Questions and Concerns for Current and Former LC Members

[Sons to Glory!]

Originally Posted by MikhailianInception

Hi, Sons to Glory,

Thank you for your response here on this thread. I would love to know from you what would be an accurate assessment of the New Covenant? Are you a part of the Lord's Recovery movement, or are you outside of it? What has your experience been like, brother?

Your Servant in Jesus' Name,

- M.L.

You bet! I was miracuolously brought across country to land in the LC in Berkeley back in 74. In the 80s we (wife & family) were involved in the LCs in southern Ohio. Things got real "sideways" in the LC and we stopped meeting with them and moved to the dessert of California in 1988. After the Lord "dried me out" for about 10 years, I was led to gather with saints in Scottsdale, AZ, where I have been since.

The ones in Scottsdale had been part of the LC in the NW until many left the LC (they were basically ostracized) in the mid-80s. A large number were led of the Lord to move to Scottsdale. The Scottsdale church has no formal affiliation with the LC or LSM, although various ones still have family members in it. We enjoy active fellowship with all believers around us, and many participate in other gatherings throughout the week. The meetings here are open and participative, much like the LC - at least how the LC used to be. Here, anyone is welcome to share anything they are seeing in the word or their experience of Christ (no format or guidelines to source our sharing in any person's work). I have enjoyed more of Christ, and seen more of God's true purpose in love here in the last 20 years, than ever before.

As to the new covenant, I think it could pretty much be summed-up in Colossians 1:27, "Christ in you, the hope of glory!" And Jeremiah 31:33, "This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts." And Romans 8:2, "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death."

Regarding what you said regarding our relationship with our Father, I don't disagree (and maybe I misunderstood). I would just say that now Christ is our relationship with the Father.