Why Did We Totally Miss the Mark?

[TLFisher]

Originally Posted by Ohio

Those who witnessed this repentance by WL, and could "feel the pain in Brother Lee’s heart and be touched by his genuine repentance," never understand for what or to who WL repented. The repentance was purposely left so general and so vague that it could be interpreted any way one desired ... and it has. This to me is the real heart of the problem.

WL said "we, in the past, were wrong!" Wrong about what? About "receiving people?" What does that mean, receiving people? This is like having a heartfelt, sober repentance about how we "loved people." Who repents for that? And then, who tells the entire audience that "we, in the past, were wrong!" How was I wrong? How were you wrong? How does one even begin to repent for such a vague "conviction?"

How much more profitable if WL had confessed what exactly the Spirit had convicted him for. What did the Spirit shine on? What did he do?

Following is an excerpt of a message from 6/27/2001 based on David's bringing the Ark from Philistine to Jerusalem.

"Now in my background brothers and sisters, I don't think that I designed some new carts or fabricated them very much, but I must admit to my shame I helped to pull them. And I regret that. I've repented about that. I've helped to pull the new cart. So what does that make me? A dumb ox? I'm sorry to say. Right? I've stumbled too. You know since that time I've believed I have gained a kind of phobia for new carts. New cart phobia. So, really! You know when I see something coming up, "let's do it this way". "I think that's the best technique", " the Best method". Whoa! That brings back some bitter memories. Really I'd like to run for my life. But, I just consider brothers and sisters, I really feel among Christians today too many new carts. Now in my background years ago we didn't call them new carts. Of course. But we used to call them "the flow". "This is this years flow". And next year we had another kind of flow. "Are you with the flow?" Well, it wasn't really a flow. But then that's what we called it. And then we called it "a move". "A new move". That was really a new cart. The result does not bring in Christ. The result is not the house of God being built. No, no! I surely can testify all these kind of new carts have damaged the people of God. They torn down the house of God. They were not profitable at all. "

Bringing Up the Ark
http://www.christiantapeministry.com/

I thought the speaker's tone was specific and remorseful for the role he took part in that brought damage to part of the body of Christ.