> Introductions, Announcements, and More of Ray's Teachings
Hi to all
Ian 155:
My name is Ian, I'm from S.Africa and its a jungle out here - spiritually. I do not go to a church which is possibly why I discovered this site.
No, elephants do not walk through my yard and Lions do not sit on my fence...
I've been married 21 tears,[not a spelling error] have 5 children range 20 years down to 13 and yes we do have TV .
I came to accept/ask Jesus into my life because my whole confirmation class did or was told to, in front of a lot of onlookers being a small Presbyterian church congregation... I knew nothing of what I was doing which may be another good thing.I had to repeat the "I accept Jesus in my life" before I got married as well , wives instruction ,well lets say her pastors too, so that she does not marry a filthy sinner and I subsequently have repeated this confession several times in my life until I said well enough now, where is this Jesus?, or "do you need more invites"? me talking to self...The truth is that this life for me and mine, ever since I asked Jesus in, has been sheer hell, if my non understanding of Hell is correct,I will say ... in this life, I have failed to see what the average man sees ,pleasant conditions,happy family,steady work,smiley faces ,no insult to the web designer with about 10 different yellow looking faces staring at me from the top of this email box.I must have done something severely wrong,correction many things wrong.So I started to seek the kingdom, not sure if I will find it but my book says I need only seek.
I find L Ray Smith's writing pretty accurate and hard hitting,which could be a good thing if you are prepared to be taught.
Personally some comments have an edge of bitterness,harshness and sarcasm which could be as a result of the pain he is experiencing and or the sheer frustration of reading reams and reams of pathetic gobbledygook.
I am led to mention a part of psalm 1 "blessed is the man who does NOT sit in/on the seat of mockers/scornful, and to "season" one's words at all times, however, that is my leading and not necessary applicable to everyone.
I was moved because of his current physical condition and to get agreement on the Word with those who will,So... I Ian and those who agree, will declare "No weapon forged against him will prosper",Christ Jesus hath taken upon himself all our infirmities in his own body and by his stripes L Ray Smith is healed.
I, being an heir and having authority, further decree that all cancer in his body is removed and I "call" him completely healed, in Jesus name,
Amen.
gmik:
Hi Ian and welcome.
I used to pray like that and declare all this and that. If that worked Ray (and a kabillion others) would already have been healed.
I have never been to SA but I assure you it never occured to me that lions would run thru your yard. Arc is from SA and she has been on forum for years and never once spoke of it! :D
Me thinks you don't think much of us....hope I am wrong.
Dave in Tenn:
Hello, Ian.
This is part of a reply to an email sent to Ray that maybe will give you some encouragement about how Ray is 'doing' in the area of 'bitterness' you mention.
--- Quote ---I harbor no personal ill-feelings toward any person in the world. I receive thousands of unjustified criticisms and condemnations from the World of Christendom (nearly 100% of my hate mail comes from Christians). I have no trouble forgiving them all.
I hope and prayer is that you continue to see the grand design of God's master plan for the salvation and eternal happiness for all creation.
God be with you,
Ray
--- End quote ---
Deborah-Leigh:
G. I think you'd really love Africa!
Sure we don’t have lions and buffalo next door, yet, for us, it is not unusual to entertain the Vervet monkeys who visit in their dozens and the beautiful powder blue faced guinea fowl and, oh, the odd bush babies, also come to say hello. They are a great opportunity to throw away the wilting fruit on the table that cannot stand up to the heat in the kitchen or the moldy bread that reduces into penicillin if not kept in the fridge!
Beyond the fence that is lined with rose bushes, is typical bush veldt (Afrikaans for field) grass and thorn trees, boasting their native presence before the burst of visual excellence towering above and beyond all, in the lanky thin but thick boarder of the silver grey poplar trees, that grow alongside the furrow, at the lower edge of the property. This is not a typical view of the common households here in SA unless your property boarders a game farm. Yet even then, the unique surrounds of our home, is a delight of privacy and recluse beauty.
Taking Byron to school often delights us to see the large baboons who cross over the busy roads as they rummage for foods bits and pieces.
Large winged bats are a common sight in the evening. We even had a large falcon fly into our kitchen once as we were all seated to have lunch. The large eagle like bird flew in and made a quick retreat out the open glass sliding door through which it had flown. It left a flurry of excitement and the atmosphere was electric as we sat wide eyed looking at one another wondering if we had all seen the same heart stopping sight!
Certainly, living in Africa has its moments that go beyond the pale of expectation to the more civilized nations of Europe or the more cosmopolitan experiences of USA. I have lived in both places and understand the fullness of Africa in spirit and soul that gets into your blood and doesn’t leave. We live upon miraculous turf. Any visitor who is open to the contrasts of nature living side by side with the indigenous peoples of the land, cannot but help be moved and changed if the Spirit of Africa should so venture to touch their perceptions with its indelibly deep and profound mark.
I am glad when the locals call me a litchi meaning that though I am white skinned, I have a native black heart. Rather that, than a white washed sepulcher with dead men’s bones in it! Being no better nor less than anyone else is our lesson more commonly expressed as the message of apartheid. A house divided against itself cannot and shall not stand.
If you come to Africa looking for the signs and wonders, as would a person visiting Paris who looks for the Eiffel Tower or if you visit Washington to go see the Monuments, or the great wall of China even, you might be disappointed. Africa has an ambiance that is discernable only to the spiritually astute. Like a visitor visiting a monk in the high Tibetan mountains might come away frustrated and annoyed and another might come away elated and enlightened, so too is this marvelous continent where lives the multitude of varieties and contrasts of nature with life. Life with politics and politics with ecconomics, all in the hum drum of existence, battling to exist, in the conundrum of daily challenges and interactions, is as diverse as any culture in any place in the world. We have our issues.
Like any nation, it has its secrets. Like any continent, it has its challenges. Lions aren’t the challenge and neither is the plan and purpose that manifests to us, the insights and expounding truths of God's mind and heart as unveiled by Ray Smith.
"Behold, I have created the smith [that’s me] that blows the coals in the fire, and that brings forth an instrument for His work, and I have CREATED THE WASTER TO DESTROY" (Isaiah 54:16). This is how Ray identifies himself in LOF part two.
Also note : Purpose for bible-truths.com
"[1] preach with sound doctrine and [2] refute those who contradict it"
[Titus 1:9 - The New Revised Standard Version]
To come away from the flesh of matters and to enter into the spirit of the issue, is to remain at peace with the ripping away of the blindfold that fastens down the eye lids to keep them closed to light, and the crash of icons and idols that roar down under the blows upon coals in the fire, that is sure to bring out bedazzlement. Who could know that simply blowing on coals in fire could be felt as the purging of unsound doctrine that offsets the toppling of the icon of idolatry, esteemed by stagnant worshipers of unsound doctrine, sporting blindfolded eyes held shut in darkness of contradiction. There is nothing wrong with blowing on coals!
Great is the Light of Christ that comes upon words of insight and perception that affords Ray a place in the body that is useful to the purpose of heralding His Spirit.
I can empathize with Ian's desire and brave, putting his neck on the block of declaration for Ray’s release from Cancer. I hope I am not standing on any sensitive toes to share that my personal consolation and peace often comes with what Paul says that henceforth know we, no man after the flesh.
I have fleshed out some of the aspects of life as seen through a limited personal perspective that describes some aspects of my daily living here in South Africa. Yet that said and written, it remains, that we are all here under the auspices of God who is working a work in us all.
You don’t know me any better for the pretty picture painted of my surroundings. We don’t know Ray any better for the anguish of his physical condition. What we do know, is that the worldly nature of our lives, is temporal. The Christ image melting into visibility out of the hardened nature of our hearts being purged and purified is what shall emerge, after the sanctified and made holy, test of Faith. All will be saved. For me, that’s good enough!
Welcome to the Forum Ian! ~
Arc
Kat:
Hi Ian,
Welcome to the forum :)
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mercy, peace and love
Kat
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