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Originally Posted by Admin
LSM’s SELF-CENTERED SIGNS"Many Local Church believers are haunted by the “1,000 years of outer darkness.”
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Nigel has summed up what many on the forum have been saying, "the recovery" being more and more sectarian. Just as with the Exclusive Brethren, with each division it becomes more sectarian.
I am thankful to Nigel for his writing. He has expounded on the topic of "overcoming" far more than I could ever have. Part of which is the notion overcomers can only be found in those (but not all) meeting in the local churches. Of course in following the lead of the blended co-workers. What about those in non-LSM local churches? What about saints in non-denominational assemblies. For example the saints I meet with in the home meetings every Tuesday night. Since they don't meet in the local churches much less ever heard of them, there's no opportunity to be an overcomer. What about brother who have gone before us such as a Robert Chapman, GH Lang, or a Hudson Taylor? They didn't meet in "the recovery" thus there's no opportunity to be an overcomer. What about saints who at one time did meet in "the recovery" but could not look the other way when sin was rampant in the LSM office, just because these saints could not tolerate sin, they miss out on the opportunity to be overcomers. Really? I cannot reconcile this concept to scripture.
I had intentionally added that quote in bold because that's one recollection I had as a high school churchkid. The teaching on outer darkness and the gnashing of teeth.