Spiritual Journey

Ohio · 12-19-2019, 11:28 AM

Welcome to the forum!

There's a lot of doublespeak in the LC's about when "bad things happen" to members, or even Christians in general. I was there for 30 years, and then left 14 years ago. When I left, stepping away from the program, all sorts of contradictions became apparent to me. This is just one of them.

When bad things happen to outsiders, they say "see, the Lord has judged them." When bad things happen to their members, they say, "see, the enemy fights extra hard against us because we are for the church." Such a perfect self-reinforcing system.

The truth is we all suffer. And the truth is that God loves us. Look at the major characters in the Bible, did not they all suffer? Read Hebrews 11. Read how much Paul suffered. Read Job's story. Job did nothing wrong whatsoever, yet he suffered horribly, despairing of life itself. God desires to prove our faith, more precious than gold, and that explains why we all suffer. (I Peter 1:3-9)

This is one reason we got so frustrated with LSM. They speak with forked tongue. They take responsibility for nothing that goes wrong. They demand vain-glory for all that seems good. They have skilled word-smiths who can blame-shift the ridiculous. They are the judges of all, and they even believe they can know what is in the hearts of others.

CuriousChristian · 12-20-2019, 06:30 PM

Thank you! I didn't think of it that way. But that definitely opened my eyes.

JJ · 12-21-2019, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Ohio

There's a lot of doublespeak in the LC's about when "bad things happen" to members, or even Christians in general.

When Witness Lee became ill with cancer and eventually died from it I don’t recall the blendeds or any of the local church saints suggesting that was God’s judgement on him. And many local church saints have various illnesses (as do Christians in the various community churches I’ve attended since I left TLR). I contracted the brain tumor I’ve been fighting for 13-1/2 years when I was in TLR. The whole “leave TLR and suffer God’s judgement” is baloney and an obvious control mechanism.

12-19-2019, 11:28 AM	#1
Ohio Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Greater Ohio Posts: 13,693	Re: Spiritual Journey Welcome to the forum! There's a lot of doublespeak in the LC's about when "bad things happen" to members, or even Christians in general. I was there for 30 years, and then left 14 years ago. When I left, stepping away from the program, all sorts of contradictions became apparent to me. This is just one of them. When bad things happen to outsiders, they say "see, the Lord has judged them." When bad things happen to their members, they say, "see, the enemy fights extra hard against us because we are for the church." Such a perfect self-reinforcing system. The truth is we all suffer. And the truth is that God loves us. Look at the major characters in the Bible, did not they all suffer? Read Hebrews 11. Read how much Paul suffered. Read Job's story. Job did nothing wrong whatsoever, yet he suffered horribly, despairing of life itself. God desires to prove our faith, more precious than gold, and that explains why we all suffer. (I Peter 1:3-9) This is one reason we got so frustrated with LSM. They speak with forked tongue. They take responsibility for nothing that goes wrong. They demand vain-glory for all that seems good. They have skilled word-smiths who can blame-shift the ridiculous. They are the judges of all, and they even believe they can know what is in the hearts of others. __________________ Ohio's motto is: With God all things are possible!. Keeping all my posts short, quick, living, and to the point!

12-20-2019, 06:30 PM	#2
CuriousChristian Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 1	Re: Spiritual Journey Thank you! I didn't think of it that way. But that definitely opened my eyes.

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