In Reply to: Why is it? posted by Porceleindoll on February 10, 2005 at 01:15:54:
There are FG's who had a rejuvination prior to joining the Family. I am one of them. I was pretty messed up, alot of it my own doing, and, in a moment of believing faith, I visited a church and asked for forgiveness. I didn't know I was going to be sealed by an all powerful, infilling blast of the Holy Ghost. All I was asking for was forgiveness. But hey, like you, I had to do the dirty work. I had to believe, first of all, and I had to put feet to that belief and do the asking. God doesn't get any credit for that - for my believing. That was me and my doing. He gets the credit for sending the Comforter though. All I can say is, "I was changed," - "in the twinkling of an eye." Because of that HG infilling, there is no shadow of turning in me about there being a God (which is, by the way, the SPIRIT OF TRUTH in case you are wondering. You know the verses about the Comforter - the HG being the Spirit of Truth, Jesus being the Truth, God being a spirit and that they that worship Him must worship Him in SPIRIT and in TRUTH. They're all the same - THE TRUTH! I have received power to witness as the gospel says, "You shall receive power after that the HG is come upon you." I didn't write the book, but I sure have experienced what the book says about the TRUTH. And it's sure is GOOD NEWS - the kingdom of heaven being at hand, now, within, that's there's forgivness for sins. Does it get any better than that?
My preCog experience led me to want to give my life to the cause of going into all the world to share the GOOD NEWS. The Cog family, as dysfunctional as it was (I didn't see that at the time) was the vehicle I got on to do just that. For a while there, I thought that being a part of the "endtime movement" was REALLY GOOD NEWS. I know better now and no longer need the dysfunctional Cog parent. I am my own parent, thank God. I have come of age. I am me.
Other FG's joined the Cog to FIND the GOOD NEWS. Some did, some didn't. Unfortunately, imo, the good news was abused (doctrinally) and wasn't such good news. I guess that's why you and others struggle with issues of unbelief.
No matter how you slice it, the GOOD NEWS is still there for any willing to avail themselves of it.