Rev.Anthony Ray Smith Sr.'s Blog – September 2009 Archive (4)

I Pray to?





“For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.”





There are many gods in this world today.



Many say we, as Christians, persecute those that refuse to live as Christ lived, but this isn't so.



We, as followers of Christ, are set in motion by a commission from the true God, the God of Abraham, Issac and… Continue

“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;”





Charge; To lay on, give or communicate, as an order, command or earnest request; to enjoin; to exhort.



An order, injunction, mandate, command.





We have seen in this last 100 years that the rich get richer and the poor suffer. The rich have taken to heart their ability to get gain from… Continue

The Fire and The Shadow.





Many people are walking threw this life not finding pleasure nor an open door of compassion. Many are looking for something that will take away the pain of living. We all, at one time or another have been in this state, but we have found a release from this life of misery and pain, we have found a direction and an open door.







The Fire;



Trouble; affliction.



To set on fire, to kindle; to inflame; to excite… Continue

“Delayed Punishment.”

Vanity of the sinner.



“For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?



There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.”





Death comes to all the wicked and the righteous. As we look threw Ecclesiastes we see that this date of our demise is… Continue