[Nell]

Originally Posted by Drake

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Yet surely Harold, you are not so numb at this point that you do not see a problem with the steady stream of slander, berating, mocking, and judging of brothers and sisters in the local churches? If you prefer a standard of ethics then where is the ethics in that? Do you not recognize how the simplest explanations on a variety of topics are disregarded in favor allegations of sinister plots, criminal behavior, theft, immorality, etc.? At what point is it enough for you? Or are you all in when posters refer to servants of the Lord as "brain -dead"? You don't find it just a little usual that almost every topic ends up with rants about events that happened decades ago and where most of the players are dead? Or is it all justified in your view because of negative events that happened to you and others decades ago? If it was wrong then, then it is wrong now with the shoe on the other foot....so why sanction it, why play into it, and why flirt with becoming the thing you hate? Obsession seems to me to be a modest description of such patterned behavior. Still, I believe you are a brother with a conscience and I think in your heart of hearts that you know this path does not lead to the kingdom... because it is not living the kingdom life which is just the Lord living through us. There is a call for overcomers to all the churches in Revelation 2 & 3 so no matter where you are today the call is there. But if you do not accept that interpretation then how about the more straightforward command from the Lord in the gospels to forgive your brothers while you are in the way, before you or they die. Forgiving your brother 70 X 7 times... forgive others debts as the Lord forgave you of yours? Some brothers in this forum made that simple yet crucial observation recently..... ZNP and StG in other threads.. and yet they go unheeded... the status quo rolls on.
....Drake

Harold,

Can you spell H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y?

hy·poc·ri·sy /həˈpäkrəsē/noun
the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense.
synonyms: dissimulation, false virtue, cant, posturing, affectation, speciousness, empty talk, insincerity, falseness, deceit, dishonesty, mendacity, pretense, duplicity; More

Rather than play the "shut up and forgive" card, perhaps those still meeting with the LC should ASK for forgiveness and REPENT for their sinful behavior toward those of us who can no longer tolerate the "negative events".

Nell