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Originally Posted by Jay
Yeah I knew another brother who was disabled and went to his locality for help because the government wouldn't help him financially. The local church that he went to turned him away and told him that he should keep trying to find help from the world. But he had already tried and told them he had been trying for years with no help. They essentially just gave him the run around. Which I don't think is in the least bit biblical. The brother needed real practical help and they just denied him. While at the same time they basically gaslit him saying they loved and supported him and cared about him, and claimed they would pray for him, yet they wouldn't help him in any practical way. I was really upset by that. I think that despite how much the local church's look down on modern Christianity, I bet you that the denominations would open their wallets and help a sick and needy brother. This happened about a year ago
Also during the time the brother was asking for help, the leading brothers he was communicating with were acting very squirrely when it came to text and email conversations. They always wanted to meet up with him and talk in person as opposed to over text and email. You could say some people communicate better that way, but to the brother it seemed more like they didn't want anything in writing that could be used against them later. He said it was really bizarre how much they tried to avoid putting any of their communication in writing
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Every month it was demanded that our little LC send money to Headquarters in Cleveland and Anaheim. We had to support LSM/DCP for its almost unlimited litigation against Christians, yet for years on end we had not one penny for our “needy saints.” These were strictly mandated business decisions void of any love.
But Paul plainly told Timothy concerning God’s “economy” that “the goal of our instruction is love out of a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.” (I Tim 1.5)