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Originally Posted by Ohio
I wonder how much of that flowing of the Spirit was common to all God's children at that time, in the chaotic era of the late 60's - early 70's called "Jesus people movement." Somehow the LC leaders felt that the blessing was exclusive to us, since we were the unique testimony of God on earth.
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Good point. The whole movement of the Spirit among the young people, circa 1965 - 1975, was surely not limited to the LC, but they somehow felt it was theirs because of the "ground". This notion that the spiritual blessing was proprietary to the ground of oneness taken by the LC might have led to obstinacy in the face of said blessing being removed.
When I came in, the "golden days of yore" were a fairly common topic of conversation, with the usually implied corrolary that we needed to keep doing what we once did (again, the "ground") which ostensibly had led to the outpoured Spirit in the first place. A few unchallenged assumptions in this train of thought, to be sure.
I suppose we all have error-laced trains of thought. Perhaps what allowed this particular train to drive off the bridge was the insular nature of the group. Daystar came and went, and nobody could pull the brake handle. All anyone could do was jump off.