Footsteps of the Carpenter

Report of Ray Boltz

Ray Boltz Music is officially no longer allowed to be played in our room.
What follows below is neither an attack or a put down. What follows below is
heart breaking but must be done. We will NOT walk in the ways of Darkness my
friends.

Links will be provided at the end of this post.
Our Choice to not play his music is based in part by HIS Choice to live a life
of sin. In 2004 Ray Boltz Admitted to his family that he was a Practicing
Homosexual. Ray boltz later admitted Publicly in the fall of 2008 that he was
a Homosexual and was Content to live the life of a homosexual which included
divorcing his wife of over 30 years.

So, At issue is this. How does Ray Boltz Living as a homosexual determine force
us to remove his music from our room?

Allow me to read to you from the book of 1st Corinthians Chapter 5 Verses 1-13

1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you,
and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his father's wife.
2 And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this?
3 Even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. And I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.
4 When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present,
5 hand this man over to Satan, so that the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord.
6 Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast (SIN) works through the whole batch of dough?(CHURCH)
7 Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
8 Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.
9 I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people
10 not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
11 But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?
13 God will judge those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you."

From these Verses the Lord is clear, When those who are "Professing Christians" willfully sin, We are not to associate with them.. Let us also turn to the book of Matthew 18 verses 15-17 Speaking about Church Disapline we read ...

15 "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just
between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

So, here God Further makes clear our relationship to the "professing christians" who live in sin.. Here is a rather good Explination about treating them as "pegans or tax collectors"

How do you treat a Gentile (heathen, sinner, unbeliever)?
When you see them you continue to entreat them to repent and come back to Jesus. You don't engage in small talk or pretend things are going well. Continue
to let them know there is an unresolved sin in their life that puts them
in imminent danger of losing their salvation. The goal is to bring
reconciliation by action -
To treat them as a tax collector means to be business like. Not friendly
or smiley but very business like since you don't fraternize with tax collectors.
Don't invite them over for dinner or to fellowship at your house. 2Th_3:14-15 is very clear on this as is 1Co_5:11-13.
As you can see from these verses, certain sins that remain un repented of warrant expulsion from the church"

Ray Boltz continues his rebellion to this day with the release of his new song, "Dont tell me who to love". From the song...

Maybe you’re in love today and you’ve been making wedding plans
But there is someone in your way shouting things cause they don’t understand
The judge says that’s not legal, the preacher calls it a sin
Oh you just remember they were wrong before and they’re wrong again

The word of God is clear, "thou SHALL NOT, lay with a Man as with a women" Homosexuality is a Sin, And as with all sin, It requires a choice.. Ray boltz has made his choice, and in accordance with the Word of God, we will not support or give the impression of support for this lifestyle untill our brother of old has repented and turned back to his God. Below These Links you may view the message that Joshua Has left publicly on Ray Boltz's Blog...
Links
Story from One News Now
Story From Christianity today
Story from Noal
Video Interview with Greg Quinlan
Ray Boltz Interview on Washington Blade