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Faith without works is Dead
Deborah-Leigh:
Here is some e-mail responses from Ray that I believe addresses the issues being raised in this thread.
http://www.forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,3836.0.html
Dear Julie:
I don't really know what I can say. Yours is not the first email that I have received like this. You pretty much answered your own question. You will not change the Synagogue of Satan. You will not teach the Synagogue of Satan. You will not convert the Synagogue of Satan. We are to "COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE" (Rev. 18:4), and James tells us to "Submit yourselves therefore to God. RESIST THE DEVIL, and he will flee from you" (James 4:7). We cannot embrace the Synagogue of Satan and expect anything more than you have received. On the other hand, there would be dozens of Churches who would read your email and tell you to join with them, as they have TWO SOUP kitchens feeding the poor and hungry daily. You would then starve to death spiritually, but at least you would have hot soup every day. So as I said, Julie, I don't know what to tell you. I teach and counsel people as I am able. I have no soup kitchen, no orphanage in Haiti, no TV or Radio broadcasts, no social services program, and a zero budget for any such thing. I do what I do, the best I can do, and that's about all I can do. You are welcome with open arms to join our Forum and be a part of what we believe. Other than that, I am just one man who tries to write on difficult subjects and try to make them easy to understand, and I answer thousands of emails. That's about all I can offer along with my prayers for your welfare and spiritual growth.
God be with you,
Ray
http://www.forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,2052.0.html
Dear Noel:
I don't know what to say to you. Since I have come out of Babylon the Great and Ugly Whore, I just have no desire to go back into her or into any of her harlot daughters. I just don't want to "touch the unclean thing" anymore (Rev. 18:4, II Cor. 6:16, etc).
God be with you,
Ray
http://www.forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,1584.0.html
Dear Diana:
The sugar-coated candy religion of Christendom appeals to lusts of the carnal mind. When God begins to humble us of our carnal mind the church looses its luster and the candy is no longer sweet. God isn't calling us to a feel-good religion. What feels good is the truth, even if the truth is often painful it still feels good because the destiny of Christ's religion is eternal righteousness and love for all. There certainly is nothing good about a heaven that allows its guests to view their grandmothers and grandfathers, and maybe even their own childrenh, being tortured in a fire of an eternal hell. As Paul stated: "Yes woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel."
God be with you,
Ray
Peace be to you
Arcturus :)
hillsbororiver:
--- Quote from: dessa on October 27, 2007, 02:58:10 AM ---Joe, thank you for these words.
--- Quote ---Let us not concern ourselves with what others think of us whether it be in the churches, in this world or in this Forum, seek the Wisdom that only God can provide and the approval of the only One who truly matters, if we do this everything else will be taken care of.
--- End quote ---
Shalom,
dessa
--- End quote ---
Hi dessa,
You are very welcome, I also want to thank all the contributing posters to this thread for the many wise and edifying responses.
His Peace to you,
Joe
Robin:
Thank you for sharing that Arcturus.
Ray said somewhere that God does give us more than we can handle. I haven't been able to find that again. I think it was in an email reply.
Your post reminded me of this scripture.
Luke 11:52
"Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering."
ciy:
Here is a good addition to this thread. The Message translation of Galatians chapter 1:6-12
6 -9 I can't believe your fickleness—how easily you have turned traitor to him who called you by the grace of Christ by embracing a variant message! It is not a minor variation, you know; it is completely other, an alien message, a no-message, a lie about God. Those who are provoking this agitation among you are turning the Message of Christ on its head. Let me be blunt: If one of us—even if an angel from heaven!—were to preach something other than what we preached originally, let him be cursed. I said it once; I'll say it again: If anyone, regardless of reputation or credentials, preaches something other than what you received originally, let him be cursed.
10 -12 Do you think I speak this strongly in order to manipulate crowds? Or curry favor with God? Or get popular applause? If my goal was popularity, I wouldn't bother being Christ's slave. Know this—I am most emphatic here, friends—this great Message I delivered to you is not mere human optimism. I didn't receive it through the traditions, and I wasn't taught it in some school. I got it straight from God, received the Message directly from Jesus Christ
Says it very plainly.
God is all in all.
CIY
jacieleigh:
We are the church. Buildings are buildings but Christ dwells in us. I believe that God wants His people, the church, to care for, love and look out for all our brothers and sisters . We can be brothers and sisters here online, at a home gathering, a conference but most importantly... throughout our daily lives. Wherever our lives may be. We can be in different cities, states or countries but God's Spirit is the same. I know of no way to say what I feel in an intelligent manner as many Bible scholars on the forum are able to do.
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