> Introductions, Announcements, and More of Ray's Teachings
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yello62:
arc,
i am thankful to be aware enough to grasp what He is saying. looking back, i see His hand every where. again, very thankful that He is merciful, especially to knuckleheads such as myself.
as for the convent thing, if it was His desire for you to have that experience, you'd have had it and been pulled out as He desires. i don't know much but i know this, His will is going to be done, in our lives and in the world.
tony
Samson:
--- Quote from: yello62 on January 19, 2012, 12:11:22 AM ---greetings all. my name is tony. came across the site through the website of someone i used to attend church with and used to call a friend. been reading a lot of the material and a lot of it rings true to me. by that i mean to say that it is consistent with what i hear coming through the spirit. don't know how y'all expect by way of introduction so i will give some information about me but not too much... i hope.
born on the southside of chicago, raised catholic but fell away at the ripe old age of 14. too much just didn't seem right about it. couldn't really put my finger on it, but i saw too much that went contrary to what i thought i knew about right and wrong. a few years later, driven by some experiences, i started to question whether or not a loving God existed. a few more years down the road, i was "touched" by another experience that convinced me that God was real and for some reason had an interest in me. move down some more years and i was introduced to the worldwide church of God, started attending and was baptized. started studying the scriptures with a critical eye, prayin' and meditatin' on things. move us down a ways further and here i am, livin' away from every thing i know and love, not attending the worldwide any more, nor any other organized religious institute, but finding my relationship/awareness/understanding with/of God changing/growing/continuing.
i asked to be given a login id to the forums as i would like to contribute to the dialogue. i believe it would be good for me.
want to know more, feel free to ask. not much to hide.
tony
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Hi Tony,
I noticed that I haven't been welcoming Newcomers lately, just neglectful in that area, Well, I'll begin with you and go down the Introductory Page. Part of My mindset, a realistic serious type Person that I am, thinks that many individuals have entered this Forum without mostly reading the material and not agreeing with enough of it first and quickly disappearing after initially joining, so I guess that I don't take the initial joining of someone as something too lasting. Of course, this is not a judgement or specifically directed towards you Tony & only God knows the outcome, you just happen to be my first welcome to someone so early in the Morning, when my thoughts are usually at their best.
Welcome to the Forum, hope you appreciate the material found here and some overall pretty good association(Hebrews. 10:23-26). You are not expected to agree with everything taught By Ray Smith by anyone, certainly not by Me, but to merely respect & honor the Forum Rules. So, just as a friendly reminder, I would suggest you fully examine these rules and your stay will be a mostly pleasant one for sure.
Thanks for sharing your experiences with Catholicism & the WWCOG, two experiences of extreme legalism for sure. My experience of Evil to work towards humbling Me was CAUSED by the Watchtower Organization(JW'S), I could write a dramatic Book about those experiences, but I won't, the other Forum Members appreciate that. ;D, ;), ::),
Hope you are enlightened by this experience(BT Forum), Samson.
yello62:
samson,
thanks for the welcome and the advice. my journey towards The Father as been a long one, not long as He sees it but as we gauge it, and He has been guiding the whole way. while i have come to see many of the doctrines of the wwcg as being in error, i believe that God makes all things work together for good and i derived some benefit from my time there. one of those things is familiarity with what the scriptures say and the practice of taking principle upon principle to get to the truth of an issue. my personal work in the languages the scriptures were written in has exposed me to the knowledge that our current translations don't provide the whole picture of what has been communicated by our Creator. i am intrigued by the concordant translations referred to often by ray in his writings as i perceive them to be closer to what was breathed by God. i am here, meaning generally i live for and specifically in this forum, to know Him and the Christ that He sent. i expect my heart and mind to be impacted positively by the discussions i engage in here in the forum.
tony
Ironbutterfly55:
Yo, Tony! Welcome! from me n the missus ;D
yello62:
ironbutterfly55,
grazie,
tony
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