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Born Again at the age of 23 in a living room, 1980 (Romans 10:9). God knocked on the door of my heart three times( Father , Son and Spirit) and I opend up to Jesus, He(the Tryune God) came in to dine with me. We are together forvermore. Revelation 3:20 "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." Masterpiece Before I was saved, before I was born again, before I became a new creature in Christ, I was an artist. I used to draw and paint. I used to draw because it was the only way I could express myself. I was quiet, reserved, shy and dumb as a clam (dumb in the since of didnt speak hardly at all). I was one of eleven and three of us were artistic like my Dad. My Dad gave me a paint set and easel on one of my birthdays. I would spend hours painting. I used one of those lesson books to paint a picture of a wall and a window with a flower pot in it. I painted a picture of a whole bunch of fruit once, it was very colorful, I gave it to my sister. My two older brothers and I painted a large family portrait once. I did the one of my mother and everyone saw that I had talent because it looked just like her. I felt good expressing my inner feelings and emotions until one day I scared myself. I would sometimes paint with no direction or purpose and let my inner self takeover. I painted a face almost automatically and it was very ugly and demonic. From that point on I saw a side of self expression that could be evil. At my salvation I learned that one of the most important commandments is that we not make images of God or things in heaven or in the earth and bow down and worship them. I did not think that I bowed down and worshipped anything but I was raised in the Catholic Church and I grew up with a lot of images of religious icons. As a child I was overwhelmed by a huge, bigger than life crucifix of a dying man on a cross every time I came into church. It was very scary to me and the room was dark with all kinds of other statues seemingly watching me from the huge stain glass windows. I had a lot of fear it seems programmed into my psyche. Therefore, the night I got saved I was asked if I had any images or statues of any kind. I said I had colorfully painted a two foot statue of pan. The reason this is important is because after I had believed in my heart that Jesus had risen from the dead and confessed with my mouth that Jesus is Lord now ( Romans 10:9) I had a since of overwhelming peace and calm come over me like something bad left me. I still had some fear that if I left that home whatever it was might come back. I took the statue of pan and threw it in the garbage outside my apartment that night. Getting back to Art, a few weeks or months later I found a verse in the book of ACTs about curious arts and how they burnt them (Acts 19:19). I was counseled that curious arts are not the same as drawings and paintings but I still wanted to burn some of my stuff because I had some nudes from life drawing class in college. I wound up burning most all of my art work at a church burning and do regret burning at least one drawing of one of my sisters. However, I basically gave it all up because of a deeper revelation of Gods masterpiece and his expression. As I learned Gods Word more, I realized that I (we as mankind) are meant to be Gods workmanship and His masterpiece according to the bible (Ephesians 2:10; Romans 9:21). We sang songs about how He is the potter and we are the clay. As I looked at an outstanding sunset or the stars in the sky I began to see how God had expressed Himself in his creation (psalm 19:1; Romans 1:20). However, the Good News is that He created us to Express Himself from the inside out. He made us in his image with his attributes and a container to hold his Spirit (Genesis 1:26). With a regenerated human spirit we can now be a container and expression of Love, Joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith( Galatians 5:22). We are now free to Express, Speak, Pray and Worship in a whole new and living way. I realized that Jesus as the life-giving Spirit wanted to live through me from the inside out now. This was an entirely revolutionary concept for me after I became saved a new creation in Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. After I had given up fine art for many years, I still once in a while would be asked to draw a quick character or pencil portrait of someone in my family. These would get oos and awes because I still seemed to have that talent. Now I kind of think the Bible generally separates natural ability (talent) and gifts. You have spiritual gifts and natural abilities or talents which both are given to us by God. I still have a God given natural ability as an artist to draw and paint. However, I believe one of my main purposes in life is to have Christ live and express His life through my entire actions and behavior not merely my artwork or lifes work. I also believe the church as a corporate bride is to express the fullness of the Godhead (triune) on the Earth today through worship, prayer, ministry, fellowship, testimonies and many other corporate ways. Individual work and talent is for the kingdom of god in the long run. After, I had been a Christian for a long time at least 20 years without doing much drawing or painting. I began to feel as though I was not using the abilities God had given me to use for His Kingdom. I was concerned about not burring my talent and may not be able to dig it up again if I found it even though I knew He was talking about money in Matthew 25:25. I also am balanced by the Words of Jesus about finding your life in this age and possibly loosing it from Mathew 16:25 and Mark 8:35. The context seems to be about material possessions, success in this world and wealth in contrast to following Jesus and the way of the cross. Therefore, I have been enjoying doing sign work as my Dad was a sign painter. Now at 51, I seem to be freer to pursue some fine art, drawing and painting again like in resurrection. I am a new person now in Christ a new creation so I have new motives and a new heart. My tastes changed when I became a Christian. It is Wonderful how the Holy Spirit leads us and directs us to use everything at our grasp to be industrious and creative in serving and expressing His life and Godliness though various natural abilities and His Blessings of Spiritual Gifts while we move and live and have our entire being in Him(Acts 17:28). My hearts desire in art is to express life with living color and expressionistic brush strokes like (Van Gough) and to possibly impart some spiritual message or feeling. The challenging task of expressing the Lord within me through a two dimensional plane is not the Ideal form of communication according to my understanding of Gods Word. God has already expressed himself through His creation(Romans 1:20) but more deeply and completely expresses himself through His Bride the true church(Eph. 5:23). The gathering of the called out ones(Romans 1:7), the assembly of the saints(1st Cor. 1:2), the true believes in Jesus who call on him out of a pure heart(2nd Tim. 2:220, and the pillar and ground of the truth(1st Tim. 3;15). We all together as the one body of Christ are His Most Outstanding and Mysterious Masterpiece! Robert. W. Gray (in Christ) January, 13th 2009 Masterpiece Before I was saved, before I was born again, before I became a new creature in Christ, I was an artist. I used to draw and paint. I used to draw because it was the only way I could express myself. I was quiet, reserved, shy and dumb as a clam (dumb in the since of didnt speak hardly at all). I was one of eleven and three of us were artistic like my Dad. My Dad gave me a paint set and easel on one of my birthdays. I would spend hours painting. I used one of those lesson books to paint a picture of a wall and a window with a flower pot in it. I painted a picture of a whole bunch of fruit once, it was very colorful, I gave it to my sister. My two older brothers and I painted a large family portrait once. I did the one of my mother and everyone saw that I had talent because it looked just like her. I felt good expressing my inner feelings and emotions until one day I scared myself. I would sometimes paint with no direction or purpose and let my inner self takeover. I painted a face almost automatically and it was very ugly and demonic. From that point on I saw a side of self expression that could be evil. At my salvation I learned that one of the most important commandments is that we not make images of God or things in heaven or in the earth and bow down and worship them. I did not think that I bowed down and worshipped anything but I was raised in the Catholic Church and I grew up with a lot of images of religious icons. As a child I was overwhelmed by a huge, bigger than life crucifix of a dying man on a cross every time I came into church. It was very scary to me and the room was dark with all kinds of other statues seemingly watching me from the huge stain glass windows. I had a lot of fear it seems programmed into my psyche. Therefore, the night I got saved I was asked if I had any images or statues of any kind. I said I had colorfully painted a two foot statue of pan. The reason this is important is because after I had believed in my heart that Jesus had risen from the dead and confessed with my mouth that Jesus is Lord now ( Romans 10:9) I had a since of overwhelming peace and calm come over me like something bad left me. I still had some fear that if I left that home whatever it was might come back. I took the statue of pan and threw it in the garbage outside my apartment that night. Getting back to Art, a few weeks or months later I found a verse in the book of ACTs about curious arts and how they burnt them (Acts 19:19). I was counseled that curious arts are not the same as drawings and paintings but I still wanted to burn some of my stuff because I had some nudes from life drawing class in college. I wound up burning most all of my art work at a church burning and do regret burning at least one drawing of one of my sisters. However, I basically gave it all up because of a deeper revelation of Gods masterpiece and his expression. As I learned Gods Word more, I realized that I (we as mankind) are meant to be Gods workmanship and His masterpiece according to the bible (Ephesians 2:10; Romans 9:21). We sang songs about how He is the potter and we are the clay. As I looked at an outstanding sunset or the stars in the sky I began to see how God had expressed Himself in his creation (psalm 19:1; Romans 1:20). However, the Good News is that He created us to Express Himself from the inside out. He made us in his image with his attributes and a container to hold his Spirit (Genesis 1:26). With a regenerated human spirit we can now be a container and expression of Love, Joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith( Galatians 5:22). We are now free to Express, Speak, Pray and Worship in a whole new and living way. I realized that Jesus as the life-giving Spirit wanted to live through me from the inside out now. This was an entirely revolutionary concept for me after I became saved a new creation in Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. After I had given up fine art for many years, I still once in a while would be asked to draw a quick character or pencil portrait of someone in my family. These would get oos and awes because I still seemed to have that talent. Now I kind of think the Bible generally separates natural ability (talent) and gifts. You have spiritual gifts and natural abilities or talents which both are given to us by God. I still have a God given natural ability as an artist to draw and paint. However, I believe one of my main purposes in life is to have Christ live and express His life through my entire actions and behavior not merely my artwork or lifes work. I also believe the church as a corporate bride is to express the fullness of the Godhead (triune) on the Earth today through worship, prayer, ministry, fellowship, testimonies and many other corporate ways. Individual work and talent is for the kingdom of god in the long run. After, I had been a Christian for a long time at least 20 years without doing much drawing or painting. I began to feel as though I was not using the abilities God had given me to use for His Kingdom. I was concerned about not burring my talent and may not be able to dig it up again if I found it even though I knew He was talking about money in Matthew 25:25. I also am balanced by the Words of Jesus about finding your life in this age and possibly loosing it from Mathew 16:25 and Mark 8:35. The context seems to be about material possessions, success in this world and wealth in contrast to following Jesus and the way of the cross. Therefore, I have been enjoying doing sign work as my Dad was a sign painter. Now at 51, I seem to be freer to pursue some fine art, drawing and painting again like in resurrection. I am a new person now in Christ a new creation so I have new motives and a new heart. My tastes changed when I became a Christian. It is Wonderful how the Holy Spirit leads us and directs us to use everything at our grasp to be industrious and creative in serving and expressing His life and Godliness though various natural abilities and His Blessings of Spiritual Gifts while we move and live and have our entire being in Him(Acts 17:28). My hearts desire in art is to express life with living color and expressionistic brush strokes like (Van Gough) and to possibly impart some spiritual message or feeling. The challenging task of expressing the Lord within me through a two dimensional plane is not the Ideal form of communication according to my understanding of Gods Word. God has already expressed himself through His creation(Romans 1:20) but more deeply and completely expresses himself through His Bride the true church(Eph. 5:23). The gathering of the called out ones(Romans 1:7), the assembly of the saints(1st Cor. 1:2), the true believes in Jesus who call on him out of a pure heart(2nd Tim. 2:220, and the pillar and ground of the truth(1st Tim. 3;15). We all together as the one body of Christ are His Most Outstanding and Mysterious Masterpiece! Robert. W. Gray (in Christ) January, 13th 2009 Masterpiece Before I was saved, before I was born again, before I became a new creature in Christ, I was an artist. I used to draw and paint. I used to draw because it was the only way I could express myself. I was quiet, reserved, shy and dumb as a clam (dumb in the since of didnt speak hardly at all). I was one of eleven and three of us were artistic like my Dad. My Dad gave me a paint set and easel on one of my birthdays. I would spend hours painting. I used one of those lesson books to paint a picture of a wall and a window with a flower pot in it. I painted a picture of a whole bunch of fruit once, it was very colorful, I gave it to my sister. My two older brothers and I painted a large family portrait once. I did the one of my mother and everyone saw that I had talent because it looked just like her. I felt good expressing my inner feelings and emotions until one day I scared myself. I would sometimes paint with no direction or purpose and let my inner self takeover. I painted a face almost automatically and it was very ugly and demonic. From that point on I saw a side of self expression that could be evil. At my salvation I learned that one of the most important commandments is that we not make images of God or things in heaven or in the earth and bow down and worship them. I did not think that I bowed down and worshipped anything but I was raised in the Catholic Church and I grew up with a lot of images of religious icons. As a child I was overwhelmed by a huge, bigger than life crucifix of a dying man on a cross every time I came into church. It was very scary to me and the room was dark with all kinds of other statues seemingly watching me from the huge stain glass windows. I had a lot of fear it seems programmed into my psyche. Therefore, the night I got saved I was asked if I had any images or statues of any kind. I said I had colorfully painted a two foot statue of pan. The reason this is important is because after I had believed in my heart that Jesus had risen from the dead and confessed with my mouth that Jesus is Lord now ( Romans 10:9) I had a since of overwhelming peace and calm come over me like something bad left me. I still had some fear that if I left that home whatever it was might come back. I took the statue of pan and threw it in the garbage outside my apartment that night. Getting back to Art, a few weeks or months later I found a verse in the book of ACTs about curious arts and how they burnt them (Acts 19:19). I was counseled that curious arts are not the same as drawings and paintings but I still wanted to burn some of my stuff because I had some nudes from life drawing class in college. I wound up burning most all of my art work at a church burning and do regret burning at least one drawing of one of my sisters. However, I basically gave it all up because of a deeper revelation of Gods masterpiece and his expression. As I learned Gods Word more, I realized that I (we as mankind) are meant to be Gods workmanship and His masterpiece according to the bible (Ephesians 2:10; Romans 9:21). We sang songs about how He is the potter and we are the clay. As I looked at an outstanding sunset or the stars in the sky I began to see how God had expressed Himself in his creation (psalm 19:1; Romans 1:20). However, the Good News is that He created us to Express Himself from the inside out. He made us in his image with his attributes and a container to hold his Spirit (Genesis 1:26). With a regenerated human spirit we can now be a container and expression of Love, Joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith( Galatians 5:22). We are now free to Express, Speak, Pray and Worship in a whole new and living way. I realized that Jesus as the life-giving Spirit wanted to live through me from the inside out now. This was an entirely revolutionary concept for me after I became saved a new creation in Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. After I had given up fine art for many years, I still once in a while would be asked to draw a quick character or pencil portrait of someone in my family. These would get oos and awes because I still seemed to have that talent. Now I kind of think the Bible generally separates natural ability (talent) and gifts. You have spiritual gifts and natural abilities or talents which both are given to us by God. I still have a God given natural ability as an artist to draw and paint. However, I believe one of my main purposes in life is to have Christ live and express His life through my entire actions and behavior not merely my artwork or lifes work. I also believe the church as a corporate bride is to express the fullness of the Godhead (triune) on the Earth today through worship, prayer, ministry, fellowship, testimonies and many other corporate ways. Individual work and talent is for the kingdom of god in the long run. After, I had been a Christian for a long time at least 20 years without doing much drawing or painting. I began to feel as though I was not using the abilities God had given me to use for His Kingdom. I was concerned about not burring my talent and may not be able to dig it up again if I found it even though I knew He was talking about money in Matthew 25:25. I also am balanced by the Words of Jesus about finding your life in this age and possibly loosing it from Mathew 16:25 and Mark 8:35. The context seems to be about material possessions, success in this world and wealth in contrast to following Jesus and the way of the cross. Therefore, I have been enjoying doing sign work as my Dad was a sign painter. Now at 51, I seem to be freer to pursue some fine art, drawing and painting again like in resurrection. I am a new person now in Christ a new creation so I have new motives and a new heart. My tastes changed when I became a Christian. It is Wonderful how the Holy Spirit leads us and directs us to use everything at our grasp to be industrious and creative in serving and expressing His life and Godliness though various natural abilities and His Blessings of Spiritual Gifts while we move and live and have our entire being in Him(Acts 17:28). My hearts desire in art is to express life with living color and expressionistic brush strokes like (Van Gough) and to possibly impart some spiritual message or feeling. The challenging task of expressing the Lord within me through a two dimensional plane is not the Ideal form of communication according to my understanding of Gods Word. God has already expressed himself through His creation(Romans 1:20) but more deeply and completely expresses himself through His Bride the true church(Eph. 5:23). The gathering of the called out ones(Romans 1:7), the assembly of the saints(1st Cor. 1:2), the true believes in Jesus who call on him out of a pure heart(2nd Tim. 2:220, and the pillar and ground of the truth(1st Tim. 3;15). We all together as the one body of Christ are His Most Outstanding and Mysterious Masterpiece! Robert. W. Gray (in Christ) January, 13th 2009
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