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 My Personal Testimony (From Denominationalism To A Home Bible Study)

 Please  Read!!!! Rituals, Traditions And Repetitions Killed The Joy Of  Worshipping My God in Spirit And Truth. I Wasn’t Aware Of How  Denominations Could Put A Coat Of Sugar Over The Poisonous Pills They  Administer Through False Teachings, Traditions And Commandments of Men.

 I’VE BEEN SET FREE FROM DENOMINATIONALISM, TRADITIONS AND COMMANDMENTS OF MEN !!! (GLORY TO GOD)
By Pastor Timothy D. Roberson
By The Grace Of God Home Bible Study

 MY TESTIMONY (I WANTED TO HEAR THE TRUTH)
After  twenty or so years of following the traditions and commandments of men,  the Lord woke me up to what was being done to me, the Holy Spirit  allowed me to see that I was not a little out of line, but way out of  line. I had fallen into a rut of sitting through a church service,  singing a few songs, passing the offering plate, and then hearing a  tickling ear message which had been carefully curtailed as to not offend  certain people in the congregation. I really thought I was "Spiritual"  just because I went to a building. I always thought Sunday was the only  day to worship God until the Lord opened my eyes to worshipping God any  day and any time. The Lord help me realize that I didn’t need a building  to worship God. Over the years I’ve learned that the main reasons for  the religious division of denominationalism is man will not accept God's  word as final authority and will not follow God‘s prescribed method of  studying God’s Word. I had become bewildered and confused with the many  conflicting beliefs of the denomination I was in and didn't know what to  believe. In my denomination, I could clearly see saints give their  allegiance to the authority of men over that of Christ. As a church  member, I came to accept the policies, practices, and teachings in my  denomination as I drifted into bondage from the traditions and  commandments of men. This indoctrination was so effective that I denied I  had been following men instead of God. I was placed under guilt and  condemnation if I didn’t pay my tithe. I also felt that if I didn’t show  up in a three piece suit, I would not be in compliance with the dress  code of the denomination and what other members expected of me. If I  showed up in jeans, I would have been frowned upon or told I needed to  be a little more formal and dress like a preacher. Sunday morning was  more like a fashion show and what each other had on was more important  than saints being transformed through the Word of God by the effectual  working of the Holy Spirit. I learned through the Word of God that dress  codes are simply another example of power and control in denominations.  By the grace of God, I’ve learned that dress codes are simply more  commandments of men. This denomination was more concerned about the  outer than the inner.

 One big red flag the Lord allowed me to  see after He brought me out was that members were forbidden to question  any church teaching or doctrine. If you questioned a teaching or  doctrine, you were considered a trouble maker or you were not on the  same page as the Leader and the members. If I was going to stay with  this denomination, I had to be compliant and submissive without  questions. I felt that if I missed any Sunday for any reason, I would  get questioned. I felt I had to attend every time the church doors were  open. I didn’t want to get questioned. I never understood membership  that required the voting approval of the existing membership. I am glad  that God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit didn’t vote to  see if I could be saved from the penalty of sin. I am so glad my God  provided a way for me to be saved from the penalty of sin by believing  on the death, buried and resurrection of our Lord and Savior (Jesus  Christ) 1st Corinthians 15:1-4. I was given the liberty to accept His  plan of salvation or reject it. One of the highlights in the  denomination was being called on to preach the morning service. I always  felt that in order to preach the morning service, I had to be a man  follower. I had to follow out with all the traditions and commandments  of men. I had to make sure I said and did the right thing in order for  me to be called on to preach the morning service. I pretty much became a  yes man and a man follower. Sad to say, I worshipped the creature (man)  instead of the Creator (God). I was a man pleaser, I wanted to please  men and be accepted by men instead of pleasing God.

 I’m saddened  when I see preachers sitting around on pulpits waiting for their big  day to preach the morning service. Many don’t realize that they don’t  have to wait on man to preach or to do the work of the ministry. Since  the Lord has opened my eyes, I look back now and noticed services were  held on Sunday morning, Sunday evening, midweek service, special  meetings, and "revival" meetings. Every time I turned around, I was  attending an anniversary for this person, group or organization. There  were anniversaries for the Pastor, the church building, the choirs, the  usher board, and the Pastor’s Aide. I was in service from 9:00 am until  8:00 pm. I was TIRED when I got home. I do remember that the preacher  could WHOOP as we called it. As I look back, I see that it was all about  man worshipping. I also enjoyed the emotional high from the services  and the tickling ear messages. Most members talked about the preacher  and what he did instead of God’s Word. These commitments became so  numerous that I was attending some church function every day of the  week. I thank the Lord for bringing me out from under that bondage. On  Sunday mornings, I would shout and jump around and have a good time in  the Lord because the emotional high was there in the building, but if  someone that really knew the word of God had engaged me in a dialogue  about sound doctrines, I would have been totally lost and confused about  the Word of God. I wouldn’t have been able to answer any questions  because of the environment I was. In this environment, we had children  trying to teach children the Word of God. Those children needed to be  taught themselves. We had members who didn’t have no knowledge of the  Word of God trying to teach other members. The environment breathed  confusion. I thank God for being delivered from the traditions and  commandments of men.

 Proverbs 16:25 tells us that “There is a  way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of  death.” Why does the wrong way seem to be the right way? The way seems  right because Satan has deceived many into thinking that what is wrong  is right. Satan has blinded many to think that if the majority believes  something, it must be right;. When the Bible tells us something that  most people disagree with, like studying God’s Word God’s way ( Rightly  Divided 2nd Timothy 2:15) we must have the faith to accept what the  Bible says regardless of the tremendous pressure which Satan can bring  to bear, for the Bible is true.

 ( I WAS CAUGHT UP IN THE TRADITIONS AND COMMANDMENTS OF MEN FOR MANY YEARS)
LOOK  AT THIS LIST (Satan Loves Man -Made Programs) Satan with his wolves in  sheep's clothing has infiltrated the church through man-made programs  and traditions. Pastor Anniversary, Church Anniversary (Honoring A  Building), Inspirational Choir Anniversary, Male Chorus Anniversary,  Youth Choir Anniversary, Senior Choir Anniversary, Usher Board  Anniversary, Pastor Aide Anniversary, Women In Red Program, Building  Fund Program, Evening Program At Another Church Or Your Own, Sisters  With A Testimony Program, Praise Dance Program, Mission Board Program,  Fall Revival And Spring Revival. (Satan’s Goal Is To Keep Saints Busy,  So There Is No Time To Question False Doctrines And Study The Word Of  Truth Rightly Divided). Man Made Programs are another device Satan use  to keep many blinded from seeing the truth in God’s Word.

 DENOMINATIONS (MAN-MADE ORGANIZATIONS)

 LOOK AT THIS LIST ( EACH ONE SAYING GOD SAID DO THIS WAY/MANY HAVE CREATED THEIR OWN GOD)

 African  Methodist Episcopal Church, Assembly of God, Baptist Churches, Catholic  Church, Christian Church, Church of God, Church of God in Christ,  Episcopal Church, Foursquare Gospel Church, Greek Orthodox Church,  Jehovah’s Witnesses, Protestant Church, Lutheran Church, Methodist  Church, Mormonism, Nazarene Church, Presbyterian Church, Seventh Day  Adventist Church, United Pentecostal Church And Many More. Each one of  these assemblies are saying God said do it this way. My friends, God is  not the author of confusion. God gave a solution to this problem, and  it’s in 2nd Timothy 2:15. Studying Rightly Divided!!!!!

 Denominations  are man-made organizations which were started by men and not by Christ.  There are many different denominational churches, all with different  and conflicting doctrines, beliefs, and teachings. They all wear  different names, practice different forms of worship, have different  plans of salvation, and each has its own earthly headquarters. None of  this is authorized by the Lord. How could anyone conclude that scripture  authorizes any of this present confusion or that God is at all pleased  by the wholesale abandonment of His plan as found in the Bible? “For God  is not the author of confusion” (1 Corinthians 14:33), but man is.  Satan uses the many denominational churches to fool people and cause  many to be confused and not know for sure where they will spend  eternity. I thought I was standing on the promises of God’s Word all  those years, when all I was really doing was sitting on the premises!  Every Sunday was routine and a ritual. I was just going through the  motions.

 Satan Promotes Denominationalism

 Satan does not  want anyone to be saved. Satan rejoices at all of the religious  confusion and division that is going on in the world today. Satan works  ceaselessly to cause people to follow their false denominational  doctrines instead of the Word of Truth rightly divided. Satan has been  very successful in fooling people today, just as he fooled Eve in the  Garden of Eden with his lies. The devil has been able to lead dedicated  church members, for instance, gradually to compromise the pure truth of  the Bible. The devil is continuing to work through those who have no  knowledge of the Word of God to bring about major changes in doctrine,  and the people, not wanting to cause trouble, fail to protest. The Goal  of Satan in these denominations are Work, work, work. The control method  used here is fatigue. The member does not have the time or energy to  question the doctrines being hammered in by these denominations. I  didn’t have time to question false teachings or false doctrines. I was  too busy following traditions and commandments of men. I thank God for  using others to help open my eyes up to the fact that I was following  the traditions and commandments of men.

 CONCLUSION

Remember  my friends that wherever God establishes the truth Satan endeavors to  sow lies and error. I’ve learned that when someone is saved his life  will most definitely change as he is a “new creation, the old has gone  and the new has come. Denominations, traditions and rituals can confused  someone about their salvation and where they will spend eternity. My  friends pray for the truth in God’s Word. I pray you were edified from  my personal testimony.

 The Gospel By Which We Are Saved

• 1  Corinthians 15:1-4 “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel  which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye  stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached  unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you  first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our  sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he  rose again the third day according to the scriptures:” Thank God For The  Gospel!!!
  

A Biography of Pastor Timothy D. Roberson, Teacher and Preacher of 
"By The Grace Of God Home Bible Study" 
Timothy  D. Roberson was born on June 3, 1966 in Fargo, Arkansas. He was raised  in that small country town from his birth until he graduated high  school. Timothy Roberson was saved at the early age of 9.  He did not  come into the full understanding of salvation until the Lord opened his  eyes up to fully comprehend the Gospel of the Grace of God by rightly  dividing the Word of Truth in this Dispensation and Age of Grace. He was  a member of Union Baptist Church in Fargo, Arkansas where he worked  with the assembly of parishioners who raised and trained him in  following the traditions of the Baptist denomination. His mother and  other brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus did the best they could in  helping him to learn and understand the Word of God. His mother and all  those who helped raised him trusted the Lord, believed that Jesus died,  was buried, and rose from the grave on the third day according to the  scriptures (1st Corinthians 15:1-4). Brother Timothy is very thankful  that his fellow church members at Union Baptist Church were saved  Christians. Pastor Roberson's desire to preach the gospel has been a  part of his inner being since an early age. He remembers as a young  child taking the Holy Bible and pretending he was preaching to others.  He wanted to preach but now sees that everything in his life worked out  on God’s timetable. The Lord had to prepare him to teach and preach the  Word of God rightly divided. 

 He moved to Michigan in 1984 after  graduating from Brinkley High School which is a small town about four  miles from Fargo where he lived his entire childhood. He soon left  Michigan to go to Wisconsin where he attended college on a basketball  scholarship in 1988 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from  the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. In 2003, he earned a Masters in  Social Work from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He is so  grateful to God for his education which prepared him to get jobs to take  care of his family, others, and also support the work of the ministry.  In 1984, Timothy Roberson joined the Beulah Missionary Baptist Church in  Westland, Michigan. By the grace of God, he began to preach in 1985.  Brother Roberson was ordained by Baptist Denomination procedures in  2004. He stayed in the Baptist religious setting for over 30 plus years  until the Lord brought him out in 2007. Brother Roberson and his family  moved to Texas by way of the military in 2006. 

 While in the  Baptist setting, he met his lovely wife, Charlene Roberson. They have  been together a total 34 years; 27 of those years they have been married  and in holy matrimony. He thanks God for his wife and their lovely  daughter, Timeria Roberson. Over the years, Brother Roberson's family  members kept presenting the gospel of the Grace of God rightly divided  to him but Satan had him blinded to the truth. He was stubborn and did  not want to hear the Gospel of the Grace of God. His family members did  not give up on him and stop sharing the Word of God rightly divided. One  planted, one watered and in 2007 the Lord gave the increase (1st  Corinthians 3:6). Jesus Christ brought him out from following the  traditions and commandments of men and placed him under some great grace  teachers and he began and continues to study the word of truth rightly  divided persistently, consistently, and aggressively. 

 In 2011,  the Lord blessed him to start the "By The Grace of God Home Bible  Study". The Lord is allowing him to use those experiences and what he  was taught in the Baptist setting to help others see the Word of Truth  rightly divided. He does not look down on those in the Baptist settings  and all other denominations; he just prays that the through the  effectual working of the Holy Spirit, that their eyes will be opened  like his were after accepting the truth about the Gospel of the Grace of  God. All those years, he had been around and studying the Word of God  but not studying the Word of God rightly divided!!! God is so good and  Pastor Roberson is so thankful to be teaching and preaching the Word of  God rightly divided during this time of his life!!! 

Purpose of Local Assembly

Study the Word of God Dispensationally, recognizing that we live in what the Bible describes as the age of grace (Eph. 3:1-10).

 Rightly  divided (II Tim. 2:15), with the recognition that the will and purpose  of Christ for the body of Christ has been revealed in the scriptures  that have been communicated through the apostle Paul, and that Paul  alone is our apostle (Rom. 11:13).

Preach Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery (Rom. 16:25)

Work  together as one body to accomplish the work of the ministry. God has  given to us the "ministry of reconciliation" (II Cor. 5:18b), with the  intent "to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery" (Eph.  3:9a).

Be the Pillar and Ground of the Truth in a dark and evil world (I Tim. 3:15).

Structure and Authority

 As  members of the body of Christ, we are under the authority of Jesus  Christ, who is the head of the body (Eph. 5:23, Col. 1:18). The Bible is  the final authority in matters of faith and practice (II Tim. 3:16-17),  and as such the scriptures will be preeminent in all issues that relate  to assembly life, beginning with leadership under a Bishop.

Fellowship / Membership

Scripture  teaches of membership in the one spiritual body of Christ through the  operation of the Holy Spirit (I Cor. 12:12, 13:27). As a part of the  whole body of Christ, By The Grace Of God Home Bible Study merely  chooses to meet separately and independently. Fellowship is open to all  those who wish to grow in the knowledge of Christ our Savior.

And  be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the  law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness  which is of God by faith.
That I may know him, and the power of his  resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made  conformable unto his death: (Phillipians chapter 3:9-10)

 . .  .And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which  from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God,who created all  things by Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 3:9)

 1 Corinthians 2:5 King James Version (KJV)
"That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God."