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An Exercise of Conference Review
Samson:
Hello Forum Members,
I thought that it would be a fun and interesting mental exercise and spiritually beneficial to review points that Forum members thought especially helpfull from the 2009 Bible Truths Conference. You can use Ray's Notes or the Transcript. Quote your point or points below, make a comment if you like about the point(s) you found especially beneficial or enlightening. All are welcome and encouraged to participate. I will type some points I found beneficial or interesting from Ray's Notes below in blue and make a concluding summary comment at the end of my Post in black. Looking forward to your participation.
From, How We Must Worship God: Although there's nothing wrong with it, the Bible doesn't command or instruct us to say Grace before meals. " The Pharisee's had a problem with Christ's disciples not washing before meals, but said nothing regarding not saying Grace over food." During the Last Supper, they were already eating prior to Blessing the Unleavened Bread and he Blessed the Wine after supper(Matt.26:26, LUke. 22:20. WE MUST FORGIVE EVERYONE OR OUR WORSHIP IS IN VAIN(Mark.11:25-26; Matt.6:12-15).
From, DO YOU DESPISE THE WORD OF GOD: Never forget, if a premise is true, then all truthful and scientific research will back up the fact that your premise is indeed TRUE. But if your premise is false, then all truthful and scientific research will back up the fact that your premise is indeed FALSE.
From, IS JESUS GOD: No, Jesus was not 100% human, nor 100% God. Jesus was totally unique. He was a divine being in the Family of God who emptied Himself(phil. 2:7) of His powerful Godly honors and dignities and title. Yet He retained some glory and honor(Heb. 2:9), when He was Made( for a little while) lower than the angels for the suffering of death, but He was not 100% God in that He had to ask His Father once more to glorify Thou me with Thine own self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was(John 17:5). Also, "all power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth" Mt 28:18). Also, God is Spirit, He is not a person, only human beings can be persons(Men, Woman and Children). Nowhere in the Scriptures does it support the idea that God is a Person.
Comments: Well, that's enough for me, there are certainly many more points I benefitted from, but I don't want to be selfish and steal all the points. As a side note, I especially enjoyed the section on the word Day and how it's used in Scripture and that Day is almost every case refers to the twelve hours of light differentiating from the darkness(night).
Looking forward to your participation, Samson.
G. Driggs:
Good topic Samson.
I thought it was all good but the one about saying grace before meals really freed me from another tradition of man, and I would have never thought something like that WAS NOT in the Scriptures. Something else I have been thinking a lot about lately is a quote from 'I Cant Stop Sinning',
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If you just can't understand how this sinful world can do the evils that they do, and you shake your head at them, then you are "despising the riches of His goodness......not knowing that the goodness of God [not your own wise choice to follow God] leads you to repentance." So if you are going to stop judging [condemning] the sinful world, you are going to have to "HUMBLE yourself" (James 4:6-11).
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This really makes me think twice about condemning anyone despite what they do. Only by the grace, mercy and goodness of God do we learn repentance and stop sinning. Think on things like this and I will learn to truly love (agape), forgive and be patient with all people. This really reinforces that all is of God.
There were a lot of good stuff in the last conference, but these were just a couple that really made an impression on me.
G. Driggs
Kat:
Hi Samson,
Good topic for discussion to help us recall the teachings Ray presented at the conference. Right at the end he brought out something that had never occurred to me before.
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Then we read there in Philippians where Paul say;
Php 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on THESE things.
“Think on these things.” He didn’t say meditate on all your rotten sins and think about your sins. Yea you think about those sins. He didn’t say that did he. He said you look at the good things and you think on those things. Why? Because you BECOME what you THINK.
Think about… Denny and I, we debate who going to get different ones to judge. He says I want to judge him and I say no I want him, you know. But if you think about… ‘I want to change world, I would love to be a part of that.’ Now I don’t want some job I can’t handle, I want to do what God thinks I can handle. But what I’m trying to teach you here, all you have to do is “think on these things,” desire them. Because sometimes we don’t have money, time, talent, education. We don’t have those things. So how are we going to qualify? Because how you think and the fact that God’s law is spiritual, you can do it.
Listen, here is another one, He’s going to reward everyone according to their works, right? You don’t have no money, don’t have no talent, don’t have the wherewithal to visit people to help people, don’t have an education… how big is your reward going to be? It can be huge! I’ll tell you why, these things are SPIRITUAL!
If you looked on a woman or you don’t even look, you just meditate in your mind to lust after a woman, are you guilty of adultery? Yes.
If you just ’think’ about doing good to your fellow man and humanity and straightening out the evil and the wretchedness of this world… if you just ‘think’ about doing that, are you guilty of thinking those good things? Yes.
Will you receive a big reward for that? Yes.
You will be rewarded for not just what you would like to do, if you had the youth, the strength, the money, the energy, the education, the talents and the wherewithal. You will be rewarded, because you would like to do those things. You would want to do them.
Pro 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
And that’s how God equates it… absolutely!
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I thought this was great to understand that it truly is what is in your heart, even if you are unable to actually carry out 'doing' what you want to do. Though doing is the evidence of what is in our heart, whenever we can show it.
mercy, peace and love
Kat
Terry:
Hey Samson great topic,
Php 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on THESE things.
“Think on these things.” He didn’t say meditate on all your rotten sins and think about your sins. Yea you think about those sins. He didn’t say that did he. He said you look at the good things and you think on those things. Why? Because you BECOME what you THINK.
And thanks Kat i know i have heard that before but when i read your post it blew me away i can see it now in my spirit.
Terry
Samson:
--- Quote from: Kat on December 21, 2009, 10:44:42 AM ---
Hi Samson,
Good topic for discussion to help us recall the teachings Ray presented at the conference. Right at the end he brought out something that had never occurred to me before.
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Then we read there in Philippians where Paul say;
Php 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on THESE things.
“Think on these things.” He didn’t say meditate on all your rotten sins and think about your sins. Yea you think about those sins. He didn’t say that did he. He said you look at the good things and you think on those things. Why? Because you BECOME what you THINK.
mercy, peace and love
Kat
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Yes Kat,
I like that point quoted above by you, too. We are what we think and dwell on, these negative or positive thoughts become action under the right circumstances and therefore become part of personal History.
Thanks Kat, Samson.
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