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Originally Posted by Ohio
... I am reduced to the basics of obeying God, loving God, and worshiping God. The best patterns for my journey are ... Jesus His beloved Son, and a few faithful men of faith highlighted in His word.
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One of my few regrets in life is when I become adversarial... if someone does the equivalent of slapping my face, or worse, I typically bristle and respond. In many of my posts I've "bristled" and "responded" to the mediocre (ill-thought out) system of theology given by Messrs Nee, Lee & Co. And I have remonstrated against the system they established which allowed this grade-school-level theology (in my opinion) to be the unquestioned law of the Local Church land. I didn't get hurt by it because I bailed pretty early in, but it doesn't take a genius to see the human damage that has ensued.
Why do I regret my remonstrations against the system of Nee & Lee? Because I fear that I myself become bitter, dark, cynical, and ill-humored. I really want to be a happy person. So to all, I apologize. I'll try to do better in the future.
On the plus side I've really enjoyed sharing some of my tentative forays in the word of God. Though I see little and obey even less, in Jesus Christ and in former rebels subdued by His Spirit who then become faithful and obedient servants of God, I find hope. And it's been fun sharing my first feeble explorations in the landscape of hope. It has not been many moons since I took off the "Lee glasses" when in the Word, even though I have years of physical removal from the LCs. That, my friends, is the power of an idea. It really is a stronghold (2 Cor 10:4).
Obviously I can say nothing salvific to someone like
Ohio who finds themselves painfully "reduced"... I have no balm for the soul. But if in any way I can be a pattern, I would say: the Word is living, it is operating, and it is real. In fact nothing else, arguably, is real. Only the Word is real. That is all I can say. Peace to you and to all who read this.
p.s. and I did choose "incoherence" deliberately as a play on "coinherence", just for fun. God has coinherence, I have incoherence; I liked that.