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Originally Posted by countmeworthy
Everyone's experience in the LC/LSM is different.
When I first came to the LC in the mid 70s, we used the KJ and NASB. The RCV was just beginning with Romans and Hebrews as the first RCV books we used to study.
For me, my salvation through the Blood of Jesus was solidified. I don't take the Precious Blood of Jesus or His Holy Name for granted.
I did not understand the meaning of sanctification/consecration back then but I was because of the communal living and the ongoing fellowship. After I left and my personal walk deepened I learned the true meaning of sanctification.
My experience in the power of the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, the Power of the Blood of Jesus and the Power of Sanctification were established there.
Forever I will be grateful for my foundation. But that is not true for others.
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Thanks for your testimony. It's encouraging for me.
I'm not bitter about my LC history or anything in my past, and am grateful for a number of things. My faith situation is quite different from yours, though.
These past few weeks have gotten me to reconsider belief in the Bible after years of being agnostic. A pretty comfortable agnostic for the most part, but there are times it's a struggle to have a sense of meaning. I've learned a lot in recent years about the history of religion and beliefs in general, which includes a history of the ancient Biblical times and peoples.
I still have my skepticisms, but I'm somewhat open to some sort of belief in Jesus. Not sure what that really would mean at this point.