I wonder can a person be so spiritual or heavenly minded that they become no earthly good ?
I'd have to say "NO" to this, but then I'd just open up a can of worms about what it means to be "spiritually minded".
Guys and girls, we are not going to convince each other on these matters. I know this is true, because I can't count the number of times 'we' have tried since October of 2008. Ray made himself clear on these (or as clear as was possible in a 2 day conference and a little subsequent study). Yet MUCH of what I've read on the forum on these topics since then (and I read pretty much EVERYTHING, since it's kinda my job) has either been a rejection of that study or (often unfounded) speculation that goes beyond what Ray had to say. I'm not 'not guilty' of this myself.
In order for any of you to 'follow' my train of thought (and for me to follow any of yours) would require a background that very closely resembles my own (or for me to have one that very closely resembles yours). I don't believe as I did when I was a boy and a young man in babylon. It's been one long string of repentance and struggle--sometimes with joy, sometimes with pain, sometimes with awe and trembling. And in most ways, I wouldn't wish my 'background' on my worst enemy, much less any of you.
This 'very close' similarity of background hasn't happened, by the will of God. Yet I have to 'love one another' and grow in the fruit of His Spirit--love, joy, faith, peace, patience, long-suffering) my own self, even though everybody else is "wrong" and surely needs to do that more than I do.
Of course NOW, all my thoughts are right. After all, His thoughts are my thoughts and His ways are my ways. (I'm pretty sure that's in the bible). How could it be any other way? Think about it.