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Lisbon · 01-08-2014, 01:28 PM

Concerning repentance, it seems to me that the Word, new and old testaments have so much to say about repentance. As an old man surely I shouod be all smiles with victory after victory in my every day life. But it is not that way. Our lives are full of warfare and you know it. I get sick sometimes going to meetings where the final exhortation is just to love the Lord. Pardon me Ed but sometimes I wish he wouldn't be so loving. EM has had plenty of trouble in the past 25 or 30 years and yet he appears on stage to be all smiles. I don't believe it. WL spoke of Moses and Paul as being near perfect but sorry, I don't believe it. If Paul got perfected on the way to Damascus he and we are not in the same race. John the baptist didn't get perfected, niether did Peter, Barnabas, and a few others. Only WL was perfect and that took looking over sexual immorality and bullying.

Without some real repentance I think most of us are very short. We so need to pray to the Lord for mercy. A lot of us came into the LC because there was a real shortage elsewhere and then for me it took a long time to find there was a worse shortage in the LC. Oh Lord help us!

Lisbon

01-08-2014, 01:28 PM	#114
Lisbon Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 117	Re: Is Repentance and Taking the Cross Necessary for Salvation? Concerning repentance, it seems to me that the Word, new and old testaments have so much to say about repentance. As an old man surely I shouod be all smiles with victory after victory in my every day life. But it is not that way. Our lives are full of warfare and you know it. I get sick sometimes going to meetings where the final exhortation is just to love the Lord. Pardon me Ed but sometimes I wish he wouldn't be so loving. EM has had plenty of trouble in the past 25 or 30 years and yet he appears on stage to be all smiles. I don't believe it. WL spoke of Moses and Paul as being near perfect but sorry, I don't believe it. If Paul got perfected on the way to Damascus he and we are not in the same race. John the baptist didn't get perfected, niether did Peter, Barnabas, and a few others. Only WL was perfect and that took looking over sexual immorality and bullying. Without some real repentance I think most of us are very short. We so need to pray to the Lord for mercy. A lot of us came into the LC because there was a real shortage elsewhere and then for me it took a long time to find there was a worse shortage in the LC. Oh Lord help us! Lisbon