Testimony of Terry

[TLFisher]

We've had our concepts. Some have become validated while others proven wrong.
One of my concepts proven wrong is in respect to Christians who have never touched the recovery. Being raised in the local churches, I was taught Christians outside the local churches are nominal believers. They may believe in God and they may have been saved, but the church life to them is one hour a week at best. Even as an adult I ceased meeting with the local churches on Sunday mornings simply because I could not tolerate negative un-checked prophesying aimed at non-recovery Christianity.

You know what, my concepts were shattered. That's why I could not tolerate the negative prophesying. I have had fellowship with Christians outside the recovery who are just as zealous for God's Word as many saints I've been around in the recovery. These dear saints are like lambs, like sponges ready and willing to receive the divine dispensing from the Holy Spirit.

Praise the Lord for shattered concepts. Praise the Lord, I was wrong.
So now in the home meetings whether it's on Friday, Saturday, or which ever night, why I come to the home meetings is not for a ministry, but for the building up of the Body in love.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Terry

One of my concepts proven wrong is in respect to Christians who have never touched the recovery. Being raised in the local churches, I was taught Christians outside the local churches are nominal believers. They may believe in God and they may have been saved, but the church life to them is one hour a week at best.

How true Terry, and I heard this very thing spoken by a full-timer the last time I visited the LC -- "if you just want Sunday morning religion, you can go to church down the street."

I'm sitting there thinking, "that's one more myth propagated by the LC. The fact is that there is not a single Christian assembly in the world which could operate with just Sunday morning visitors." Every congregation is propelled forward by a core of saints serving night and day. Don't kid yourself. And, btw, the LC had the same number of "Sunday morning visitors" as the next church.

It just amazes me how much "mythology" gets promoted in the LC's.

[TLFisher]

Originally Posted by Ohio

How true Terry, and I heard this very thing spoken by a full-timer the last time I visited the LC -- "if you just want Sunday morning religion, you can go to church down the street."

How would any know what the church down the street is like? Is there fellowship with those who meet at the church down the street? Unlikely. Suppose the church down the street were encouraging home meetings in your neighborhood. Would you enter into the fellowship?
It's highly unlikely the a visiting full-timer or a resident full-timer would know, because they would likely not have fellowship apart from the ministry they've given themselves to.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Terry

How would any know what the church down the street is like? Is there fellowship with those who meet at the church down the street? Unlikely. Suppose the church down the street were encouraging home meetings in your neighborhood. Would you enter into the fellowship?
It's highly unlikely the a visiting full-timer or a resident full-timer would know, because they would likely not have fellowship apart from the ministry they've given themselves to.

He said it because he believes it to be true. That's the definition of a "factoid" -- something repeated so often, it must be true, by definition. It helps to have no contact with the outside world, by which one may obtain information commonly called "facts," which are factoids worst enemy.

[NeitherFirstnorLast]

Originally Posted by Ohio

He said it because he believes it to be true. That's the definition of a "factoid" -- something repeated so often, it must be true, by definition. It helps to have no contact with the outside world, by which one may obtain information commonly called "facts," which are factoids worst enemy.

That brother, is the truth. These folks just don't have the "current and up-to-date facts" about their Christian brothers and sisters at all. They walk around with myths and factoids.

I have testified that I first encountered the LSM Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. That particular locality, which totals perhaps 80 members, is predominantly (70%) made up of a single, large and branching family. That family comes from a Mennonite Colony (think Amish, but a little more modern) from Belize. Now how sectarian do you think that particular denomination would have been? This was a "colony" in Latin America - it was about as sectarian as you could get. That was their taste of Christianity outside of LSM. Now, saying that, I have had WONDERFUL fellowship with Mennonites over the years. Real brothers and sisters and Christ with whom I've shared my life and from whom I've gained so much - but my point is, what do these colonists know of Christianity as a whole? Only what Lee told them. And Lee didn't know or care to know more than they knew, really... because he was busy building a temple to God.

You know, there is a brother in Christ (Doug Perry) who posts on Youtube occasionally, who had a very small taste of an LSM church. He is very careful in how he speaks of them, wishing only to speak for edification and not condemnation, but in his video he shares his experience.

After a meeting in an LSM church, he invited the brothers and sisters to a city-wide prayer meeting being held inter-denominationally. The response he got was "Oh no, we're not going to pray with them; they have to come and pray with us." Wow, how sectarian is that!

If you haven't heard this brothers testimony, I strongly encourage you to listen....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od9SKmvfsoc



In Christ,

NeitherFirstnorLast