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lauriellen:
hello there,
just want you to know that you are not alone, and many are in the same situation as you. My husband listens obediently as i read many of Ray's articles, but when we talk about what we read, i see he has no real understanding. It seems so strange that we can read the same words on a page and they are so clear to me, but like chinese to him. I just accept this as God's will and try to trust God that everything will happen in His time.
I have chosen to not attend church myself. The church that i was attending most recently is VERY judgemental, and thinks that everyone is going to hell except them. I just can't go week after week and here them preach everyone else into hell........but i am sure there are some churches that are not this way.
I agree with the previous poster that it is not good to be isolated from all who love the Lord, even though they are blinded to some truths. Since i am new to these truths myself, i tend to keep them to myself, as i am not confident that i could argue scripture effectively at this point. I have a long way to go in learning, but am eager to share the hope i have within me.
I hope you will find peace and comfort in just knowing that God loves you and will take care of you, and will work out ALL things in your life for good. He will never leave you nor forsake you.
with love, lauriellen
Marky Mark:
--- Quote from: lauriellen on June 06, 2009, 09:37:29 PM ---hello there,
just want you to know that you are not alone, and many are in the same situation as you. My husband listens obediently as i read many of Ray's articles, but when we talk about what we read, i see he has no real understanding. It seems so strange that we can read the same words on a page and they are so clear to me, but like chinese to him. I just accept this as God's will and try to trust God that everything will happen in His time.
I have chosen to not attend church myself. The church that i was attending most recently is VERY judgemental, and thinks that everyone is going to hell except them. I just can't go week after week and here them preach everyone else into hell........but i am sure there are some churches that are not this way.
I agree with the previous poster that it is not good to be isolated from all who love the Lord, even though they are blinded to some truths. Since i am new to these truths myself, i tend to keep them to myself, as i am not confident that i could argue scripture effectively at this point. I have a long way to go in learning, but am eager to share the hope i have within me.
I hope you will find peace and comfort in just knowing that God loves you and will take care of you, and will work out ALL things in your life for good. He will never leave you nor forsake you.
with love, lauriellen
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laurieellen hello. If you have not read this article by Ray,please do,good stuff :D.
UNEQUALLY YOKED [Marriage and Unbelievers]
http://bible-truths.com/yoked.htm
Peace...Mark
marvgail fisher:
Dear Beth Hello! It is a lonely feeling I agree, There are so many people I know that are so crippled under the weight of religion.....yet...yet be completely offended by even the mention of tithing being unscriptural. Actually I have found it way more enjoyable to "bubble over" with people who don't even go to church!!! Often they even know some of the scriptures and can finish a sentence before I even get the words out...how strange and ironic is that after having attended church for so many years and thinking that non church goers knew nothing of the things of God!! lol...As for me I am being washed by the word, all the old things are passing away or being kicked out of my head as fast as I can get them out!! Just focus on that it is exillerating!!!
Linny:
Mark,
That is an excellent article. May I ask you to explain how it relates to being friends with blind believers?
I may be making an incorrect assumption but that was the line that you highlighted.
Thanks in advance!
Lin
Marky Mark:
--- Quote from: Linny on June 06, 2009, 11:58:41 PM ---Mark,
That is an excellent article. May I ask you to explain how it relates to being friends with blind believers? I may be making an incorrect assumption but that was the line that you highlighted.
Thanks in advance!
Lin
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Linny,hello.
I believe that Jesus did not intend that we as believers of the Truth isolate ourselves from the rest of humanity, but He does intend for us to have loving relationships with all peoples.The many called of the world are believers of Jesus also but they are still yet carnal.Does that make them[carnal minded believers] not worthy to associate with? I think Ray teaches that we are not to be Unequally Yoked with such believers,but never to avoid them.
Here is an excerpt from the paper. Hope it helps .
--- Quote ---We do not need to totally avoid unbelievers, but we are not to become unequally "yoked" to them either. Paul permitted a certain amount of socializing with unbelievers:
1Co 10:27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
Probably most of us have some relative in our family that is not a believer, but with whom we could have certain social intercourse with.
For sure Paul is not forbidding interaction with "The many called and the few chosen." However, even there, we should not become unequally YOKED with them, or how can we say we came out of her as God's people (Rev. 18:4).
I have personally seen marriages between a believer and a non-believer that were more loving and equally yoked than some marriages between two believers. So we need to pay close attention to ALL the words of these profound Scriptures.
We can advise and try to help people see different aspects of a situation. We can relay our own personal knowledge of such things. But we should not get involved in being overly righteous in these matters lest we be guilty of "forbidding to marry" (I Tim. 4:3), which is a doctrine of demons (Verse 1).
The key is becoming "unequally yoked." And that can mean marriage, but it can also mean which church one attends; of which clubs one is a member; which establishments one goes to for entertainment; which TV shows become a regular habit; with whom one becomes business partners; Etc.
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Peace...Mark
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