Where do we go from here?

[Toledo]

Originally Posted by UntoHim

Anyway, we can go round-and-round here. If Toledo wants to clarify what he meant by "personal experience of Christ" he is welcome to do so.

No, I do not care to do so. I stopped contributing to this thread.

I have given 35 years of my life to follow the Lord Jesus in the local churches. To learn something of the hidden, dirty things of the Living Stream Ministry office has served as a discouragement to me. Especially as it comes at a time when that office is causing such open disruption amongst the churches. Right now there are divisions caused by LSM in hundreds of local churches, including more than a half dozen churches in which I have personally labored.

I came to this site because I was looking for some help in how to go on, and how to care for those brothers who are meeting with me. Instead I got the parsing of sentences, deliberate misunderstanding, and a focus on the misdeeds of the past.

Frankly, I don't much care about how the LSM brothers have twisted and distorted the riches of Christ for their own aggrandizement. I have never particularly looked to any of them for guidance. Nor have I ever considered myself to be under authority to any of them. We all must appear before the judgment seat of Christ. I hope I will not be standing to close to them on that day.

I am looking for a way to go on. I am struggling to consider what items to retain of my experience and of the teachings I have received, and what items to let go. For me, Christ has to be the center, and the appreciation of His riches must become a part of my daily walk. My concerns have to do with the care of all the dear saints with me who have been distressed, disturbed, and damaged, yet have remained faithful to follow the Lord.

Focusing on the sins of a dead man and of his ungodly son, and biting and devouring one another do not seem to be a way I care to follow. Thus, allow me as well to offer my apologies to those whom I may have offended. I am often too hasty with my words, and sometimes my colloquial expressions bring a hurt I did not intend. I endeavor to keep my heart open to you all.

Much love in Christ,