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arion:
I discovered it was all in vain.

Ah,  but it's not in vain.  It is a tiny seed that was planted which may or may not bear any fruit.  At some point God may give them a desire to search these things out and the few chapters that they might of read from the series may peak their interest at some point in the future.  God first got his hook in me with Ray's tithing paper as I was a big believer in the prosperity gospel.  I wanted to argue with Ray about what he wrote but he bookended is so well that I couldn't.  I then started to read the website and when I began the LOF series I thought Ray to be a heretic.  His tithing paper was good so I reasoned that even a blind squirrel can find a nut occasionally.  Several months later after I had 'forgot' about Ray and the website I was bored one day and came back and began to seriously read and question what I was taught and the rest was history.  It is never in vain to plant the seed and that is what you did and furthermore that is all that God asked you to do at this point. 

rick:

--- Quote from: Joel on May 23, 2015, 11:20:17 PM ---
How many in your group of friends, or the people you work with, anyone in your town, or even in the same state where you live are there that are like minded?


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Hi Joel,

In truth Joel, I haven’t come across any who believe as I do , many claim they believe in God but in reality the God they believe in is not the God I believe in.

I’ve come across people who say they don’t believe in God at all , to these people I don’t have a clue what to say, for the most part I usually say nothing because if one cannot see intelligent’s behind the design of our universe let alone the earth I’m at a  lost of words for those people.

These are not my regular run of the mill friends in that these friends are always bringing God up in most conversation which I think is awesome, they won’t eat unless they first thank Jesus for the food and they go to church every Sunday, and so its because of these things they do that I became inspired to put Ray’s book in their hand, could you think of a better book than the lake of fire series to give to your friends?

I understand they are deep into Christendom as I once was also but have been blessed with some truth that now keeps me from returning back to the deception that once had me in bondage.

Perhaps my disappointment was in the hope I had for them that they too would come to know the truth concerning God and understanding God is not this monster who can’t wait to beat us over the head and then throw us into this fiery hell hole most of Christendom believes in.

But still I have no regrets giving them Ray’s book.

rick:

--- Quote from: Arion on May 24, 2015, 05:36:44 AM ---I discovered it was all in vain.
It is never in vain to plant the seed and that is what you did and furthermore that is all that God asked you to do at this point.

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Amen Arion, Amen

Ricky:
Rick, if you find one person in the next 10 years who believes you, you would be on a roll, good luck.   Ricky

indianabob:
All of this just goes to illustrate that God desires to do His work with the minimum number of people. It will be HIS work and HIS power that accomplishes the work.
So God chooses the weak of the world and the base things and grants them HIS power and HIS abilities and directs them with the hand of HIS only begotten son.

In Judges 7: 1-28 God defeated 135,000 Midianites with only 300 men of Gideon
That is only one of many examples of how God works.

The same principle applies to God's work with the "body of Christ".
We will be the tools but it will be God's work that is seen being accomplished.

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