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My First Introduction

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smeacham:
Greetings, my brothers and sisters.  I am Steve Meacham, a fellow servant of our Lord Jesus Christ.  I have been silently studying the material on this web site for two years or more now, so in a sense, I feel I know many of you already.  I'll keep my intro as short as I can, because if you're like me, it's one of hundreds of messages you'll read on this site today.

I'm from Kansas City, and live there now.  I've lived in at least five states and two countries, though.  My parents and home were irreligious and I was one of the early home-computer nerds.  Jesus began calling me in 1984, while I was still in High School.   I was baptized as a Methodist back then, then again some years later as a Pentecostal, and again some years later by the Boston Church of Christ.  These are but a few of Mystery Babylon the Great's harlot daughters that I've become well acquainted with these last 25 years.

I'd like to know if I'm alone or not in the following experience...

I had believed myself to be converted and "saved" (past tense) for many years.  I was a leader in more than one church and did the things that Christians do.  But, once God opened my eyes and ears, beginning with Ray's writings and ending in the Scriptures, I realized that I was lost.  I lacked little in Bible knowledge, but I understood few of God's Spiritual Truths.  The few that I had learned had always gotten me in trouble in my churches :(

I began relearning everything.  All that knowledge I'd accumulated finally made real sense, once I applied it correctly.  THEN, A MOST UNEXPECTED THING HAPPENED, though it should not have been unexpected.  A week ago, I was Spiritually converted.  I know this because suddenly my programming changed.  The law of sin and death, which I hadn't even REALLY accepted was ruling within me, was replaced by the Law of the Spirit!  There is an unmistakable change within me, a change of passions and desires, of a most profound nature.  It was like pressure building up, and then bursting through at last.

That's my story in a nutshell.  Much more to be said about the Jehovah's Witnesses and Universalists that God is sending my way, but not here.

Steve

gmik:
Greetings Steve. Good first introduction by the way.  To me it looks as tho You left your 1st love and have been brought into the fold!!! Welcome!

Beloved:
Welcome Steve

Glad to have you post in the forum, so you have spent 2 yrs watching...well you should be able to join in the conersations and fit in like a comfrotable pair of shoes.

When you are under the law of the Spirit you are free indeed, one's programming can not help but be changed.

We all look forward to hearing from you, I do not know if there are any active forum members who are in you area but perhaps one will speak up.

beloved

aqrinc:

Welcome Steve,

Yes, Yes and Yes. But now i am found and my Lord has caught me.
I look forward to reading your posts and conversing with you online.

george. ;D

cjwood:
hello steve,
welcome into the Living room, after waiting quietly out in the hallway. i enjoyed reading your intro post. i also can relate to what you said about now being spiritually converted. i too have found that carnal passions that were once so easy to do, now have been put off by the Spirit within me. i find myself one minute thinking about carnal things which i could do, but the next minute i find that the fleshly thought has been replaced by and inner voice reminding me that i am a joint-heir with Christ and He is my brother example. then i remember what ray has opened up from the scriptures about "overcoming". yes, it is a daily struggle which we all face as long as we are in these fleshly tent bodies, but one day...

i also look forward to reading more posts from you.

love in Him,
claudia

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