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Originally Posted by Paul Vusik
I guess testimony’s of countless people on this forum alone, (I won’t even mention elsewhere), in multiple threads is not enough as “statements with facts”, of the mental/phycological/emotional damages that people been exposed to while in the LC. If you think that saying “Lord I’m sorry”, will automatically delete all those issues that compounded over decades sometimes, I’m not in that camp.
I know of dozens of people, even personally, who have completely thrown in a towel after their experience in LC. I won’t name names, just wouldn’t be appropriate, but don’t tell me that those people somehow can just say “I’m sorry” and all is instantly cured and dealt with.
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Here I would have to say that the simplicity of faith, briefly described by sister
Nell above, should not be so easily discounted. As I read her post, I was convicted in heart of my own obsession to “figure it all out” as I departed the LC. Is not our loving High Priest “able to save to the uttermost those who come forward to Him?” We must say “yes, amen.”
When considering our exodus from the LC system, we should not focus on the “failures,” thinking this mountain is far too difficult to climb. Remember the stories in the Gospels? Think about the how “impossible” it was for any Israelite to follow Jesus? All of them were threatened with expulsion from the synagogue, becoming outcasts from society, and shunned by their friends and family. Yet His love and grace were absolutely magnetic to God’s chosen ones.
Consider also the failures of so many “newborns” as they begin their new life with the Lord, following their regeneration. The parable of the Sower enumerates many of the pitfalls each believer faces. But reading the parable, our faith would never allow us to conclude that it’s too hard, the Christian life is too difficult, and better not to preach the Gospel in the first place since so many newborns get consumed with the affairs of this life.
In many regards the exodus journey from the Synogogue was the same as the exodus from Egypt. Did they not both require a daily supply from heaven, trusting God to protect them, sheltering them from all the elements and enemies? Sure most have failed, but is not God’s way the “proving” of our faith? Proving requires testing, testing of all types. The LC experience is just one type of testing that has been around for millennia.
Paul, it may seem to be the most horrible to you because your loved ones are there, but try to find some new perspectives. Seek wisdom from God how to take each step forward. Yes, there are strongholds in the LC, but there are ways we can take with God’s wisdom and grace which can dismantle their defenses over time.
We are with you praying for them.