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JJ · 11-01-2020, 05:37 PM

IseeCrazyPeople,

It is heartbreaking to hear your and so many other people's stories who grew up in "the local church" in such a restrictive environment where "the world" and "worldly" aren't really the Bible's definition.

I was recruited off a campus into "the local church" when I was 18 and had a similar restrictive experience initially but was freed from it by help from a brother and his wife who shared with me the things that were really a concern to God (sin, as defined by the Bible) and the things that weren't (really everything else, and that is a lot). I always wondered why the saints continued to be so uptight about things that weren't sinful and eventually realized this was coming from Witness Lee himself. He was really quite an uptight guy, and had been trained that way by Watchman Nee, who was trained by a woman who was really quite uptight..... who was trained by some brothers who were really quite uptight, who were trained by....

Well you get it. When people stop using the bible's definition for things, things and people's lives get really messed up. Not your fault, it's theirs.

11-01-2020, 05:37 PM	#40
JJ Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,006	Re: Did you also have a difficult childhood in the LC? IseeCrazyPeople, It is heartbreaking to hear your and so many other people's stories who grew up in "the local church" in such a restrictive environment where "the world" and "worldly" aren't really the Bible's definition. I was recruited off a campus into "the local church" when I was 18 and had a similar restrictive experience initially but was freed from it by help from a brother and his wife who shared with me the things that were really a concern to God (sin, as defined by the Bible) and the things that weren't (really everything else, and that is a lot). I always wondered why the saints continued to be so uptight about things that weren't sinful and eventually realized this was coming from Witness Lee himself. He was really quite an uptight guy, and had been trained that way by Watchman Nee, who was trained by a woman who was really quite uptight..... who was trained by some brothers who were really quite uptight, who were trained by.... Well you get it. When people stop using the bible's definition for things, things and people's lives get really messed up. Not your fault, it's theirs. __________________ And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14 NASB)