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Marlene:
Amen to all of this!
Marlene

aqrinc:

Hi A,

It is noteworthy to look at the most vile person or thing done by that person and Remember:

There but for The Grace Of God go i.

Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain From The Foundation Of The Worlds; For The Sins Of The Whole World.

Love, Charity, Understanding and Faith.

George.

Heidi:

--- Quote from: aqr on October 16, 2008, 08:05:48 PM ---Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain From The Foundation Of The Worlds; For The Sins Of The Whole World.

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Amen George!!!!  Hallelujah.

Amrhrasach:

--- Quote from: aqr on October 16, 2008, 08:05:48 PM ---
Hi A,

It is noteworthy to look at the most vile person or thing done by that person and Remember:

There but for The Grace Of God go i.

Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain From The Foundation Of The Worlds; For The Sins Of The Whole World.

Love, Charity, Understanding and Faith.

George.


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Hi back George.   I agree with you.   But, is this repentance process so simple as just knowing and believing “there but for the grace of God go I”?   While it is true we can/should be thankful, or as Ray states, “some of us didn’t have to go that route” there’s still more it would seem, an imperative spiritual humbling process perhaps, to achieve the higher mark of true “repentance”.  As Ray states more expressively, “Now we need to be thankful for that and not assume we don’t have very much to repent of. “  ………….We’re all out of Adam. And what does Adam do?     Being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters and on and on.”

So, is this repentance a sudden burst of forgiveness and all is done?  Is it a process that goes for some time, one item removed at a time?  We “repent” of our internal make-up, what we are, and those bad things (the bad character traits) magically go away and now we’ve “repented”?  Because some of those descriptions in the list above are not eliminated in an instant, well, at least not in my case.    I can be thankful that I’m not a murderer but does that mean I’m not required to repent?  I’m taking from Ray’s teachings, and I could certainly be wrong, that this “repentance” is more like standing on the sand of the sea looking back, truly recognizing and truly repenting for serving a god which wasn’t a god at all.  To me, that would seem foremost in repentance.

We (all mankind) have our place(s) in that list that can go “on and on”.   We’ve all read Ray’s teachings, but, have we all truly repented?   I can gain knowledge (read Ray’s teachings for a prime example) but knowledge is useless unless placed comfortably and applied correctly and wisely. 

Repentance strikes me as much deeper and profoundly personal.  One man and one true God working things out.

Just thoughts.

A.

aqrinc:
A,

It is knowing and believing that but for The Grace Of God Through Faith; not of ourselves: i or you or anyone
else can absolutely be in that fallen condition. We are always in a repentant state from now until (Thy Kingdom Come) since we are still sinners Forgiven. The Working out is For God Through our Saviour And Lord Jesus Christ
To Do. Please help by pointing out what is missing or can be added to my understanding so we can all benifit and
grow in God's Grace.

Love brother.

Heidi, Amen Sister.

George.

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