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The Explanation of Everything
John from Kentucky:
My statement of faith brings together the visible and the invisible. The past, present, and future. It bridges the gap between the cosmos and the unseen spirit world which scientists have been searching for since time immemorial.
What is the cosmos? Who made it? When? What is its purpose? Why is there war and wickedness in the earth? Why does mankind sin? Is there a God? How do we know? Does He care for His Children? Has He communicated with humanity? Is God good? Will there ever be an end to pain and suffering? How will regeneration come about? Does God know how difficult it is to be a man or woman? Has God ever suffered as mankind has suffered? Can God feel pain, heartache, rejection, fear, poverty, hunger, disease, torture, and even DEATH? What is true love? Is mankind capable of true love. Has God given us an example of how to live and love?
In fact, God has Authorized the preservation of that knowledge necessary to understand the world in its past, present, and future state; the reasons for why the world was as it was, is as it is, and will be in the future and eternity; and God Himself has Authorized that knowledge that explains how it is that God really does understand what it is like to be a man, to live as a man, and to die as a man. You say, "Impossible." No, it is not impossible. The answers and solutions to all of these questions are contained in an expanded understanding of my Statement of Faith.
It is the second part of my statement that contains the highest possible wisdom regarding the reason for the cosmos, the creation, the human race, and God's personal purpose for creating humanity. Are you ready for this? Okay, here it is:
I Believe that the Holy Scriptures are God's Authorized Biography, and
I Believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is God's Authorized Autobiography
That's it. It's all in there. It'll come to you. Just meditate on it a few years!
In the Love of God,
L. Ray Smith
lauriellen:
most excellent....just what i needed this morning. thanks for posting that JFK
GaryK:
Interesting John.
I've been reading, and actually sometimes studying, the bible for the better part of my life and it wasn't until I came to BT that I discovered questions 7 & 8 were a stumbling block. And I was absolutely shocked and dismayed. And then I read Ray's "How Hard Is It To Be Saved", and the Free-will series. Even worse. It was a reckoning of discoveries which began a series of processes. Those processes turned into small growth spurts. Set me back by 40 years.
I've come to believe we can't see, and know, the answers to questions 1-6 and 9-19 until 7 & 8 are answered.....and believed. And we both know--now, at least--that belief comes as a "gift". Any human effort prior to that gifting is on a sub-par level.
Ray: "It'll come to you. Just meditate on it a few years!"
Was he ever right. And that's only after the initial "start-up process" I like to call it.
But that's just my silly story and I'm sticking to it. ;D
But I'm more interested right now in what made you post this thread? Something must have triggered it, or, something really interesting must have been on your mind and this is the prelude. Normally you don't come out of the corner swinging at just air. ;)
John from Kentucky:
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But I'm more interested right now in what made you post this thread? Something must have triggered it, or, something really interesting must have been on your mind and this is the prelude. Normally you don't come out of the corner swinging at just air. ;)
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Hi gk,
Last night I was reading Ray's creed for the umpteenth time. Lately, we have had several "members" quote outside teaching sources and topics fundamentally opposite the Scriptures and Ray's teaching thereon.
So I thought, would it not be a hoot to quote something L. Ray Smith wrote? ;D ;D ;D
Ray's 2nd statement is deep, very deep. Cutting edge. 'Where no man has gone before." For the last two years I've been studying related Scriptures and been thinking of little else. I always come back to it. It is the spear point of what is unfolding. I always like to be at the edge.
Jesus led Ray to that 2nd statement. Then, Jesus took Ray's life. Why? Where do we go from here? God's Spirit is like rushing waters, like the wind. It does not stagnate, but always moves forward. So over and over the thoughts go through me, whither do we go from here? I'm too young and frisky to contemplate the lint in my bellybutton and chant Ommmmmm for the rest of my life. ;D
GaryK:
--- Quote ---Lately, we have had several "members" quote outside teaching sources and topics fundamentally opposite the Scriptures and Ray's teaching thereon.
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Careful John, you may wind up putting votes of confidence in Ray's ramblings. ;D
--- Quote ---So I thought, would it not be a hoot to quote something L. Ray Smith wrote?
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You go too far.
--- Quote ---Last night I was reading Ray's creed for the umpteenth time. .
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I remember that, I just don't remember where it might be. Perhaps a link?
Maybe Ray just thought the 'apostle's creed' was too wordy and he wanted to shorten it down to be able to say it in one breath......? ;)
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