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Originally Posted by Ohio
ZNP, your post sounds all decent and upright, but it ain't gonna happen in the GLA.
First of all, TC loves to blindside the brothers publicly, either in a training meeting or a leaders meeting. It has a greater impact. Those who publicly protest, will be silenced (remember who is connected to the PA system) and ushered out the door. Don't think anyone will side with you either, as all will be grimacing in fear.
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Yes, I saw this happen to others and saw it happen to myself. Once I was in the Peter Training in Irving, WL had just shared about the grace of life, about how the Lord works through those around us to cause us receive his grace. So I stood up and was kind of stammering (I don't stammer), but my speaking was about how I have learned to get grace from all kinds of members that might otherwise be despised or belittled. Well WL couldn't stand it so he told me to sit down. For two days brothers in the testing and in their testimonies shared that that testimony was in fact what Peter was speaking about. WL got outraged, as though he had been tricked. Then one brother shared a testimony about petrified wood in his testing (WL had used this analogy in the Peter training) saying that once he was in the Petrified forest, he knew these "sticks" were actually rocks, but even so he saw a small stick and kicked it. He almost broke his toe. This same brother shared this testimony with me personally, it was clear that he felt that WL telling me to sit down was similar to him kicking that stick.
My point is this, yes they can blindside you, catch you by surprise, tell you to sit down, publicly humiliate you, etc, But as long as you do all unto the Lord, it will be their error not yours.
After the training WL invited me and a number of other young brothers to a special meeting. We were each asked to share for five minutes. BP had called me personally and as soon as I finished showed WL the watch (that I had not exceeded 5 minutes).
Months later I was writing letters to the church in Irving from Odessa and WL was using them to speak.
So I am familiar with the practices in the LRC and yet I am fully persuaded that if you hold to the head you have nothing to fear.