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"Human attempt at salvation"
aqrinc:
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--- Quote from: Lupac on March 01, 2010, 09:56:52 PM ---Maybe this is my problem. I'm trying to "save myself". (Like I could...) Only God can save you. And He will.
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Lupac,
I really appreciated your comment above, it's only one sentence in length, but it speaks volumes and as simple and to the point as this comment is, God caused you somehow to say it, perhaps by the foolishness of preaching, as Ray often states, that's found at Bible-Truths. After first reading your response, I sincerely felt joy, instead of my sometimes frustration(only kidding with you, ;D). Jesus came to Save that which is Lost(Like you, me and all of us)
Thanks, Samson.
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So Be It, brothers and sisters.
Act 4:7-14 (MKJV)
7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name have you done this?
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,
9 if we are examined today on a good work for an infirm man, by what this one has been healed,
10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in this name does this man stand before you whole.
11 This is the Stone which you builders have counted worthless, and He has become the Head of the Corner.
12 And there is salvation in no other One; for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
13 But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlearned and uneducated men, they marveled. And they recognized them, that they had been with Jesus.
14 And beholding the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
george ;D.
Roy Coates:
What happened to Amrhrasach? AKA Gary who started this thread on 3-1-10 He is now listed as a guest ???
onelovedread:
I have been in a church that pretty much believes most of the things Ray does, except perhaps, they believe in a Secret Rapture and that Peter's ministry is to the Jews while Paul's is to the Gentiles. I was trying to stay with them but I see clearly where they worship the 'church's traditions' rather than God.
I now can not go back and have walked away. It's really difficult as I have close friends within, so I feel a tearing away.
Deborah-Leigh:
You are not alone onelovedread. :)
--- Quote ---I feel a tearing away.
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I recall after I left Babylon, I felt like a huge claw had been removed from out of my back that went right through and into my chest. It was painful to disenguage.
Afterwards, things got better as I began to communicate, learn, read, think and focus on the Truth. It was a gradual process of recovery for me that continues leading into, thankfully, increasing distance between myself and Babylon.
You are blessed to be feeling the pain of separation from the lies. May you soon feel the joy of connection to the Truth!
God knows where your friends are. God can be and IS, the far better friend.
I know it is not easy. The 'friends' I left behind, did not care to seek me out after I left. They stayed behind and now if I encounter them I can see how much God has blessed me. I have no more in common with the 'friends' that are no longer....It has been a gradual process....Pray for patience and wisdom
Arc
Roy Coates:
--- Quote from: onelovedread on March 05, 2010, 01:56:29 PM ---I have been in a church that pretty much believes most of the things Ray does, except perhaps, they believe in a Secret Rapture and that Peter's ministry is to the Jews while Paul's is to the Gentiles. I was trying to stay with them but I see clearly where they worship the 'church's traditions' rather than God.
I now can not go back and have walked away. It's really difficult as I have close friends within, so I feel a tearing away.
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I can relate, it was bitter sweet. I miss the people not their doctrine
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