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Originally Posted by ILG
I don't really want sympathy as much as I just want people to listen and not beat me when I tell my story.
You are welcome to PM me and tell me your story. I will read it. I think it will probably roll off like water on a rock, but nothing ventured nothing gained.  I appreciate the interaction. |
Well then....if telling our experience of how God
revived my husband will just "roll off like water on a rock", then I guess there is no point in telling it because it is very near and dear to our hearts.
I just cannot get to the place where I can write about the terrible experience we had in UPC here in this forum. It is nothing as bad as yours, but it was a deep learning experience.
Concerning sympathy...a person cannot tell their heart-wrenching story and not garner some sympathetic responses from the reader. I have sympathy for your family because I recognize that what is happening in our churches today is the work of Satan. People have allowed Satan to come in and divide and conquer the people by using and twisting God's Word to achieve that. My sympathy is for all the lives that have been bruised and wrecked because of the devil's knowledge of human behavior. He knows about humanity's fallen nature and the love of lust, greed and power over others is a driving force. Satan uses it to destroy man's love for one another by putting material things and personal love and preferences over the body of Christ.
I sympathize and grieve that we (mankind in general) have allowed the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life to reduce the outreach effectiveness of the church to the lost. Some preachers and people have unwittingly created hardships for others, especially for preachers who are totally devoted and sincere to the cause of Christ. People are skeptical of what they see and hear now because they simply do not know who is the real deal and who is building their own business/kingdom. They see the greed from the television preachers. They feel the tug of the Holy Spirit when they watch the television preachers because God can use all communications from people for His glory. Then they feel the rug pulled out from under them when the T.V powers that be expose preacher greed. Not only on television, but also in sad cases like what happened here. And this is only a speck in a tank of situations where the devil came in to steal and to destroy. People feel their spiritual rape because many put their all into a system rather than into God.
Christ's blood is always powerful and effective in saving our souls and to give us everlasting life...but man has reduced themselves into entering mere "clubs" because they refuse to apply that blood to their lives and take upon themselves the power that Christ has given to them.
This is where my sympathy lies.
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