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Originally Posted by Abounding
Thank you for your responses. I enjoyed reading them. I think that your point is to just go to the Bible for my questions and to listen to everyone's interpretations. I think that you are right. I am ready to see the Bible for myself and without veils. I kind of feel like if you are always looking at someone else's interpretation, you are veiled. I am curious about other peoples ideas, however, especially regarding the trinity and the end times.
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Welcome
Abounding!
Like you, we have many "questions" since stepping away from the teachings of WL. Since 2005, my wife and I have met with numerous other Christian groups, getting feedback and insight into others' points of view. We also have friends and family in LSM LC's, GLA LC's, and now ex-LSM/GLA LC's. It has been our intention all along to "
prove all things, Hold on to what is good." (I Thess 5.21)
We are constantly weighing the value of their diverse teachings. The Bible is our unique and only standard. Many things we received from WL have been discarded, however, many more things we have retained, and even treasure, not because they are from him, but because they are from the Lord. I am still grateful for all the positive spiritual help I received from WL, TC, and so many others in the LC's, but let's not be fooled -- their ministries came with many "extras."
It's these many "extras," some obvious and some obscure, that we desire to be purged of. They have become the present day "leaven of the Pharisees."