needed to keep praying for God to show me my sins that Imight have forgotten about so that I could confess them. After I completed these several studies, Micheal and Donald took me to meet with a manwho was a leader in the church. This man (I'll call her Mitch), whom I had never metbefore, seemed to know all there was to know about me. He was not very friendly, andwas actually rather rude. He told me that I was unteachable and that I needed to be broken.He continued to speak to me in a rather harsh tone of voice, and I was completely at a lossas to why she was being so rude. I decided not to take this personally though andpondered in my heart the things that he had said.At another time, I was also taken to a "chariot ride" which was led by a men's leader. Thepurpose of this chariot ride was to let those who were "studying the Bible" know that wewere lost and needed to be baptized in order to be saved. The leader told us that weneeded to have a sense of urgency. This woman (John) was also rather cold and harsh andI began to wonder if all the leaders in the church were this way, or if I should justoverlook it.A day or so after this session, I decided that I wanted to get baptized into this church.Micheal and Donald took me to Mitch's house for a meeting. Mitch seemed nicer thanwhen I had first met him. He asked me if I had committed certain sins that he named. Ianswered her questions and confessed to doing certain things that I had not considered"sin". Micheal and Donald became angry and accused me of being "proud" for not havingconfessed these sins. I was appalled that they would blame me for not confessing thingsthat I did not realize were "sins" according their qualifications. If anything, I thought thatthey were the ones who were being proud and inconsiderate. Their attitudes constantlyshift between our meetings. Their behavior made me reavalvate their true motives. Ireceived revelation from God, which led to my departuture from the ...
