Rev.Anthony Ray Smith's Blog (33)

Living in a Fearful Society.

Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

What's it like Living in a Fearful Society?

The answer to that is easy if you are an ardent reader of the news. Teachers and school boards are afraid of drawings, photos or even young children playing cowboys and indians or anything else that may resemble the use of a gun, knife, and lately even home tools have become a target of fear.…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on May 28, 2014 at 1:06pm — No Comments

The Future of Preaching.

“For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.”

The enemies of the Cross have seen a decline in the effectiveness of the church to remain solvent and joined as Christ instructed it to be. This being Biblical prophecy of these end days. So this first verse is relevant to this message. As many ministers are being attacked in today’s world for preaching the truth of sin, repentance and salvation, these enemies are gathered together to feed of what they…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on August 16, 2013 at 12:56pm — No Comments

Christian Faith.

The Christian faith in these end days will be tested over and over again. Many shall endure but as the word states many will fall prey to false doctrine and political correctness. The Lord tells us that He shall shorten the days for the elect sake and it will come to pass.

What is the end days according to scripture?

Jesus stated plainly; “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on July 11, 2013 at 2:42pm — No Comments

I will have mercy.

“But go ye and learn what that meaneth,: I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

In the last fifty years we have seen many men killing themselves to make political statements, some believed they were advancing good causes, some believed they were doing God a service, but in reality they were condemning their souls to everlasting punishment.

Men still, in today’s world, kill themselves and others in the name of…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on April 29, 2013 at 10:06am — No Comments

Traditions, The Christ verses the new world order.

“Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.”

Tradition; The delivery of opinions,doctrines, practices, rites and customs from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any opinions or practice from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials.

In today’s society we have seen a culture war between the word of God and the forces of darkness, seeking…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on March 24, 2013 at 1:09pm — No Comments

And He brought us out.

"And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.” As the Lord brought Israel out of bondage and gave them a land of their own for an eternal inheritance, the Lord has also promised all who believe in His Son to bring us all out of bondage and into a land flowing with milk and honey, an eternal Land, a kingdom of everlasting joy and peace. Salvation is appropriately in theology, the redemption of man from the bondage of sin…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on October 15, 2012 at 12:54pm — No Comments

Let our eyes be opened.

And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on October 8, 2012 at 11:35am — No Comments

Politics and anti-Christian behavior.

When a man says that he is a follower of Christ and acts contrary to the law of liberty, that man becomes a liar and in danger of the judgment. As it is written, God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

“So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on August 13, 2012 at 1:46pm — No Comments

To be judged by God.

“And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.”

Gods’ judgment will take place no matter what…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on June 6, 2012 at 1:20pm — No Comments

For of whom a man is overcome.

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

Vanity is; Empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.

Man; in scripture, the word man or mankind is denoting male, and or,…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on June 4, 2012 at 12:39pm — No Comments

The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit .

“Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

In these things spoke of, the things that we speak, concerning Christianity, are not of things taught by man whose discernment of the spiritual is…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on May 22, 2012 at 12:30pm — No Comments

To those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

“Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.”

In today’s world we can no longer believe what our fellow man has to say, our politicians have only one thing in mind, that is to be reelected and hold their power for another period of time,…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on May 17, 2012 at 1:31pm — No Comments

God’s wrath and all man’s abominations.

“An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee… Continue

Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on May 11, 2012 at 12:08pm — No Comments

A Reason to pray.

I have noticed that in today’s world of strife and confusion many Christians have lost the ability, reason, or the desire to pray.

“Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:”

A supplication is an earnest prayer, a prayer that is not intended to advance a person financially or with power in this life but for the cause of righteousness within…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on April 27, 2012 at 12:39pm — No Comments

Endure.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Can thy heart endure, or thy hands be strong?

Endure; to bear with patience; to bear without opposition or sinking under pressure.

The morality of this nation and the world has begun to collapse under the weight of Satan’s lies and the influence of the spirit of antichrist. Christians are hated because we stand for the truth of God’s word and His revelation of His…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on April 17, 2012 at 11:46am — No Comments

The Devils also believe.



“Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.”

Believing in God does not save a man, nor does it give any man the accessibility to God. The evil spirits, fallen angels and Satan all believe in God, knowing that there is only one God, knowing also that they are destined to enter into the lake of fire; they neither love God nor will they obey Him. Just as many today know that there is only one God, they have no fear of Him, for they…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on April 10, 2012 at 1:20pm — No Comments

The lion hath roared, who will not fear?



Amos 3:6-8 “Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?”

Shall a warning of danger be sounded in the cities of this world and the people not fear? Shall disaster befall multitudes and the Lord God not ordains it…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on March 27, 2012 at 4:11pm — No Comments

What shall be the sign of thy coming?



Governments come and go, political parties say that they are the true representatives of the will of the people and still yet none tell the truth, for all men are liars and only God is truth, Take heed that no man deceive you. Mankind has not sought out the council of God, neither have they sought out His wisdom, they have declared in their pride that we are gods within ourselves.

Wars, petulance, earthquakes, political and religious upheaval shall come to pass, men shall be…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on March 27, 2012 at 4:09pm — No Comments

Trials and Tribulations overcome.

Isaiah 43:2: “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you.” For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour.



Faith sometimes is hard to find in these troublesome times, for it is by faith we as Christians walk. The days are evil and nations are perplexed, fighting against each other for advantage, power and prominence.… Continue

Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on January 24, 2012 at 8:43am — No Comments

While they promise them liberty.

Liberty; Freedom from restraint, in a general sense, and applicable to the body, or to the will or mind. The body is at liberty, when not confined; the will or mind is at liberty, when not checked or controlled.

There are people and organizations that claim to provide liberty from religion especially from the power of Christianity, for even the mention of Christ, the Bible, prayer, or even the showing of the cross is offensive to them, they all say it’s not politically correct and is…

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Added by Rev.Anthony Ray Smith on December 30, 2011 at 12:48pm — No Comments

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