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Originally Posted by Ohio
It just amazes me that for decades WL and his minions have actively sown all the necessary ingredients to produce Laodicea, and then they appear surprised when "love is absent among us," and the Recovery folks are "puffed up, and not built up."
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Brother Lee said in his later years,
"according to my observance throughout the years, most of the co-workers have a human spirit of "power" but not love. We need a spirit of love to conquer the degradation of today's church…this is what the recovery needs." (A Word of Love, 1996)
6. “Paul did not withdraw from his responsibility. Rather, he taught the believers publicly in the meetings and privately from house to house.”
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“From now on the elders should do more home visitation. By visiting the homes of the saints, the elders can teach and shepherd the saints.”
8. “To shepherd is not just to give a message. This is neither adequate nor primary. The primary responsibility is to go to the saints and shepherd them in their homes. So Paul set up a pattern for the elders by teaching the saints publicly and from house to house. If there is a house, the elders should go. If there are ten houses, they should go to each one to visit each of the saints.”
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“By visiting a home the real situation of that person’s environment could be seen. Then the elders could render them the proper shepherding.”
10. “Although we need to mow the lawn, keep our house clean and neat, clean the windows, and vacuum the carpet, do not spend that much time on these things. Rather, we should save some of the time to shepherd the saints. If we go to the homes of the saints to shepherd them, there will be a record of this in the heavens.”