Quote:
Originally Posted by Ohio
And if I have to cite the primary sickness in the Recovery, it would be not honoring the Lord and upholding Him as the Head, and instead following a man. How many times have we seen LC leaders acting as man-pleasers and not followers of Jesus Christ? How often did I hear that "every one says they follow Jesus," but the true test is whether we can follow the brothers, and be one with them?
The recent quarantine exposed this all too well. Both sides claimed they were "fighting for the truth," when actually they were just picking sides, and siding with man. Who really stood for the Lord?
|
The Lord said the way that leads to life is narrow and few there be that find it. When I read Heb 11 I don't get the impression that those listed represented the "majority" of God's people. If faith, hope and love were common then they wouldn't be precious. One of the criteria in deciding that a stone is a "precious" stone is that it is rare. If this was an easy path to take then where would the glory be? To be a follower of Jesus is a high calling that leads from glory to glory. Didn't Paul say that "all had forsaken him"? Wasn't that similar to the Lord's experience at the crucifixion? I don't really see how the genuine experience of Christ would be any different.