I remember drinking the kool aid in 1975. “ It’s not a matter of wrong or right but a matter of life!” How could l have fallen for that lie? I totally get that solely good works do not get us to heaven. Neither do they lead us to Jesus. (Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and countless brilliant “good” people have rejected the Savior of their lives and of the world, Jesus Christ the King of kings.
But to say it’s not a matter of right or wrong in our newness of Life is truly as Trapped wrote, A Mindbender!
And btw, even in my time in the LC, I had no liberty in my spirit to do wrong!! The Holy Spirit was always ready to convict me, not to confuse it with condemnation. The power of repentance and the power of applying the Blood on my sins, strengthened my spirit and conscience.
One of the first scriptures the Holy Spirit imprinted in my spirit and soul was 1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Trapped
Today's quote:
It is not a question of right or wrong; it is a question of whether or not one is like the bearer of the cross. In the church right and wrong have no place; all that counts is bearing the cross and accepting it's breaking. This produces the overflowing of God's life and accomplishes his will. --Watchman Nee's Testimony
UntoHim, do you choose Wednesday quotes specifically to MAKE us throw our hands up?!
This teaching, to me, seems to be one of the most insidious and interwoven in the LC......that "right and wrong have no place" in the church. It's almost precision engineered to be used in an abusive manner. Jesus and the apostles called wrong things wrong all over the place. God is the standard of right and wrong. The ten commandments are right and wrong. God punishes wrongdoing. This teaching genuinely makes me scratch my head, that it could have been read by so many eyes and heard by so many ears in the LC, and yet not a single person.....of tens of thousands of people.....says "this is totally upside down".
Well, I guess when you say that in the church right and wrong have no place, then you are inherently prevented from saying "that is wrong", aren't you.
Now I understand the term mindbender.
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