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Things I learned at BT that changed my life
newgene87:
- The Ultimate Sovereignty of God
that principle has changed my life in so many ways. i guess that interchanges with Free Will; but even if i "perceive" that i have a "free" will: the truth of God's Sovereignty is just wonderful to me. At the end of the day, dont worry.
oh yea, Read this on a church sign 10 minutes ago...
"When you lay down at night give your troubles to God: He will be up all night"
if they ONLY knew the full truth of that and God's Sovereignty....thank you bibletruths ;D ;D
cjwood:
there are so many things which i learned and am continuing to learn through ray's papers/audios/videos, and through the forum discussions/comments/messages. learning and applying, and dying to what the flesh wants. and the pulling away from the world, while still living among it. BUT, i was re-listening to the following audio of ray's last night and, well, i learned something which i hadn't 'heard' the first time.
it ALL starts with the attitude of the heart. and that there is a 'stony' heart that needs to be removed from our flesh, and we be given a heart of flesh. i never noticed it written like that before. and the new spirit is not put within us till the 'stony' heart of flesh is removed. (ezek. 11:19-20)
this audio is amazing. and, getting close to the ending of it, with about 18 mins left, ray goes into trying to get the hearers to understand something deeper about grace as a gift. i laughed out loud so hard, hearing ray explain further, that tears were running down my face. tears of the joy of 'hearing' what was being taught, and tears of laughter at hearing ray be himself, and tears of sadness that our brother is gone from among us in person. but, i know the end of the story, so, it is ALL good.
enjoy.
claudia
June 3, 2007 Saved by Grace through Faith
http://bible-truths.com/audio/6-03-07.mp3
cjwood:
p.s. i believe the removing of the stony heart in our flesh is the ongoing process which we are all experiencing, as we are being made into His image. i know in my life at least, it hasn't been an 'instant' removal of the gnarly stony heart in this carnal flesh. but i know it must be done. and i know that i want it to be removed. and i know that my Father Creator, and my Brother Jesus Christ, want it to be removed too. because there is SO much in store, when given a new spirit within my flesh, so i can continue in strength of His spirit to treasure the 'new' heart within my flesh, and 'understand' the consequences. :)
claudia
Dave in Tenn:
Hi Levy. In addition to your 'list', it's been a great blessing to obey one scripture in particular...to think on those things that are true, lovely, of good report. What's more true, lovely, and of good report than the Gospel?
At the VERY LEAST, it's difficult to think on other things that weigh and drag me down AT THE SAME TIME that I'm thinking on the 'good stuff'. "Change of life" is not always 180 degrees. Oftentimes (it seems to me) it's incremental changes that keep me between the ditches, and from going too far to the left or right as I keep on walking/living. This particular admonition has been helpful with that. And I am glad that what I've learned at B-T is WORTHY of the designations "true, lovely, and of good report". It never 'worked' before when I was in babylon or in the world, at least not for long.
(Just for you--this is my 'intro post'. I read it from time to time, and I must say it's still true.)
http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,7572.msg60263.html#msg60263
Extol:
--- Quote from: levycarneiro on June 27, 2012, 03:01:02 PM ---If you guys agree, maybe a good direction for this thread would be more in terms of: *how* did these things change your life. How your yoke/burden are becoming lighter with knowledge and application of the Truths of God :)
God bless!
Levy
--- End quote ---
Levy,
A few months ago I was thinking about the passage you referenced [Matthew 11:28-30]:
28 `Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,
29 take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,
30 for my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.'
I was wondering how this reconciled with verses like this:
2 Timothy 3:12--and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted...
1 Peter 4:12--Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you...
What is "easy" and "light" about that??? But then I realized, it's these wonderful truths you've mentioned that are easy and light. It's the doctrines of Christendom that are burdened and laborious...particularly the doctrine of eternal hell. I used to feel such a responsibility for the salvation of my non-believing friends:
"What if they die in a car crash on the way home from our day at the park? I could have told them about Christ!"
Whenever I heard an ambulance siren, or read in the news about people dying in car wrecks or war or famine or whatever, I would offer up a worried prayer: "Oh God, I hope they knew you..."
What a laborious yoke that was! The yoke of Christ and His love is easy and light, indeed!
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