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Originally Posted by Evangelical
That doesn't mean that what they started was not of the Lord and not genuine. Nor does it mean that what continues today in various localities is not genuine.
Luther wrote some pretty vile things against the Jews in his later life but no one is rejecting Sola Fide because of it. The Reformation was of the Lord and genuine.
If you do not believe that the LR was/is of the Lord, then please tell us which denominations or organizations are?
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I agree with this. My family was a mix of Catholics (my father) and Lutherans (my mother.) I have studied both of their beginnings, both of their histories, and both of their current conditions.
I first contacted brothers and sisters in the LC's back in May 1973. I worked with several of them for the whole summer. The light of Jesus Himself shined on their faces. Just seeing them huddled for lunch on the steps convicted my dark Catholic heart. That was more than real. They had the freshness of a newborn babe! That had nothing to do with the teachings of Nee or Lee. It was all about Jesus!
What exists in the LC's today is nothing like that. My how things have changed! Perhaps there are pockets of scattered saints in diverse LC's which still bare a resemblance to the Lord. I have no way to know that, nor can I critique every gathering of Christians around the globe. (As both LSM and you apparently do on a regular basis.) I am not the judge of our Lord's own body, as LSM loves to be. I am here only because LSM hurts people.