larry bobo Wrote:
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> > However, I would say that I didn’t care as much
> as I do now about single moms and kids when I was
> in TLWF – I was busy serving the leadership.
> You would think that with a woman leading the
> group, it would be a primary emphasis. Who do
> you think was actually behind determining if there
> was an unequal yoke in your marriage? Legally, you
> could not say Marilyn wanted a divorce, but you
> were aware of her opinion and she after all was
> the witness of the Holy Spirit. Who do you think
> was removing all threats to her being number one
> in your husband’s life - including ahead of you?
> It was not being directed from an oppressive male
> hierarchy.
In some of my older posts I have, at times, joking made light of Marilyn's self perception of her authority over men (like saying certain men should be killed). I am sorry if that was offensive. Despite Paul's writings that would have precluded Marilyn from leadership, I think JRS believed we were in the end times and he saw women in leadership as a fulfillment of Joel's prophecy that God would pour out His spirit on men and women. (And that's how Marilyn also saw herself.) That is to say in effect Paul's opinion about women in ministry were for Paul's time, not the end times. Also, JRS had as a youngster and raised in the Assemblies of God sat at the feet of Amy McPherson's ministry (female). And Marilyn was JRS's wife and he seemingly trusted her and left all his wealth to her. So JRS picked Marilyn to provide direction to TLWF. IMO it was a mistake for many reasons, not just that she was a woman, but mainly because God had not poured out his spirit on Marilyn, let alone on any one on the planet in the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy. I was never aware Marilyn had any spiritual gifts other than her dedication to transcribe and distribute JRS's teachings. She was ill equipped and unprepared to lead and I repeat.... showed no evidence that God had poured out His spirit on her. And unfortunately, some of those who loved JRS and wanted to follow his vision were set up for a tragic ending that had nothing to do with the Holy Spirit or God. I don't think Marilyn masterminded the unequal yoke doctrine. That came from JRS. But, I think absolute power corrupts and Marilyn's authority was left unchecked by the hierarchy that JRS had devised. She, as was JRS, were accountable to no one. And it doesn't surprise me that Marilyn apparently had no sympathy for the single parents produced by the unequal yoke doctrine, even though Marilyn herself was a single parent at one time. Absolute power corrupts.
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> > However, I would say that I didn’t care as much
> as I do now about single moms and kids when I was
> in TLWF – I was busy serving the leadership.
> You would think that with a woman leading the
> group, it would be a primary emphasis. Who do
> you think was actually behind determining if there
> was an unequal yoke in your marriage? Legally, you
> could not say Marilyn wanted a divorce, but you
> were aware of her opinion and she after all was
> the witness of the Holy Spirit. Who do you think
> was removing all threats to her being number one
> in your husband’s life - including ahead of you?
> It was not being directed from an oppressive male
> hierarchy.
In some of my older posts I have, at times, joking made light of Marilyn's self perception of her authority over men (like saying certain men should be killed). I am sorry if that was offensive. Despite Paul's writings that would have precluded Marilyn from leadership, I think JRS believed we were in the end times and he saw women in leadership as a fulfillment of Joel's prophecy that God would pour out His spirit on men and women. (And that's how Marilyn also saw herself.) That is to say in effect Paul's opinion about women in ministry were for Paul's time, not the end times. Also, JRS had as a youngster and raised in the Assemblies of God sat at the feet of Amy McPherson's ministry (female). And Marilyn was JRS's wife and he seemingly trusted her and left all his wealth to her. So JRS picked Marilyn to provide direction to TLWF. IMO it was a mistake for many reasons, not just that she was a woman, but mainly because God had not poured out his spirit on Marilyn, let alone on any one on the planet in the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy. I was never aware Marilyn had any spiritual gifts other than her dedication to transcribe and distribute JRS's teachings. She was ill equipped and unprepared to lead and I repeat.... showed no evidence that God had poured out His spirit on her. And unfortunately, some of those who loved JRS and wanted to follow his vision were set up for a tragic ending that had nothing to do with the Holy Spirit or God. I don't think Marilyn masterminded the unequal yoke doctrine. That came from JRS. But, I think absolute power corrupts and Marilyn's authority was left unchecked by the hierarchy that JRS had devised. She, as was JRS, were accountable to no one. And it doesn't surprise me that Marilyn apparently had no sympathy for the single parents produced by the unequal yoke doctrine, even though Marilyn herself was a single parent at one time. Absolute power corrupts.