Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
Posted by:
NickleandDimed
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Date: March 25, 2017 03:26AM
changedagain Wrote:
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> In his teachings, John carefully cultivated an
> environment where he could control the minds of
> the congregants--and have them believe and do
> things they probably would have regarded as
> absolute lunacy before joining the Walk. Think of
> how many times he would warn the congregation of
> the dangers of being independent...& the futility
> of searching the scriptures, apart from authority,
> to find direction in one's life. References to the
> Sadducees and Pharisees missing out on God's
> moving were cited frequently...especially how they
> missed out on God's moving, because it manifested
> in a way that appeared contrary scripture. The
> learned and wise were baffled, and became the
> enemies of God. Yes, John said that each
> person was to have a personal
> relationship/revelation of God, believe they could
> hear from God personally, but that statement was
> overwhelmingly countered by his constant emphasis
> on submission to the authority structure ('divine
> order'), later tweaked by G & M to a system of
> designated relationships, where everyone in the
> fellowship could experience the delight of
> having someone who personally dominated their
> lives, showing them the way. The fruit of this
> system was pure misery...at least for the
> submissive.
"later tweaked by G&M". Using Eph 5:21. Blew Paul's intentions out of the water. Taking it to unbiblical extremes. BTW, G&M's TP. Embossed.