Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry
From page 8 of the last chapter;
"With the repetitive stress on oneness inside the LC Movement, why has division still occurred? Because over-emphasis on items beyond the oneness of the spirit (Eph. 4:3-6) always leads to division. It is incredible that no Movement leaders seem to have discovered this fatal habit.....
As long as its definition of oneness does not change, division will continue being a regular cyclical affair in the LC Movement, much the same as with its Brethren progenitors. Like in Babel, oneness cannot be found outside the person of Christ, no matter how many messages are given to promote it."
I would add not just the definition of oneness needs to change, but the concept of oneness needs to change.
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I have concluded that not one LC leader really ever cared for oneness. Perhaps they did in their idealistic youth, but not since they "grew up."
This point is exactly the same as I say to others about politicians -- forget about everything they say, especially with microphone in hand,
and pay attention to what they do! We live in an age when one's words mean next to nothing. Good teachings and good messages are only used to sedate the masses.
Turn your brains off and it all sounds so good!
LC leaders have been discussing oneness
ad nauseum for decades, yet which leader has
done a single thing which facilitated oneness in his own locality -- you know "
stand as one on the local ground." In this regard the Recovery has become nearly the most hypocritical of all groups, since one can always find a message from them that condemns the very things they are doing.
As someone once said, "
tell me again about that church with no name that sued their own brothers for the rights to their name." Tell me again about that ministry which condemns all others for being hopelessly divided, and yet has the saddest history of all when it comes to conflicts and divisions. Tell me again about that ministry which boasts in "
Christ, only Christ, the centrality and universality of God," and yet files lawsuits for not using HWFMR and quarantines them for publishing books.