How Much To Throw Out?

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by HERn

Last week I invited two local church brothers (lower case "b") that I I considered friends to my house for a beer. We r moving and I wanted to tell them that I loved them and was going on with the Lord and was sorry that I had to stop all contact with them as I was exiting the LC. I told them that I did not mean to hurt them, but that me and my family had gone through a traumatic experience. I was hoping for some "blessing", but they never said they loved me or wished me well on my new path. Oh well, I offered closure and asked for forgiveness, they were polite in the LC type of way. They have moved on and so have I.

People don't really have friends in the local church. You considered them your friends, they consider you a brother, not a friend. That is not to say that a brother is worse than a friend, a brother is more than a friend. But a brother is not the same as a friend. The kind of love that is between Christian brothers is something that does not have to be expressed verbally. It is more of a good will kind of love than love between family members.

You know that they do not consider leaving them as just moving to a different address. If they cared about you may have hurt their feelings and they did not feel like giving you a "blessing".

[HERn]

I believe yours is a doctrine of demons. I choose to believe the healthy word of God rather than the twisted teachings of Lee.

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[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

People don't really have friends in the local church.

There's a reason for this. It was part of Lee's design.

It was all too evident during the recent rounds of lawsuits and quarantines in the GLA.

It's simple. It cuts down on the losses during their regular "storms."

If the folks next to you leave for conscience' sake, they don't want the exodus to include you too.

[HERn]

I bumped into another brother today and it was so good to see him. He's doing well, but not married yet. I felt that I blessed him, but no blessing in return. Psychologically and sociologically it's traumatic to leave the LC. I want them to understand that I have not left my savior Jesus Christ.

[aron]

Originally Posted by HERn

I want them to understand that I have not left my savior Jesus Christ.

Let us go with Him, outside the camp, a la Heb 13:13. It's a lonely path, often, but it's the only path.

[Cal]

Originally Posted by HERn

I want them to understand that I have not left my savior Jesus Christ.

They know that in their hearts. It's their minds that are the problem. Jesus was misunderstood many times, too. But those who were meant to eventually came around to him. Including you and me.

I know it hurts to have those close to you turn their backs on you. But you have one Friend who won't.

[HERn]

I recently texted an absolute brother about the death of a non-LC brother and his prayer was "Lord Jesus please receive our brother." Is this creepy or what?

[Nell]

Originally Posted by HERn

I recently texted an absolute brother about the death of a non-LC brother and his prayer was "Lord Jesus please receive our brother." Is this creepy or what?

It's creepy.

[HERn]

I just read something by OBW on another thread that convinced me that I need to throw out the LSM false teaching that only the LSM LC being blinded brothers and elders are able to "see the Body". Being able to "see the Body" is a WL rubric that determines if you have standing in WLs church. The LSM LC elders and being blinded Co-workers "see" the Body as being those believers in churches not quarantined by LSM and receiving only LSM literature to use during their services. If they really "saw the body" they would embrace their brothers and sisters in Christ down the street and in ages past. For the deluded and deceived LSM followers only LSM believers are "the Body". Their seeing of the body of Christ only includes less than 1 percent of the true body of Christ. This is false teaching that leads to spiritual death.