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Originally Posted by Terry
Very perceptive. That's how it is. Whether in California or Washington state the pervading attitude is all Christians not meeting with the local churches is meeting in division. To fellowship based on Lee's ministry is essential to not being in division. |
Once when talking to an old friend, who is in an LSM run Local Church outside the Great Lakes Area, he made an interesting comment, "all the brothers are one except for Titus Chu." That's the mindset of the typical, uninformed, yet loyal brother in the Recovery. The standard was not the truth of the Bible, or the conviction of the Holy Spirit, but "oneness" with the Blendeds.
It reminded me of what the Pharisees said to some officers who had seen Jesus in action, "
You aren't also led astray, are you? Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees? But this multitude that doesn't know the law is accursed." -- John 7.47-49
For a people who claim to know the scriptures so well, and seek to follow the Lord so fervently, these LC folks follow their leaders just like the Catholics follow the Pope, all in the name of "oneness." Anyone who thinks soberly or examines the Bible is viewed with suspicion. Their oneness is not the real oneness of the Lord, however, since the Lord has so little say in the matter.
That is why I have often mentioned, based on all my study of church history, that
distorted oneness, the kind we see with the Catholics, the exclusive Brethren, and the Recovery has done more to damage the children of God than any heathen persecution in the last two millennia.