12. Are you told that you are specially chosen as
> “saviors” of the world, as long as you remain in
> the group?
I think it can be so difficult to unlearn the false destructive teaching of the LW regarding discipleship and being special. The LW hubris and elitism were/are imprinted on the members to the point that if you ever say to yourself, "I want out; I can't do this anymore," you can be left thinking as Rachael points out....something is wrong with you. And if you do act and leave, your friends or even family can turn on you and reject you as a failure or Satan.
So what is Jesus looking for? As Larry persistently suggests, if you read the words of Jesus he is not looking for cultish super Christians or those who are ready to buckle up their chin straps. He is looking for quitters. He is looking for losers who know they don’t have what it will take. He is looking for the poor in spirit—poor because they have renounced all, given up on ever having enough to even make it one second on their own strength. He is looking for those he had talked about in the parable who were invited to the fancy dinner party. The poor and outcast and misfits and losers who were brought in to take the place of “winners.”
Do I have what it takes to be the LW's cult version of a disciple? No, I don’t. Not now, not tomorrow, not ever. And that is the best news you could hear. To say I can't be what the LW leadership's false teaching demands of me is just to freeing.
> “saviors” of the world, as long as you remain in
> the group?
I think it can be so difficult to unlearn the false destructive teaching of the LW regarding discipleship and being special. The LW hubris and elitism were/are imprinted on the members to the point that if you ever say to yourself, "I want out; I can't do this anymore," you can be left thinking as Rachael points out....something is wrong with you. And if you do act and leave, your friends or even family can turn on you and reject you as a failure or Satan.
So what is Jesus looking for? As Larry persistently suggests, if you read the words of Jesus he is not looking for cultish super Christians or those who are ready to buckle up their chin straps. He is looking for quitters. He is looking for losers who know they don’t have what it will take. He is looking for the poor in spirit—poor because they have renounced all, given up on ever having enough to even make it one second on their own strength. He is looking for those he had talked about in the parable who were invited to the fancy dinner party. The poor and outcast and misfits and losers who were brought in to take the place of “winners.”
Do I have what it takes to be the LW's cult version of a disciple? No, I don’t. Not now, not tomorrow, not ever. And that is the best news you could hear. To say I can't be what the LW leadership's false teaching demands of me is just to freeing.