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Originally Posted by JB482
Thanks for sharing the updates on the San Diego saints Carol,somethings I knew but you filled in a lot of blanks for me. When the saints come to mind I always feel the love of our Lord Jesus
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Imho, for whatever it's worth..San Diego was for the most part a healthy church compared to the horror stories I have heard about other localities. Not to say we did not have our problems but they were at a minimum or kept from me.
We did have a lot of love..true love for the Lord and towards one another as much as in us was.
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JB482 wrote:
in 1976 I left the church in San Diego and after a few months went to Atlanta for 5 years in the church there then to Iowa. But as far back as 1974 I knew inwardly that the blessing of the Lord was leaving the church but you could never discuss it with anyone. I could sense the clergy laity with the leading ones. I read other christian books by saints from the past. I was always aware that a lot of things in the church were not right but like I said who could you tell or talk about it to? By 1986 I was so sick of it I left for good!!
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Interesting how you sensed as far back as 1974 the blessing was leaving the church. I felt His Presence leaving around 1977. John did a great job imho trying to keep us focused on The Lord Jesus and His Spirit working in us. Other 'elders' kept pointing us to Lee as God's oracle or MOTA. I remember when I refused to call Sunday 'The Lord's day'. It became mandatory. What happened to following the Spirit? Btw.. when I visited San Diego in 2005, they had a new meeting hall and on the front wall was a sign "
THE CHURCH IN SAN DIEGO".
I do not know why they had a sign up. Was it a requirement by the IRS? or had religion really stepped in?
When I moved back to South Texas, I went to a few LC meetings. I felt like I was on the Phil Donahue show. They had a mic and when a person stood up to 'testify', I mean prophesy, they ran around the audience handing the mic to the person. Then if the person went to long in their sharing, someone would ring a bell. 'TIME'S UP!' LOL!