Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
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Apostle Dog
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Date: September 05, 2015 01:50AM
The Living Word was not unique in one thing that happens too often among churches. Also the situation that I am going to discuss is explained away as if God would approve of it, which He does not. What I am discussing here, is the thing of the pastor needing a "spiritual wife." Seems like pastors are so misunderstood and under so much strain "protecting the sheep," and "killing the wolves" and their wives, the wife of their youth, just doesn't understand them and support their ministry as they should. It's pretty common, so the Walk is not much different there either than "Babylon."
Two people are wrong there, the "spiritual wife" (*adulteress) and the "misunderstood and unappreciated shepherd" (adulterer). I know what I am talking about. When John Robert Stevens went for the bait, lots of the "under-shepherds" followed along. In fact, there seemed to be an atmosphere just ripe for that sort of thing in Living Word.
I met lots of people though, in my travels, churches that were on the up and up, pastors that had a heart after God, and "sheep" that were full of love and fully dedicated. It makes me sad that I was one of those wolves that called good Christians "old order." I recall once going to a church for what in my area we called "regionals." I don't know if they were all over the walk, but we would meet several churches of the area for a weekend for meetings and the "shepherds" would have a beer barrel and often something to smoke after, (often before) the services. As soon as I arrived I "felt the vibes of a religious spirit" just because the people there had made us a good meal and were warm and gracious rather than cutting edge, cold blooded Walkites. I told the other "shepherds" as they arrived and we all headed to the bar for an hour or so before the services, so we could "rebuke the religious spirit."
Sometimes it really takes one to know one. I don't know how much JRS knew of what was happening on his watch, and maybe that could be part of why the current regime wanted people pulled in closer instead of being spread out like we were when there were I guess an estimated hundred churches. JRS didn't go visit a lot of them when he went on his little walk-about. I don't think he even knew there were churches in every State in the South, I don't think he had much of an oppinion of the South anyway.
That's why I didn't want to make a judgement about how much of God was in what JRS did, because as for me, there was so much false, I think it outweighs anything that might have been real. Like JRS used to say, all it takes is 1% rat poison in 99% wheat, that makes a deadly mix.