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Originally Posted by kisstheson
While I am not touching on the root cause of the problem of degradation, repentance is surely a big, big, part of the solution!
Humbling ourselves before the Lord and admitting our faults and shortcomings to Him, especially on a corporate basis, is too important! How many times in Church history can we see examples of this? Not enough times! May our dear Lord be incredibly merciful and gracious to us regarding this matter.
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KTS, I do hear what you're saying. You touched on a key word. Repentance is indeed a big part of the solution, but there needs to be humbling of oursleves. If a saint believes brothers so and so needs to repent, but not me, how can you or I expect anything can change? In a sense when there's no humility, there's no capacity to love beyond our natural measure.
This is why we need the Lord's grace, the Lord's mercy, and to seek the Lord's love. Whatever the factors of degradation may be, one that is missing is loving one another as the Lord has loved us.
Terry