Job -
From the transcript "Repentance and Guilty of all"
Ray said, "All through your life you learn to mature... learn to operate in society... learn to obey the laws of the higher powers and so on... stopping at stop signs... staying under the speed limit etc... You do all these things, which are admirable, we should do them. But there comes a time when you have to just stop 'doing good things' and repent of who and what you are. Then you will start to make real progress."
What does he mean by "..stop doing good things and repent of who and what you are?"
I am not sure what Ray meant.
Ray could have meant the following, because the first thing we are commanded by John The Baptist (representing The Old Covenant) and Jesus Christ (who is The New Covenant) is to repent:
When we come to a place where we question everything that is, and agree that we did not come from ourselves or by a mistake, we must first stop doing our own view of good works, repent to Him and ask for forgiveness and for His Truth that will set us free from bondage and deceit and lies.
Only then, by denying ourselves, can we see who and what we truly are In Him, and see others at what stage they are in, and we start to learn knowledge which when perfected becomes His Wisdom in us, and we then truly become part The Body of Christ doing His Great Works of Righteousness with Him (as He is our Head and we are part of His Body of Called Out Called Out Ones).
I have always asked why, and have probably annoyed a lot of men and women by my many questions, but how can we learn if we do not ask questions.
I still ask why, but now my requests are directly to Our Heavenly father through His Beloved Son and Our Master and Saviour.
I do not know if this is helpful, or not.
Job, I believe our job is to be living letters representing Him as stewards on the Earth, as others should be able to see by our motives, way of thinking, speech and actions that we are not of this world, but are here in this world being nurtured by Our Heavenly Father to be His Peace on Earth (as well as demonstrate His Love, Patience, Meekness, Kindness; Joy, and all His other characteristics and attributes).
Amen.
Kind Regards.
George.