Great post!
I'm always stuck on this one, because when I look at my own walk I believe I was imparted with His Spirit when I became a born-again Christian, because one of the first things I desired was to know the Law. I questioned my leaders and promptly got told Jesus abolished it, it was nailed to the cross, etc. This longing to understand the whole Word was, I believe, from above. However, I was using the name Jesus then. Even when I drifted off into the world I still had a longing to be with Elohim, and this desire brought me back into the Kingdom, thankfully by then I had forgotten most church doctrine and was lead to the correct Names and His Word (all of it). It's a bit confusing looking back and trying to think of how He brought me back, it was a combination of 1) my one Christian friend giving me a Christian book on prophecy which confirmed Elohim calling me again, even though I didn't support the book Elohim used my friend to get to me, 2) being on the train network when the 7/7 attacks happened in London which inspired me to want to understand my Muslim university friends and Islam because of the atrocities, 3) my desire not to return to a prophetic-apostolic movement because I felt many people were fake (didn't take God seriously) which instilled a new desire to find the most accurate version of Scripture and seek Him by myself, which lead me to read the preface of my NIV Bible to find the Names replaced, 4) which all in turn lead me to POD and FH. It went something like that.
Interesting to note: before I became a "born-again Christian" it was that same friend, when we were still teenagers, who told me while completely drunk "that Jesus was coming back soon". Not long after that I went to a Christian conference where I confessed my sins. I believe it was then that I was imparted with His Spirit from above. To me my internal desire felt true, and if wasn't from above then I feel it would be a very dirty trick on behalf of the evil one.
I look at my friends in the apostolic-prophetic movement and I see their walk as being real, they read the Scriptures and try understand as best they can. Information for them is difficult to get so they work with what they have. They sincerely believe they have salvation through the Sacrifice of the Messiah, but now will God annihilate their souls simply because they've been conned into thinking His Name is Jehovah and Jesus, hmm? We know the simple condition for entrance in the Kingdom:
"Believe in Him whom He sent." (John 6:29) Yes, we can go into the depths of what it means to be a real believer, such as displaying trust in Him and obedience to His Torah, but the answer lies in whether or not we are born from above. This is where the Father knows who are His and who are not.
When asked about my belief I try explain that I'm not really a Christian as such, and then try give a brief explanation of the real Names, Sabbaths and Feasts, and my understanding of the Torah.
I guess the question is: How wrong can a person be and still be considered right with Elohim?
Another note: I prefer to associate myself more with Christians than those in the Messianic movement. I initially wanted to understand the Messianic movement but the more I dig deeper into it the more I find them to be focused on obedience to the Law rather than one's relationship with the Father.
But CK said it best:
CK wrote:Yahuweh is just and fair. He is full of compassion and abounding in love. Trust that. Rely on that.
Portuguese 101:
"Obrigado", said by a man regardless of who the man is saying thanks to.
"Obrigada", said by a woman regardless of who the woman is saying thanks to.
However, I have seen people use it the other way round before, but Portuguese is such a complicated language that only a handful (literally) of people can speak it correct.
Come to Brazil please, let me know, but be prepared for the bureaucracy here, it can drive a person insane!