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Originally Posted by Zezima
While not using the word “damnation” some of the quotes paint the same picture.
You will begin to lose Christ, you will be defeated, protestantism is christ-less, fall away from the grace of god, you will not come to a proper ending..
What does it mean to fall away from the grace of God? What does it mean to lose Christ? What is not a proper ending?
All those say to me, that if you leave you are doomed. Maybe I’m misunderstanding what you’re saying.
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Let me clarify what seems to be unclear in what I wrote, if I can. I am being precise; there is an absolute difference between eternal damnation and 1000 years of outer darkness as described by adherents to the theory held in TLR.
I was asking for supporting documentation that someone said / wrote that eternal salvation was only for those in the Lord's Recovery / Local Churches.
Of course I agree that the 1000 year punishment theory and the "loss of Christ's presence" (today) is used as a control mechanism on adherent's behavior. This is well established. But linking eternal salvation to faithfulness in a group / towards a publisher ... this would be an advance of the decline since I last attended meetings and would be a significant development worth noting.
While the effect of linking 1000 years reward to faithful membership in the LC/TLR may have the same controlling effect as those who deny salvation to people outside their own groups, these are not precisely the same thing. Confusing them only gives ground for others to say, "See, these people are confused; we never said ...". Precision, here in a public forum, is essential.