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Does anyone have doubts?
Kat:
I have no doubt that Ray is pointing us to the Truth. What I believe he is doing, by the will of God, is removing the man made traditions from the original Scriptures. It is the original Scriptures from the men who walked and talked with Jesus Christ that have the Truth, that I have no doubt of.
Ray is just human like any of us, but God has seen fit to use him to help us to unlock the mystery of the Scripture. He is only showing what is in the Scriptures, not presenting new revelations. We can use the knowledge he has provided to continue our own study of the Scriptures, for those chosen by God and given eyes to see.
Col 1:26 the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now made manifest to his saints.
v. 27 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
mercy, peace and love
Kat
Sozo:
To doubt means to be uncertain or to be less than 100% convinced about something. When we discuss the big questions in life such as does God exist, is Christ the Savior of the world, is scripture inerrant, free will, who will be in the Kingdom, origin of man, young earth, evil, etc….Is it possible that we can be 100% convinced about some of them and less than 100% certain about others? The answer is yes!
So when you ask do we have doubts, the answer would have to be yes, otherwise the person who has no doubts would be all-knowing. Sometimes we look at doubt as if it is a bad thing. It is not. Doubt leads to questioning and questioning leads to truth. Think of it this way….if you never doubted what you were taught, then you would not be at this website now. So likewise, is it okay to doubt what is taught here? Absolutely! Why? Because doubt leads to questioning…to searching out the truth for yourself rather than just taking someone’s word for it. Would it really be reasonable to tell someone to question the teachings of the church, but not to question the teachings of this site? This entire website questions the teachings of men while providing evidence for its own teachings. Then we are challenged to test this evidence.
Now to offer my doubts and certainties:
Am I 100% convinced that God is the creator: YES
Am I 100% convinced that Jesus is the Savior: YES
Am I 100% convinced that the scriptures are inerrant: NO
Am I 100% convinced that free will is a myth: YES
Am I 100% convinced that the earth is only 6K years old: NO
Am I 100% convinced that I will ever, in this life, know all of the truth: NO
So therefore, I am 100% convinced that I will have doubts until the day I die….because if I don’t doubt, then I would know everything…and that won’t happen in this life.
I need to make one final comment. Please don’t take this as me starting an argument, but I believe clarification is needed on the following:
--- Quote from: Falconn003 on September 11, 2008, 11:05:45 PM ---There is a term that describes what you are experiencing called BACKSLIDNG.
--- End quote ---
To backslide means to lapse morally or in the practice of religion or to revert to a worse condition. To doubt is not to backslide. After all, doubt is what brought you here.
joyful1:
I have 100% NO DOUBT that God knows exactly what I DO and DO NOT understand about Him, and that He loved me first, last and best! Every night I curl up to sleep and ask Him to hold on to my soul and keep me forever! I have 100% NO DOUBT that He will do that, regardless of the process He may have to put me through to accomplish that.
What I HOPE for is to be in the first resurrection....I have no garantee of that....but that's what HOPE is for!
Joyce :)
frecklegirl417:
To all my brothers & sisters;
All of your post on this thread are great. I wanted to post on here about having doubt but before I could I had to reread all of the responses twice. IMO.....If we doubt our faith or our love for our heavenly Father that is when he is trying his hardest to pull us closer. When I start doubting if I really know the truth, I get this sick feeling deep with in me and I find myself here on this forum reading Ray's material and reading the post and the feeling of doubt goes away. To me its our Father's way of saying HELLO....I AM OVER HERE, WHERE YOU GOING?
I may be wrong but if we didn't have doubt in the first place and wasn't looking for help with it then we wouldn't have found Ray's site or each other. One way or another we all have had doubt about our past beliefs which led us here. We can still have doubt, but maybe we aren't doubting our faith in our Father but rather our faith in ourselves. Me, myself, and I alone have doubt about whether I have enough faith or love for our father. Our Father alone will always hold us close to him and keep us safe, when we start to doubt that is when he pulls us closer to his chest and says I LOVE YOU, AND WILL KEEP YOU SAFE!
I think having doubt makes us realize we are carnal minded and need a reason we see things the way we do and others don't. Our Father will in time show ALL his love and he knows when, the hour, the day. I have no doubt that someday I will be walking with our father looking out over an ocean and thanking him for his patience with me, and still loving ME. I maybe wrong in this post but, these our only my thoughts and opinions from my carnal mind and heart.
We all should remember that just because we have the truth doesn't mean we still can't have doubt about how much we love our Father or how much we show him. He shows us every day when we open our eyes and see this wonderful truth he has given us. Besides giving him our hearts and opening up our eyes to his truth what else have we given him? This is where my doubt really comes in,He has given us so much, and I feel like I haven't given him enough.
With God's Love & Understanding,
Pam
mharrell08:
Hello,
Kevin (legoman) didn't ask if we had doubts that led us here. He asked if we had doubts SINCE learning the truth God and his whole plan of making mankind into his image.
Luke 9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Gen 19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Recognizing one has doubt if fine but it still must be cast away into the fire.
Hope this helps,
Marques
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