LSM's Sacrament - the "Ground of the Local Church" NIGEL TOMES

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Originally Posted by Terry

James is exhorting the brothers when he says:
What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures." James 4:1-3

Very interesting insight here. I had long interpreted this scripture as referring to one's individual and personal lusts, but this applies as well to organizations carrying out the pleasures of their leaders. In the name of genuine Christian ministry, both Anaheim and Cleveland have displayed their motive to dominate others based on coveting evil desires. In order to get what they want, they have quarreled and fought, both behind the scenes and publicly. Since they are so identical, having the same mentor, it is ludicrous to conceive that one could find legitimate fault with the other, unless, of course, the motive is to dominate the other.

So it's no wonder that God has not answered their numerous prayers for relief. They have asked evilly with wrong motives. Anaheim is far worse in this regard, since they have continually used the court system as their "God" to gain advantage of their opponent. Is this not a friendship with the world? I have long said that the feud between Anaheim and Cleveland had nothing to do with Christian teachings and practices. It was always about a lustful grab for power in the absence of their founder.

James says so too.