The God who died

[OBW]

Originally Posted by awareness

What about the God who died?

I don't think he was talking about the crucifixion of Christ. He was talking about the dethroning of the crown prince of the Local Church (or the Shanghai Christian Assembly as it was at the time). Their god was executed when he ceased to be divine and became mortal, venal. When he had weaknesses like all men and gave in to them.

So when the LRC died to us, was that our god? What happened to us?

I know that in my case it died slowly. There were problems so we left. But there was some thought that we could go back again. (not much) I dealt with the demise of one little idol after another. But still found myself clinging to a lot of the theology (even if not the ground). Then I saw enough to begin to peel it away. My experience was not like everyone else's. It was slow. There were times that it was painful, although I mainly reacted with anger toward it rather than retreating to it.

Is it over? Not entirely, but enough so that I think that I welcome each discovery of its existence and death to me.