THE TRUTH," although we didn’t do a whole
lot of evangelizing to the outside world.
Everyone else outside of Christadelphianism is a liar, apostate, corrupt, and
all the rest. If that’s true, then why do so many of these groups all claim the
same thing? I always wondered that but never asked the question. The
Christadelphian idea of the Gospel was preaching the Land of Canaan for the
salvation of sinners, instead of preaching Jesus Christ and Him crucified. They
don’t believe you can have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and walk
intimately with Him. That seems to be a foreign concept to them. But I have
found it is a biblical one, because once you recognise the Atonement of Jesus
as your substitute and accept Him as your personal saviour, the SIN ISSUE
between Holy God and Sinful Man has been dealt with.
Therefore, you become WASHED IN HIS BLOOD, which paves the way for a personal
relationship and to be reconciled to Him. (Rev. 7:14; Romans 3:23-25; Titus
3:4-7) To me, this is a most precious gift, and unfortunately, one that the
Christadelphians do not comprehend, though I earnestly wish they did.
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