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Originally Posted by aron
Lastly, Lee did like saying that we need to be this and that. All sorts of requirements were placed upon our character and person, as NT believers enjoying grace. Any HWFMR outline is full of "must's" and "need to's" and "have to's" and "should's" and "ought to's" ... but all this supposed NT 'enjoyment' and 'reality' was not built upon faith in Jesus Christ, because the justice, humility, and loving-kindness in the OT scripture, all arguably pointing to God's coming Christ, had been summarily dismissed.
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In my LC experience, there came a point in time when I realized the disconnect between what is spoken and what is actually practiced in the LC. It was hard to reconcile this disconnect, it just didn't seem possible. We were all convinced that what was spoken represented an absolute truth.
LC members are quite often told to stop all their 'doing' and just rely on grace. They will be told that in the church life there are no regulations. People will say that in the church-life everything that happens is according to 'life'. But what is the dark and ugly side of it? What is lurking in the shadows? It's the fact that the LC is among the most legalistic and oppressive groups out there. At the surface everything seems positive and carefree. Anyone who has been around for a decent among of time knows all of the unspoken rules, the
do's, the
must's, etc.
When such things are confronted they are immediately excused as being necessary. They will say that our character needs to be built up. They will say things like "life grows through regulation." The excuses abound.