larry bobo Wrote in part on 8/11/16:
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> Now TLWF’s history has to be
> rewritten, like many others, because of all of
> John’s failed prophesies or there will be loss
> of control over the membership. Normal Christians
> just say, “It didn’t happen therefore it was
> not God.” – but, they don’t have as a goal
> to control others.
>
> TLWF is certainly not the first one to have failed
> prophesies, including dates. Skilled deceivers
> say “The end is near.‘- instead of giving
> actual dates where they can be proved wrong - like
> 1979. Many other groups also have people that
> continue to follow failed prophesies in spite of
> the facts that would say otherwise. Brains are
> just checked at the door and they simply follow a
> good feeling along with a lot of good people.
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So true. I think there are some, including myself, that would like to say about Brother Stevens, "You spoke this and that over me and other members, but you were just wrong."
There are many groups presently as there were in the past who convince themselves that God is going to raise up an elite group to usher in the kingdom of God in the last days and voila, they are it. In fact during the early days of the reformation, there was a group in Muenster, Germany who thought Christ's return was imminent and guess where Christ was going to return to.....Muenster!
That was a well thought out and articulate post Larry and I learned a lot from it.
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> Now TLWF’s history has to be
> rewritten, like many others, because of all of
> John’s failed prophesies or there will be loss
> of control over the membership. Normal Christians
> just say, “It didn’t happen therefore it was
> not God.” – but, they don’t have as a goal
> to control others.
>
> TLWF is certainly not the first one to have failed
> prophesies, including dates. Skilled deceivers
> say “The end is near.‘- instead of giving
> actual dates where they can be proved wrong - like
> 1979. Many other groups also have people that
> continue to follow failed prophesies in spite of
> the facts that would say otherwise. Brains are
> just checked at the door and they simply follow a
> good feeling along with a lot of good people.
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So true. I think there are some, including myself, that would like to say about Brother Stevens, "You spoke this and that over me and other members, but you were just wrong."
There are many groups presently as there were in the past who convince themselves that God is going to raise up an elite group to usher in the kingdom of God in the last days and voila, they are it. In fact during the early days of the reformation, there was a group in Muenster, Germany who thought Christ's return was imminent and guess where Christ was going to return to.....Muenster!
That was a well thought out and articulate post Larry and I learned a lot from it.