Leaders of the Lord's Recovery

[Indiana]

Originally Posted by HERn

Dear brother Indiana: Why do you waste your time with these people?

I understand, HERn. A brother close to me wrote:


"Bro. Steve,
"I know that you have been very exercised in your spirit regarding your burden to have the local church open to reconciliation, and so are many brothers, I being one. The leadership in the local churches (Living Stream affiliated) have had ample opportunity to review before the Lord what has happened with the churches over the years, yet I see no breakthrough. Perhaps, the Lord will keep the same burden in your heart until he returns, but I do believe, brother, the local churches in the "new way" have departed from the faith once delivered to us. That is, that our faith that is grounded in the light of God's word, in His love for the saints and his administrative Headship, not coming from "local church Leadership" who have propagated a systematized and robotic like practice to exact perverted oneness far removed from the dynamic working of the Lord in each saint's life. Steve, remember the age we are in. The Church in Laodicea will remain as is when the Lord returns/ He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit says, and the Lord is knocking at the door, much like you have been doing. Did they open the door for fellowship? Emphatically, No! Perhaps, it is time to declare enough and shake off your shoes and go on."

Love in Christ, Ruben

[HERn]

Originally Posted by Indiana

I understand, HERn. A brother close to me wrote:


"Bro. Steve,
"I know that you have been very exercised in your spirit regarding your burden to have the local church open to reconciliation, and so are many brothers, I being one. The leadership in the local churches (Living Stream affiliated) have had ample opportunity to review before the Lord what has happened with the churches over the years, yet I see no breakthrough. Perhaps, the Lord will keep the same burden in your heart until he returns, but I do believe, brother, the local churches in the "new way" have departed from the faith once delivered to us. That is, that our faith that is grounded in the light of God's word, in His love for the saints and his administrative Headship, not coming from "local church Leadership" who have propagated a systematized and robotic like practice to exact perverted oneness far removed from the dynamic working of the Lord in each saint's life. Steve, remember the age we are in. The Church in Laodicea will remain as is when the Lord returns/ He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit says, and the Lord is knocking at the door, much like you have been doing. Did they open the door for fellowship? Emphatically, No! Perhaps, it is time to declare enough and shake off your shoes and go on."

Love in Christ, Ruben

They cannot be helped or moved. I fear they may be whitewashed tombs full of dead men's bones.

[Indiana]

Originally Posted by HERn

They cannot be helped or moved. I fear they may be whitewashed tombs full of dead men's bones.

But I wish they could have been with me last night at a Messianic Jewish men's group, sitting around a table seeking the Lord and scriptural truth - with the rabbi present. The question was asked, What area of your life do you think there should be less of I and more of Christ"? And, What is the baptism of the Holy Spirit? And Have you been filled with the Holy Spirit?

1st Letter to Seattle: "The positive aspects of the church I have never denied, as those who know me understand. But I am not one-dimensional, just considering the positive side - “Once a church becomes spiritual, many problems will have to be considered. If a church is not spiritual, it is peaceful and without problems. The more spiritual you are, the more problems you have to solve” (W. Nee, Church Affairs, p. 48, 151). If I address a problem, whether with a brother or concerning the churches, it is with deep sincerity and with one objective in mind – reconciliation of the members unto restoration in the Body. This has been my endeavor, whether personally with Joel Kennon or corporately, as with Dan Towle.