Some Good Things to Come Out of the Recovery?

[Sons to Glory!]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

So the reason for meeting by locality is because there is no other excuse one may give for not meeting with other believers. Now some may take this opportunity to say that those in the recovery should join a denomination but a denomination is not the default, normal, locality-grounded place for meeting but rather a faction. They are the ones who have the non-locality based excuse for not meeting with other believers.

Okay . . . Do you meet with other believers then, or am I misreading this?

[Sons to Glory!]

Okay, I've got another good thing I think that was promoted by the ol' Recovery. But first, here's what we have thus far:

1. Open meetings - encouraging all to function
2. The Emphasis on the Indwelling Christ
3. Calling on the name of the Lord
4. Taking in the Pure Milk of the Word
5. One church; One city

And, drum roll please, here's the next one I've thought of: "The Building"

There was a lot of teaching around the building aspect of God's purpose in the LC, but I must confess that I didn't start to see what it was all about until maybe 10 years ago (after leaving the Recovery). And I'd never heard much about this outside "The Recovery" or its "spin-offs" . . .that is up until yesterday when a national radio brother launched into a glorious 5 minute sharing of the dwelling place of God. It was so refreshing! He really appeared to see something and was going through all these incredible verses about the temple in both the Old and New Covenants. Wow! He talked about how we are now being built up, as living stones, into a dwelling place of God. Double WOW!

Up until that point, I don't think I'd heard this from a modern, contemporary Christian outside the greater LC circle of influence. Praise Him!

(What if the Universal Church really is like Sampson - who was pretty much in the toilet, but remembered who he was - and then finishes well!? With Sampson it happened in an instant, and his name gets added to the faithful ones in Hebrews 11.)

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!

Okay . . . Do you meet with other believers then, or am I misreading this?

Define "other believers". Most people use the term to mean "different believers", where "different" refers to their denominational persuasion, but there is only one kind of believer. I use it to mean any other believer. I meet with any believer.

[Sons to Glory!]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

Define "other believers". Most people use the term to mean "different believers", where "different" refers to their denominational persuasion, but there is only one kind of believer. I use it to mean any other believer. I meet with any believer.

No - I meant it the way you said. (And good!)

[Sons to Glory!]

Here is where we are so far regarding good things the LC has promoted (again, not necessarily originated by the LC):

1. Open meetings - encouraging all to function
2. The Emphasis on the Indwelling Christ
3. Calling on the name of the Lord
4. Taking in the Pure Milk of the Word
5. One church; One city
6. The Building

So I mentioned a few posts ago where I heard a word from a radio preacher (Steve Gregg) recently who spoke a really rich word about how the church is a dwelling place of God. He gave several verses (OT & NT) regarding the building up for this purpose. I was nourished and encouraged. Years ago, while in the LC, I heard a lot about "The Building." But due to what I would call immaturity, I did not comprehend what this was about fully.

About 5 years ago I was camping in Colorado, and free from so many of the normal distractions, the Lord spoke something clearly to me. He told me that He was conveying His strongest desire in a way that we could understand, namely His Body, His Bride, and His Building. He impressed on me that there is nothing a man is more desirous of and focused on than these three things - his own body, his wife, and where he lives.

So the Lord has conveyed His heart's desire to us in a way we can easily identify with!

[JJ]

Yes, we heard much about building in TLR, and knew this is a matter on God’s heart. I’ve seen more practical building up among believers outside TLR in recent years and came to realize how often the word building up is associated with love. And, I think that was a missing ingredient in TLR, but see it much more talked about and practiced in community churches.

[Sons to Glory!]

And you are exactly right, JJ! In my experience, I didn't start to see what the building meant to God, until I started to realize His love was the foundation for all He does.

[Sons to Glory!]

In the end this thread had a longer run than I probably expected! (80 posts) I sort of thought that several on here would be vehemently opposed to the idea that *ANY* good thing came out of the "Recovery."

To recap, here are the good things I've put forth that I consider the LC to have promoted (again, not necessarily originated by the LC):

1. Open meetings - encouraging all to function
2. The Emphasis on the Indwelling Christ
3. Calling on the name of the Lord
4. Taking in the Pure Milk of the Word
5. One church; One city
6. The Building

(Is there any further clarification of the above needed?)

So last call . . . any further thoughts on my list (agreement, disagreement, additions, subtractions)?