Just absolutely loving having a conversation with myself...
... I go on to thrash this out for myself, being very very thankful to Gena for directing me to my highlighted notes of LOF Part 13. [Sigh... it ain't easy bein' me folks... ] Hopefully others will benefit. Here we have it... more insights from Ray with my comments:
NOTES ABOUT ELECT from LOF Part 13 [All emphasis his quotes.]
“The very elect are all “
companions and brothers” in our quest for the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.” [P.7 ]
My comment:
We who are in the process of becoming the elect are in a quest for the kingdom.
“Every one who is
chosen out from the
called will have first built their spiritual house
upon the sand, and it will
FALL! Every one who is of the chosen FEW will leave his “First love” (Rev 2: 4.) There is a time when all of the chosen will “
look back” and see a time when they were not ‘…
FIT for the Kingdom of God” (Luke 9: 62.) It happened to Peter, it happened to the other eleven apostles, it happened to Paul, it happened to Paul’s follower, it happened to the entire early church, it will happen to US!” [P. 11 LOF]
My comment:
I believe I am in this process now and will hopefully continue henceforth. (God gives us 'hope', Rom 8: 20.)
“Now for all of you whom God is
calling only, you will not believe what I am saying, you will not do what I am teaching you, and you will not recover (in this lifetime) from the disaster of building your spiritual house (life)
upon the sand. But what about those of you whom God is
calling AND
choosing?” [P. 13 ]
My comment:
I fully believe God is calling and choosing me now through Ray’s writings and by circumstantial evidence in my life.
“When God
chooses us FROM AMONG the
called, we become separate from their doctrines and sins. We are still “
The Church of the Living God,” but we are a
peculiar people that no longer follows the traditions of men, which the
many called who are building the house upon the sand continue to follow. Therefore, WE WILL SEE THE BEAST that comes up out of the sea. We will be forced to WAR with the beast from the sea. And we will be OVERCOME by the wild beast.”
There are three realms spoken of in Revelation: sea, earth and heaven…. The angels [messengers] of God communicate things from
heaven to both the
earth and the
sea… There are three realms of humanity and three realms of spiritual understanding. The lowest of all is
the sea. Those with at least some spiritual understanding are those who dwell in
the earth. And those who have the very mind of Christ are those who dwell in
heaven. ALL REALMS will give honor and glory to God.” [P.17]
My comment:
Reiterating Ray,
God chooses us … and we become separate..” I believe I am part of this continuing and ongoing process;
“The
saints have left the
earth in their spiritual walk with God. Those who are now ‘spiritually minded’
dwell in heaven – a much much higher realm than that of
the earth.” [P.18]
“And since God is not only
calling some of us but
choosing us also, God begins to teach us anew. And the first thing He begins to show us is the WILD BEAST
coming up out of the sea that is the CAUSE of our being overcome and the CAUSE of our spiritual house
falling! … But for those whom God is both
calling AND choosing, they will
RISE UP AGAIN… [P.22]
My comment:
Again, I feel per these writings that I am part of God’s choosing process,
and I rejoice in this process.
I do not think He will fail at what He is intending. Have I heard this sentiment, perhaps, somewhere before….
?? Do I speak as a fool… ??
Until some new light shows up to my spiritual eyes... for now, although I do not
know [indeed different from
being] I am a chosen; I do, however, believe
I am part of the process of becoming chosen if it is in His will. AND I REJOICE IN THIS!
I think you should too. Aren’t Ray’s writings worth something in the grand scheme of things?
Thank you all for your patience on this special matter to me.
I praise God for you all, and I say amen and amen to His process, Janice