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aqrinc:
Arc, thanks for that pointer. GOD BLESS AND KEEP US ALL.
Dave in Tenn:
Let me share this.
I recieved my sight and believed the Gospel of the Kingdom over the course of one night. For three days I did little else but read and contemplate what I had just read...10 to 12 hours a day. Almost all joy and forgiveness and understanding.
On the third day, I sat in my chair still swimming in all this goodness. Then the thought came to mind, "I wonder how I can share this knowledge, and I wonder how I can make a buck off of this through sharing it?" That's the truth. God let me entertain this thought for quite a while...hours...and I fantasized about all kinds of scenarios where I might turn this new knowledge into new income...all in the name of serving Christ, of course. Then He pulled me up short, and showed me what kind of 'filthy rags' even my 'righteousness' was. And that's when the vessel began to shatter.
That's when I understood what this Gospel contained. Righteous judgement, repentence, dethroning this I/Beast, sorrow, tribulation, the experience of evil, death to self. And all of it is a gift of God--Grace, just as surely as forgiveness and sight are. We can learn to be thankful for the hard work that God has to do in us as we wait on Him to do it. We can learn to count it all joy when we believe in His purpose for it, just as we can count it joy knowing the ultimate destiny of all His creation.
All of us have been protected from committing some sins. Not everyone is a drunkard or a whoremonger, for example. We aren't all even TEMPTED in all things. But the one sin we are all subject to is this self-righteousness/beast on the Throne. This we are born with. And with every new self-promoting, self-crowning, self-powered 'act of righteousness' we actually grow in sin and away from God. Christendom may detest some sins, but they actually reward this one. That's why judgement must begin in the House of God.
I know I'm not saying anything new. I hope it holds for a season because I don't think I'm to be posting 'deep thoughts' for a while.
EKnight:
You know, some posters here really seem to have a good grasp on Rays teachings, and you Dave, are one of them. Why, despite my continued quest for wisdom, does God not give me the understanding and the words to express it?
Sometimes when I read the posts of others, I feel like maybe I am lost and have no business being here. I know I am where God wants me to be but I've said it before and I'll say it again, sometimes I am completely lost. It's frustrating and sometimes I want to give up. :(
Hanging in there for now,
Eileen
Samarnon:
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--- Quote from: Arcturus on September 19, 2008, 12:26:54 PM ---Hi Joe
I hope you have a really great time at the Conference!
You talk about living the "bitter sweet experience. "
Job was clear in his conscience but was unclear about his STATUS before God until he was given that bitter experience. Then only did he confess he was a worm and previously had not known any better.
The great prophet Isaiah also confessed that he was a man of unclean lips and had to experience the live coal taken out of the fire and touched to his lips which could not have been pleasant either.
Yes, we all have to experience our wretchedness and that is bitter and totally against what we would chose for ourselves. Hence we have to be dragged against our will and preferences to experience the magnitude of God that invariably by contrast shows up our imperfections.
The painfull separation from the masses that comes from letting go of false teachings and the need for healing from the grief brought about by shattered illusions of self righteousness is part of the process of getting cleaned up, humbled and prepared to stand in His sight. It is all His work because it is simply too bitter and painful to be chosen as a preference by the carnal mind.
Arc
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WOW...! ;D
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Arc/Deb,
A second WOW!!!
This is what I really missed from you.
Thank you dear lady for your great insight.
Love,
Joy
Dave in Tenn:
Eileen, I felt like I was lost and had no business being there at the conference. :D You ever sat at a table with Kat and Joe and Rene and all these great posters? We feel like we're lost because we are. (I know they feel that way too).
Isa 33:2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Lam 3:22-24 The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. New every morning, abundant is thy faithfulness. My portion is Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.
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