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Originally Posted by Indiana
I say all that to say this: It may take years of persistent praying and interceding for those walls to crack or come down as Bill Mallon shared. It may take some significant suffering, affliction, trials, and or pain to bring them to any table of fellowship. Your burden is right; your attitude is right….but how can the godmen be wrong?? I hate to say this and I don’t want to daunt your mission in any way; but, I don’t think 1,000 testimonies would put a dent in that iron wall of self-righteousness. They have a well-defended castle. Their attorney/generals are battle tested.
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As much as I could quote and post and the entire email excerpt Steve received, I'll leave to the portion I have emphasized in bold.
The wall of self-righteousness is pride. There is a prideful spirit in the local churches. No sense of humility where a brother can ask the question, "what if we were wrong?"
The phrase a well-defended castle reminds me of this verse from the Book of Luke 11:21-22 which can also be found in Mark 3:27:
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed. But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder.