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Originally Posted by byHismercy
Evangelical, the Lord has promised that we would not be put to shame for believing on His name. What about christians new to faith in Christ Jesus? What about those new to Gods word? You want christians to be shamed? That is what happened to me in my locality. The saints I loved attempted to put me to shame by withdrawing love, fellowship, relationships.
I am starting to think that rejection is a form of demonic attack. My shunning has left me with sorrow, anger, bitterness....deep regret at having allowed myself and my children to be deceived. I go before the Lord continually seeking His healing and taking His blood over the true condition of my heart towards those in the LC. I rely on Him to not let this hurt become a root of bitterness.
Who but Satan would wish this kind of damage be inflicted on an indivdual? Don't you know why this practice of shunning believers has to be kept hidden by the LC? It is because most Holy Spirit indwelt christians would not participate in such a practice.
Do not be so eager to shame fellow believers, it only leads to great damage....we should be more careful with the members of Christ!
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ByHisMercy, thanks for bringing this to the forefront.
The Bible has very limited application of so-called shunning, e.g. incest in I Cor 5 and heretical teachers in Titus 3.10.
On the contrary, the Bible commands us to love our neighbors, love our enemies, love even those who disagree with us. Shunning the brothers should be the extremely rare exception, but instead it is all too common in legalistic, exclusive settings like at LSM. I have witnessed beloved brothers being shunned, not for any sin or wrongdoing, but because they
merely loved the ministry at LSM, and were not adequately zealous and sufficiently absolute for Witness Lee. This is the ugly side of LSM's history they like to keep hidden, even from their own brothers and sisters.