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Originally Posted by Igzy
So the LC's error wasn't in teaching to not follow the Lord's voice. They did teach to follow the Lord's voice. Their error was in teaching that the Lord's voice would always magically agree with whatever the church said.
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Yes, the well-worn saying was that, "the Lord speaks through His body." Which, looking back, sounded true and harmless indeed, but eventually I and others rejected this as simply a form of human manipulation. Over time there was a transition from "
I know the Lord personally," to "
we know the Lord thru the body." Sounds similar, but the latter is just lifeless religion. Towards the end, we were basically just learning "the program," all the while being indoctrinated with "high peak" theology.
Another point I prefer to stress is important -- it was "
LSM's error," and not necessarily the "
LC's error." How much each and every LC stressed this falsehood varied place to place and region to region. The source was LSM, however, so they bear the "greater sin."
Knowing the Lord personally brings us our joy, in other words, joy is the fruit of the spirit. Recently, my wife and I were discussing this topic ...
again ... and she made the simple observation, "look at their faces after church is over." Quite telling. How many times I left a meeting without a joyful heart. I was not alone. But no one was aware of it, because we all were in the "same boat." One must checkout out other "boats" to find some who are filled with joy.