It has now been a little over a year since I joined this forum and I thank all who have increased my knowledge on many subjects. This site has wakened my spirit to many things that I am glad to have had my eyes opened to them. I do thank God for having led me here to increase my knowledge. I thank all the true seekers of Christ here that who on their path, shed light so that I could follow with them.
The greatest thing that my eyes have been opened to is the false doctrines and their beginnings that have been continued to be taught and believed. I have a much stronger view as to why they are an affront and have been since they first crept into the Restoration and why they lead to wickedness if not repented of and why it is important to "go and sin no more". I will not go and state which these false doctrines are, beyond if it is not within the Scriptures and goes against those it is not of God and it is up to each of us to examine and seek the counsel of God to guide us on the strange and dangerous beliefs that have held the Restoration since before Joseph even was murdered.
That being said, I will be stepping back a bit from this site. Within the past year the topics have moved from discussion to contention in a major way as well as a continual regurgitation of false doctrine repeatedly assaulting that I have a hard time resisting burying myself in that same contention in an uncharitable way. This saddens me because the simple truths of the Gospel are there to be seen and understood by ALL who seek God and the arguments that prevail are not godly or good for anyone. I wrested with this a lot since I have learned much from various people that nudged me along paths that increased my love of God and removed some confusions that mainly was from my own lack of study.
God has let me know that there is a great work to be done that getting caught up in the contention of false doctrine will take time from me doing. This is not to say that from time to time, I won't interject in, but rather that God's purpose for me here has mostly been fulfilled except for a couple of things.
So to all, I say thanks from the heart, and pray that when the Restoration gathers I will meet all of you with tears of Joy and Praises to God.
