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Originally Posted by kisstheson
A disclaimer – the “seed” of the burden from which this thread sprang forth was a post I put together on “that other forum” during our fast and furious exchanges with brother “cuttingstraight”. I mentioned several writings of other ministers of Christ which covered certain specific matters in a fuller, more complete, way than WL ever did. At the end of that post, I stated “I could go on and on . . .”. Well, brother “cuttingstraight” responded, in his usual style (“Dear brother kisstheson, thank you for your post . . .”  ). To my surprise, brother Ohio responded as well. I had stated “I could go on and on . . . “, to which brother Ohio responded, “Dear brother, I wish you would.” My point is this – before the Lord I feel strongly that I should respect dear brother Ohio’s burden. And so, if you don’t like this thread, don’t blame me, blame Ohio!  |
I like this thread, I like this thread! I remember those exchanges with
cuttingstraight! How could I forget that time!?!
KTS, reading your testimony again, I am amazed that more real seekers of Christ in the LC's, have not reached the same conclusions. Keep seeking!
Quick testimony. Back in ~'89, a brother I was laboring with then, told me this one day: "I spent far more time laboring in the scripture
before I met with the LC." By that time, we had together gone thru several years of unending changes during the 80's concerning the "new way."
His comment always bothered me. At that point I was the "senior" with 2 migrations and a decade and a half serving in the LC's. He only had several years, hence, I dismissed his comment as "immaturity." But, looking back, he was right on!
The "ministry" filled us with many "lies" and so many "broken promises." I wanted to believe them. I wanted to believe them all. By then, I had too much invested not too! But what do I do about all the plain facts? We had become a people of endless changes, looking for the ultimate "way" or "new way" to bear fruit and bring the Lord back, but ... no "way" worked! No "way"
could work! "
Unless the Lord build the house, the laborers labor in vain." And ... all our work took us further away from the Lord! But ... it was supposed to bring us closer to Him! So ... I dare dare not bring up the topic to other brothers, lest I "blow cold winds." By then so many of us had traded in our "seeking" for all the "doing" that was required of us. How sad!
Anyways, keep posting! I am reading!