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Originally Posted by Ohio
It's nice to hear about "new starts," but honestly what kind of new start would it be? Yes, they may be innocent of past crimes, and freed from the "ministry of condemnation," but how can they emerge from all the other hindrances? They for sure have heard about the young people in Ohio being contaminated by contemporary Christian music. They were informed that the incestuous offspring of Lot were a type of mainstream Christians today. How could they ever embrace these ones with such an pedigree?
We have also had recent posters on this forum relate how good things were "in the beginning," only to see things deteriorate after they had "seen the vision," and become regular members. NeitherfirstNorLast was one such brother. His story started here ...
http://localchurchdiscussions.com/vB...33&postcount=1
How can they follow the Lord in fresh new directions? They still have to go back to WL's writings for guidance. Just the other day I listened to a recent clip concerning the Boston Training center. The speaker cited WL's "fellowship" 35 years ago about Boston being the springboard to Europe. It seems none of the rank and file will listen or respond to fellowship unless WL's name is attached to it.
What concerns me most is that they have to overcome history. They have followed all the exclusive ways that the Darby Brethren have gone, and then somehow we hope that they will not end up exactly as they did. As they say, " hope for the best, but expect the worst." |
Yes, the new generation will go to WL's writing for guidance, but it doesn't mean they have to follow every thing WL's says to the teeth. I read WL's writing a lot, but I don't agree with everything he says (especially his ministry of condemnation and exclusivity).
Regarding using worldly music in the meetings, I'm not sure if the young people today agree with this interpretation of Lot. From the some I've spoken to, they have a hard time receiving this kind of word. They love music. Music draws us closer to the Lord in many ways. Whether a particular type of music is too worldly for the church life is very subjective. For example, if you look at our hymnal and some of the young people's song book, there are a few songs that came from the Beatles. Now we know the LCs sang those songs in the 70s. The Beatles were still pretty popular then. Yet LSM didn't consider that worldly. I think the BB just used this whole worldly music as another "weapon" to carry out their fight against Titus. Just another reason they used to get rid of him. But I don't think the young people today buy it. They may be silent because they are not in the lead. But it doesn't mean they agree with everything that goes on in the Recovery. The young today are much smarter than we are when we were young. They are not stupid. With the internet, they will figure out everything very soon. We don't live in China where information is censored. Also they know what abusive authoritarianism is. Once they are in the position of leadership, they will have to make a decision on how to lead the Recovery on. The current BB will be in the grave by then. If all this doesn't happen as I predict, then the Recovery will only get smaller and smaller and suffer the same fate as the Brethren.