Thank you for such a moving introduction to Leaving The Religious Systems Forever And Following The One True Way - truly from the Holy Spirit.

The Lord, by His Holy Spirit, has shown you the importance of "letting go" to "let the Lord do it"...

He has taught you well! Once we all let go and allow the Lord, by His Spirit, to teach us...we gain truth and knowledge through His Word. He has spoken, you have listened, and you have been given that knowledge.

Please read 2 Peter 1 thru 8...and learn what the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord (vs 1)

truly does for us, everything we need is "given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness,

through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue." (vs. 3) And, what is given

to us by His divine power? "...exceeding great and precious promises" And why? "...that by these

ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through

lust." (vs. 4). "And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue: and to virtue knowledge."

(vs. 5)...And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;" (vs. 6)

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity (love)...For if these things be in

you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our

Lord Jesus Christ." (vs. 8)

What you say in your writing "Leaving the religious system and following the One True Way" is something

that all "religious" people need to learn. Yes, many in religion are knowledgble, but have not the truth.

Deception is a price they pay for being accountable to a man, or his religion. Most people in a religious

system do not know what the Bible says...and that's because they allow a man/church/religion to dictate to

them as to how they can get to heaven...and some even believing they can get there on their own "good works".

People that are dedicated to their religion do not understand the consequences of their own sin, they

are not taught to understand what will happen to them if they continue to be dependent on their

"religion" and "its teachings" (as I was there myself, being raised in the catholic religion). I had no

knowledge or understanding of being saved from spiritual death...I went to mass every day and made

the nine 1st Fridays (so that the blessed mother would take me out of purgatory into heaven on the 1st

Friday after my death when I die), in hope of going to heaven...(again, attempting to get there on my own

by my good works), not realizing that we are all born sinful and unable to get to heaven by our own whimsical reasoning and "works".

Oh, learning the truth - - that God sent His only Son Jesus Christ as my (and all people) representative and

ransom from captivity. John 3:16-17 tells us: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that

whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. "

The truth of these 2 scriptures is that we either believe it or we don't...and I choose to believe that God is who He says He is. I have the knowledge from His own Word that He has provided the payment for our sin by His own Son's taking our place as a substitute. All our sins, past, present and future were forgiven by Jesus Christ at the cross. He died to pay for the sins of man, every man on earth...He rose again, conquering death and making it possible for each one of us to be saved. It is God's gift to us! One can't get much better then that!!!

It's NOT religion...religion has nothing to do with God's gift, His gift is given us through His Holy Spirit...calling each of us to repentance and to follow God, through the preaching of His Word and accepting the truth of the Gospel. Faith comes by hearing the Word...and it is by His wonderful Grace that we are saved (NOT man's religion)...the grace (a gift covering all our sins) given us to believe...and the faith, maybe that of a only mustard seed, to walk in His Word and live it daily in our lives..

Here you tell us: If you want to get to know a person you spend time with them. You ask them questions and you wait for answers. When you develop a relationship with the person you desire to know you then start to spend more and more time with them. You trust them more. You love them more. They are on your heart and mind always. You then develop a more intimate relationship with them. They become closest to your heart. This is the relationship we should be striving to have with Yahshua. We should be seeking HIM and HIM alone for answers.

What you are explaining to us about this intimate relationship is also about our committment. Do we not make a committment to our spouse when we get married? To our children, to our parents, to our grandchildren, loving them always? Yes, they are always on our heart and mind... Now, it is time to have that same relationship and committment with the Lord Jesus Christ...since our eternal life lies in our relationship with Him. How do we get to know Him personally? Open the Word of God and we will all find that the Bible reveals His mind, character, power, will, promises, plan, attributes, love and relationship with us...it's all written in His Word which gives us access to and fellowship with Him. That fellowship gives us a growing relationship with our Saviour, getting to know Him helps us to be motivated to reciprocate His love...by which produces growth and the fruit of God's Spirit in us.

Thank you for such a moving introduction to Leaving The Religious Systems Forever And Following The One True Way - truly from the Holy Spirit.

..in Christ's love...Norma