[Sons to Glory!]

This has been discussed on this forum A LOT in previous threads, and maybe someone can link to them. To me the bottom-line is that that scripture promotes that we are certainly saved by grace, yet there is still accountability for what we do afterwards in this mortal body. The LC takes this accountability to an extreme . . . when I was in the group I got a morbid fear that God was actually out to get me for not measuring up. And that included that He most likely (according to the teachings I heard) would whack me hard if I left the LC, because it was the only place where His blessing and real growth in Christ could take place. This is an extreme and manipulative fear based teaching, to say the least.

Nonetheless, there is still a race to run, a prize to gain and an accountability for believers at the Bema judgement of Christ. However, these days I've come to look at this as more as a potential loss of reward than an outright punishment.