What exactly is wrong about my doctrine? And specifically what portion of doctrine? Salvation? Prophecy understanding? Post-salvation living? Etc.
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So, if not, then what be your denomination or churchianity upbringing? I apparently missed it.
I'm not gonna go over my entire testimony in detail but as an overview of where I've been:
I was raised Roman Catholic until the age of 15, then became agnostic (bouncing between different religions) until I settled into new age for a year. Sometime in January of 2009 I was watching some Alex Jones videos (funny how compatible the two are) when I came across a video about hell. I couldn't tell you why that video was there in the "recommended for you" section of YouTube, but I watched it and it scared me straight. I got saved that day. Now I admit, I got caught up in false doctrine early on (the original video about hell I saw was by Spiritually Smart. I don't even know if he's still around, but Spiritually Smart and TheForerunner [yikes!] were my first exposure to the King James Bible, albeit not correctly discerned), but thankfully God pulled me away from it once I bought a KJV and started reading it for myself. I still was very much young in the faith and did very little for God the first year or two, though. It wasn't until I got out of my parents house that I started to truly witness verbally and pass out gospel tracts.
What exactly is wrong? Well, seeing your still just a babe, one thing at a time. Mark is doing fine discussing with you some things.
The issue is that you come on too strong for your "age". And the questions you present, at least the manner, like you just did to me with those questions, that's not good. Your in too big a hurry to answer these questions, and even before something gets answered your off to ask something else. A previous person here did the same thing as a means of distraction here, keep asking new questions and argue or "debate" about everything.
As for doctrine, the Catholic raising is deeper than you realize. It's showing. That's part of the aggressive debate mentality you have. And it's also why you went looking at other beliefs, because you had no grounding from the Catholics, and quite frankly were not saved.
I realize your zeal is strong, as it usually is with new believers, but my impression is that you would do better if you would slow down. Too many questions, too big a hurry, and quite frankly too argumentative for such a young age in the Word. Starting off after being born-again, you need to learn how to spiritually crawl before you walk, much less run!
"In your patience posses ye your soul"
"But let patience have her perfect work"
I recommend if your going to be around here, that you post up a testimony so people can see your background and a little info about how you came to know Jesus. Maybe add a little bit to what you posted for me.
Please forgive my suspicions, but I've seen many come and go in the last several years. Unless you read my testimony, just to let you know, I was born-again back in 1988, which is when I got my KJB.(though I had one way back when I was a kid, as my family was mostly Baptists in the south) So, I was raised in a traditional fundamentalist family. Baptists, Methodists, and a couple non-denominational here and there. Not a Catholic in my family anywhere that I know of, ever. My family is mainly Scottish (Related to William Wallace, read what the Catholics did to him!) and some Irish, came over as Protestants fleeing persecution by the church of England back in the 1700's.
Anyway, being so new, just slow down. The most common issue with new believers is that they get a little knowledge after searching the scriptures, zealous for their new beliefs, and then get to where they START to understand some doctrine, and coupled with pressure by churchianity to go out doing "good works" to "preach the gospel", new babes think they need to rush right out and start preaching to people, when they haven't even learned the basics yet.
This is a real danger for the new babe, because at that point pride is running real high because of their new belief. It's new, and they are proud and happy they found it, and want to tell everybody. Not so fast!
"Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil." 1 Timothy 3:6 (KJB)"For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat." Hebrews 5:12 (KJB)You MUST learn the milk first.
"But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." Hebrews 5:14 (KJB)(My apologies for distracting the thread. Back on topic...)
