God's Eternal Purpose

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by awareness

That's because the love I mentioned cinched the deal for me was missing.

By the time I was winding down in the local church it had turned into a method. We were told to form groups, 6 to 11. The purpose of the groups were to latch onto any new one, especially during the Friday night love feast, and concentrate on capturing them. It was as free of love as it was full of fanaticism. When I saw it in practice it not only turned the new one off, it turned me off too.

In the end, I eventually discovered, the love in the local church turned out to be this kind of love:

Mat 5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

When I was dramatically saved, The Lord gave me 3 gifts -- love for Him, love for His word, and love for His people. When I first entered the LC, I found the same three loves in others. By the time I left, all three were almost gone.