Amen, dear brothers and sisters,
I cannot tell you how happy I am that the non-LSM GLA churches walked away from this lawsuit! One thing that really grieves my spirit is the fact that the more LSM claims to be speaking and propagating the “high-peak” truths, the more and more they are missing the plain meaning of so many basic verses in the NT. Paul’s clear word in 1 Cor. chapter six about lawsuits being a “shame” and a “defeat” is but one example.
It seems that “The Lord’s Recovery” has lost sight of a most basic fact: This present age is not the age where we “win”. This is not the age where we “rule and reign”. All that is part of the “blessed hope” we have for the Kingdom and for eternity - it is NOT our portion for this age. This is the age to follow our rejected and despised Jesus, the One Who is meek and lowly of heart, the One Who came not to be served but to serve and to lay down His life as a ransom for many. This is the age to suffer persecutions and insults, the age to be willing to be wronged and defrauded, the age to count it all joy whenever we fall into various trials, the age to gladly endure the plundering of our earthly goods, and the age to take up our cross and lay down our soul lives. This is NOT the age to seek a good name, it is NOT the age to desire to gain at the expense of our brothers and sisters in Christ, and it is most definitely NOT the age to be accumulating real estate.
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“But if, while doing good and suffering, you endure, this is grace with God. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered on your behalf, leaving you a model so that you may follow in His steps; Who committed no sin, nor was guile found in His mouth; Who being reviled did not revile in return; suffering He did not threaten but kept committing all to Him who judges righteously.” (1 Peter 2:20b-23)
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Dear Lord, have mercy on us all.