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Cal · 02-12-2017, 08:51 AM

What was good about the LCM is that it taught us to seek Christ and only Christ.

What was bad about it is that it went on to insist that could define for us what was Christ and what wasn't, even to the point of saying it was Christ and little else was.

This is the CONFUSING DICHOTOMY of the LCM. That it mixed crucial truths with crucial lies.

Seek only Christ! YES!!

We only are Christ! NO!!

For some the best experience of Christ they ever had was in the LCM. But also some of the worst spiritual abuses were there too. How can this be? I don't know, that is the essense of the CONFUSING DICHOTOMY.

For some, their recognition of the negative things about the LCM caused them to deny their good experiences. This caused a dissonance within themselves, because they know they experienced good things. This causes inner conflict and, if pressed, unhealthy denial.

The other side of this is the good experiences caused some to deny the negative aspects because of the question raised their minds: "How can something that seems so good be bad?" This also causes inner conflict and, if pressed, unhealthy denial.

Well, it's not a matter of good or bad. It's a matter of how some good things fell into the hands of some people who abused them, who used them in the service of the mistaken idea that they and they alone could dispense the experience of these things and had franchise rights to them.

It's not the organization, it's the organism. The problem is the LCM has equated the organization with the organism. THEY are IT, they think. Well they are, but not to the point of denying it to anyone else. We are all IT.

The Church is the people, the true worshipers who worship in spirit and truth. If you begin to think too much of yourself just remember that Jesus told the proud Jews God could raise up worshipers from stones on the ground. Enjoy the blessings of your full citizenship in the Kingdom of God, even enjoy them in your own way and the way of the culture of your group. But never think anything is proprietary to you or your group or that you control or define others' access to them.

THAT is the FUNDAMENTAL ERROR which leads to the CONFUSING DICHOTOMY, where the devil uses the good things of God against God's own people.

02-12-2017, 08:51 AM	#80
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: I Was Wrong. What was good about the LCM is that it taught us to seek Christ and only Christ. What was bad about it is that it went on to insist that could define for us what was Christ and what wasn't, even to the point of saying it was Christ and little else was. This is the CONFUSING DICHOTOMY of the LCM. That it mixed crucial truths with crucial lies. Seek only Christ! YES!! We only are Christ! NO!! For some the best experience of Christ they ever had was in the LCM. But also some of the worst spiritual abuses were there too. How can this be? I don't know, that is the essense of the CONFUSING DICHOTOMY. For some, their recognition of the negative things about the LCM caused them to deny their good experiences. This caused a dissonance within themselves, because they know they experienced good things. This causes inner conflict and, if pressed, unhealthy denial. The other side of this is the good experiences caused some to deny the negative aspects because of the question raised their minds: "How can something that seems so good be bad?" This also causes inner conflict and, if pressed, unhealthy denial. Well, it's not a matter of good or bad. It's a matter of how some good things fell into the hands of some people who abused them, who used them in the service of the mistaken idea that they and they alone could dispense the experience of these things and had franchise rights to them. It's not the organization, it's the organism. The problem is the LCM has equated the organization with the organism. THEY are IT, they think. Well they are, but not to the point of denying it to anyone else. We are all IT. The Church is the people, the true worshipers who worship in spirit and truth. If you begin to think too much of yourself just remember that Jesus told the proud Jews God could raise up worshipers from stones on the ground. Enjoy the blessings of your full citizenship in the Kingdom of God, even enjoy them in your own way and the way of the culture of your group. But never think anything is proprietary to you or your group or that you control or define others' access to them. THAT is the FUNDAMENTAL ERROR which leads to the CONFUSING DICHOTOMY, where the devil uses the good things of God against God's own people.