This article really touched me. I came out of homosexuality 11 years ago when God met me in the middle of my living room floor and saved me, healed me and delivered me. I had been raised in a Christian home and had previously had a relationship with the Lord. I got pulled away and deceived, just like Ray Boltz. I lived in that lifestyle for about 10 years before God blew my mind and broke my heart and showed me that He still loved me dearly.

I recognized that the Holy Spirit is the Hound of Heaven that pursues us continually - especially once we have walked with God. Satan would love to "shake up" the church by deceiving some of our leaders. Why do we see those in the spotlight get caught up in to all forms of deception? We are in warfare! The ultimate end of the war is our victory but we need to lift up our brothers and sisters and surround the church with our prayers, and our understanding.

You have done this. There is still hope for Ray and others like him and me.

Thank you so much for this article. It has touched me deeply.

I have always read Matthew 7:21-23 with a certain level of fear. What if I am one of those that God will say to, "I never knew you?" The thought was petrifying.

I love God. He is first above all in my life, and I daily strive to understand what He wants from me and to follow His will. But we live in a world where there are many false prophets, even 'Christian'. I did not feel I had someone I could ask about this fear without getting some rote answer. Dissension within the church did not help. Your article shed light on this passage and God helped me to understand HIS word and not someone else's. Thank you. I no longer have fear or misunderstanding of these verses and am joyful to serve my King.

Many blessings

It might be a good opportunity to tell each and every Christian about the Truth Project put out by Focus on the Family. I believe God will certainly use this to strengthen Christians and make them aware of how satan works.

This is a program that focuses on teaching Christians how the lies of the devil can even effect Christians. I recommend it to every Christian. This can prevent such things happening like this and make stronger Christians.

I HAD PREVIOUSLY ENTERED A COMMENT.AND,SINCE THAT TIME,I HAVE BEEN CONVICTED...I PRAY IT DID NOT COME ACROSS AS JUDGEMENTAL AS BIBLE SAYS,"JUDGE NOT,LEST YE BE JUDGED"SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS WE MUST PRAY FOR STRENGTH AND NEWFOUND FAITH FOR RAY,AND HIS FAMILY,THAT THEY CAN FIGHT THIS BATTLE ,IN GOD'S PROTECTIVE ARMS..I AM NOT TO JUDGE BUT LOVE..NOT THE SIN..BUT THE PERSON.AND,AFTER PRAYER,WHAT HE DOES IS THEN ON HIM..IT IS AN ETERNAL DECISION.

IT REALLY SADDENS ME ABOUT RAY BOLTZ AND HIS CONFESSION,OF SORTS.I WILL BE PRAYING FOR HIM AS I KNOW HOW SATAN IS SUCH A DECEIVER.BUT......I ALSO KNOW,THE WORD OF GOD IS INFALLIABLE,TRUE TO THE VERY DEPTHS OF THIS WORLD.SO,HAVING SAID THIS,THE BIBLE IS VERY EXPLICIT ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY(READ ROMANS 1,FOR EX)SO,I PRAY THAT HE MAKES ONE OF ONLY TWO CHOICES.HE CAN GIVE IN TO IT AND LET SATAN RULE HIS LIFE WITH IT,OR PRAY TO OUR WONDERFUL LOVING GOD,FOR DELIVERANCE FROM THIS.IT IS AN ETERNAL DECISION.I SINCERELY PRAY FOR HIS STRENGTH AND FAITH TO LOOK TO OUR LORD,AND ALLOW GOD TO HELP HIM FIGHT,BUT WIN,THIS BATTLE>>>>PRAYING FOR YOU RAY!!!AND LET US ALSO,ESPECIALLY BE PRAYING FOR HIS WIFE AND FAMILY,WHO ARE THE MOST DEVASTATED BY THIS......

I, too, am grieved by this news about Ray Boltz. First of all, if he has known for years about this & has struggled with this for many years, then why did he inflict this on the woman that he married. He had no right to deceive her like that.

My sympathies are with his wife & children. They must be devastated.

I can speak with personal knowledge because I was married to my 2nd husband for 9 years when the truth came out. I was in a state of shock for years & my children became rebellious & out of control. They, too, felt betrayed.

I will never allow anyone try to convince me that homosexual behavior is okay. They argue that they were born this way or they will say that God made them this way. That is a lie of the devil. Go back & read the story of sodom and gomorrah.
There is coming a day of reckoning for all of those people who hide behind trying to obtain a so-called normal life by getting married. That is fraud & deceitfulness.
That makes you a liar & a thief.

I grieve for Ray Boltz. Several years ago I shared some of your same feelings when I discovered Sandi Patti had lied about her affair and left her husband for "business considerations" before she finally admitted the affair. I appreciated your use of the two Scriptures, but I do have a question. Does this mean that people like Ray Boltz or Sandi Patti have never really had a legitimate relationship with Jesus? Or was it legitimate at one point before they "fell away?" Could it be that they are still under God's grace because their initial decision placed them in the state where they have been sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption? Or do they need to do more? I believe these are questions that many believers ask about themselves and those they know who have strayed from their first love. I for one do not believe there are any easy answers except your choice - we must pray that God will reconcile them back to Himself.

I remember some of Ray Boltz' music from working at a CCM station in Las Vegas, NV. I think that there was too much "putting his business in the street." That, however, is what our culture has decided that we should do when we "come out of the closet." As a result, homosexuals, unlike adulterers, liars, thieves, despots, etc., are encouraged to boldly declare their sinfulness, with the approval of the world.

I do not know what Boltz' status is. I will join those who are praying that he will find the will of the Lord concerning him. I know, based upon the Scriptures, that homosexuality is not it.

Now, more than ever, the enemy (a.k.a. Satan) is going head on..full force..nonstop..attacking the body of Christ. He knows his 'ship is going to be sunk' very soon, so he wants to take as many as he can down with him. I hear of so many 'strong' leaders in the Christian community who have fallen. The weaknesses we have as sinners in a sinful world are picked at like a festering sore....without ceasing, so that whatever defenses we once felt protected by are broken through so very easily if we do not fight with all our strength to hold fast to the Cross. I am not judging Ray Boltz, but wish for all the watching world that he would have kept this to himself....between he and God. How many will be dragged down with him because of his 'coming out'? So very sad....but we can be strong in the knowledge that God conquers all and we know the outcome of the 'fight'....GOD WINS!!!

Praise the Lord!

D. Scheid

I too will pray for Ray Boltz. Please pray for my son Tim who leans that way.

The first song I heard Ray Boltz sing was "The Anchor Holds" and it moved me to tears. Now to find out that he has been struggling with homosexual feelings is like a punch in the gut to me. One never really knows what goes on in the heart and mind of another person. I'm sure he's battled this within himself and now he's letting the devil win. We as Christians must pray for him so that the devil will loose his hold on this man.

As we look at this world through Believers eyes, we see the sin that rots us all to the core. While we Believers have a way out, I would be very careful to question a Believer's heart when the slip and fall into sin. Ray Boltz's fall into homosexuality is terrible. It's wrong, I think he knows to. I think he is using excuses like everyone else who slips and falls into a sinful lifestyle, whatever that may be.

It's not our right to claim Ray Bolts is not a Christian, that is up to God. This article appears, in a subtle way, to be saying that. Boltz has fallen into sin. He made the choice...a bad choice, but a choice-just as someone choosing drugs or whatever. But to say he is not a Believer is dangerous business. I know Christians whose walk is not what it should be, to whatever degree, but I would never presume to know whats in their heart.