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NJKen:
Lq,
     I have been separated from my wife and daughter for the past 5 months.  I can relate to your feeling of being alone.  When we are called to the the truth and taken out of Babylon, God puts us thru fiery trials to burn up the wood, hay and stubble that is the beast inside us.  It is not our faith that God is interested in, but, the trial of our faith.  (1 Peter 4:12-19)  He is our only foundation. (1 Corinthians 3).
                                                 
Ken

Kat:

Hi Ken,

The only times I have spoken about any of these truths to any family or friends I just get blank stares.  Though my family is religious I am not facing the opposition that you are, and my oldest daughter doesn't mind discussing it to some degree.

The way I look at this is the Elect are the very few and it seems like we are meant to be scattered like salt, "You are the salt of the earth."  There must be some necessity in this, as this is the situation of most of us. 

If we are of the Elect we are going through an extreme training process.  I believe we are to... "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." ( 2Tim 2:15)  This does not seem to include witnessing and spreading the gospel, that will come in the next age.  God is able to get the truth to His Elect, so if you feel a strong urge to share this truth with someone then of course you should.  But for now I'm just appling myself to learn all that I can.

mercy, peace and love
Kat

tebza4jesus:

--- Quote from: lq1over on August 18, 2008, 08:05:17 PM ---
This has caused me much grief and I pray for their eyes and ears to be open and the grace for me to trust God for whatever His will.
 

--- End quote ---

Hello Iq

I am new to this and this is my first comment send to this forum! I have just been exposed to Mr. Smith's teaching, and I am reading them again and again simply because in him, I have find someone who seem to be "preaching" the very same gospel that I have been preaching for years.

This "preaching" has caused me grief with my friends and family calling me crazy, demon-possessed, member of a cult, etc. These are painful statements to hear from someone concerning anybody, especially when you are convinced that this which you are preaching is, the TRUTH! At some stage I actually stopped saying anything to anyone concerning any of these things because I was just tired of being ridiculed and mocked and laught at! (I am crying even as I write this, for the pain is still as real to me now as it was then)!

But I have learnt, by the grace of God, that all this,
1. I should expect and
2. I should consider it pure joy!

Blessed are you when you are persecuted, mocked and ridiculed for the sake of our Lord and his message! He did not bring peace but a sword into this world, where the enemies of a man will be the members of his own family. Rejoice and be glad for as they treated Him, so are they treating you. As they treated the prophets before you, so are they treating you!

This is what I have learnt and I thank God I live by that NOW. Be not fooled into thinking I mean it's now easy. NO, it's not. The cross is not to be ENJOYED but to be ENDURED!

Hebrews 12: 1 -3 (NIV) Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

gmik:
Welcome Tebza4Jesus.  And beautifully spoken!

Ken, I am so sorry for your trial right now. I pray that your foundation in Jesus will get you thru this time.

WhoAmI:
A lot of the trying to fit in and have company who thinks like you is a by product of the religious style. I enjoy sharing what I know if a situtation comes up where  it is possible but I don't need anyone to think like me. Even people who say they think or believe the same thing usually if pinned down have some very great differences somewhere. I'm not to sure why people think they need to have others on their side. I am quite content in others not agreeing with me and saying something nasty. Most the time people are just ignorant or don't want to do the work or have to deal with change that is going to take place if they find out they are incorrect. For me it is most important that I try to live the things I know to be true. If loved ones don't agree, not my problem.

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