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Originally Posted by Unregistered
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My perspective is different: how would you sugget helping someone you love, a family member, exit the LC if this person is a full time meeting attender & conference attender and whose greatest desire is to attending full time training in Anaheim? I believe that the LC will be destructive in the long run and after 2 years of full time training it may be exceedingly difficult to UNdo such a worldview and practice of religion.
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Greetings.
I will pass on what the Holy Spirit has taught me.
Stay connected to the Lord. It sounds like a no brainer and redundant. So I will attempt to explain. Don't fixate yourself on your loved one. Don't try to pull them out of the LRC by explaining its pitfalls. I have friends who are die hard Catholics. I was raised Catholic. When I was in the LC in the 70s and learned the Catholic church was represented by the church in Thyatira, etc.. I "warned" my family and friends. I did not want to step into a catholic church building. I could have gotten cookies!!!
These days, when talking or fellowshipping, we speak of the Lord not the church. I share scriptures if the conversation calls for it. If they bring up praying to Mary, I don't argue with them but if the opportunity arises I explain to them where the "Hail Mary" came from. I take them to Luke 1:26-28 where the Angel Gabriel greets Mary and tells her the LORD is with her. She is blessed and favored among all women.
I encourage them to address the Lord Jesus when they pray for He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. No person can get to the Father but by Him. (of course we can pray/address the Father, the Holy Spirit for EL-Shsddai is Almighty God.)
My point is, when you talk/fellowship with your loved one, focus on Christ. Keep
your eyes on Jesus. It is futile convincing them the LRC has done more harm than good.
Be patient when they talk about Brother Lee, the Blendeds, the footnotes, the messages.
Pray for the LORD to draw them to HIMSELF, that they would fall in Love with Christ, the Living Word of God. Pray that when they read, study the Word, they would hear the Voice of God, not the voice of Lee or the blendeds.
And finally ask the Holy Spirit of God to bless you with Wisdom, Revelation and insight. Ask the Lord to bless and anoint your words so when you fellowship with your loved one, it will be CHRIST IN you speaking through you. Pray your loved one sees Christ in you.
Hope this helps some.
Blessings and Peace,
Carol Garza