Monday, August 13, 2018

LCG: The Legacy of Fools?

LCG, 
the land of constant rainbows and lollipops


Living Church of God is highlighting an article from 2010 on their World Tomorrow web site.  It was written by J. Davey Crockett III, the Legacy of Fools.

It is kind of funny to see such a title on a web page for a Church of God that has such serious issues as LCG seems to be having with its members.

Crockett writes:
There are great stories and interesting examples of legacies, large and small, in the history of mankind. In this country, there have been the Carnegies, the Rockefellers, the Vanderbilts, the Fords and many other philanthropists. In Europe, the British Commonwealth and other developed nations, great legacies have been bequeathed by the leading industrialists, financiers and royal families. Those physical legacies will pass away in time.

People of ordinary means also leave legacies. In Ecclesiastes 7:1 Solomon wrote that "A good name is better than precious ointment." The Book of Proverbs puts forth this idea in this way, "A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold" (Proverbs 22:1). Certainly a family name associated with honesty and fair dealing is a wonderful legacy to those who receive it. A loving relationship within the family in which children have been brought up in the "nurture and admonition of the Lord" (Ephesians 6:4), is also a priceless, timeless legacy.

The other side of the coin is not so valuable. Proverbs 3:35 states plainly that, "The legacy of fools is shame." Shame? Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines shame as, "a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety. A condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute." No one wants this! Yet many live their lives in ways that bring shame and other undesirable consequences, which are not confined to this current generation, but which spill over into subsequent generations. We shouldn't be surprised.
LCG leaders are into the 3rd and 4th  generations of their existence and it most certainly is true that the undesirable consequences of disgrace and disrepute continue to spill over into today's leadership. The track record of abuse has left a trail of destruction in its wake with destroyed lives, including death and mayhem.

Crockett continues with this:
Anciently, in the passage where the Ten Commandments were given, the Bible made this very clear in Exodus 20:5, "...For I , the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me."

So, as you contemplate your legacy, what will it be? If you are truly seeking answers to the important questions that every person should ask, and if you are dedicated to following God's way of life, your legacy will not be that of fools, but that of a wise, discerning person who wants God's will for yourself and your descendants.
A wise and discerning Christian would actually see that Jesus is missing from LCG and would take some serous steps in leaving the group!
The legacy we leave is ours to choose. Will it be a godly legacy of truth and light, exemplified by the Christian life, or the "legacy of fools" which brings shame and disgrace?
A wise and discerning Christian would also know that any organization that has spawned Dave Pack and Bob Thiel has some serious spiritual issues!

I think we all know, and certainly the LCG members who read and post here know, that shame and disgrace have followed the Living Church of God since it stabbed Global Church of God in the back, which in turn had stabbed it's mother church in the back and stole membership rolls and actively sought to divert tithe money into their pockets.  After all, maintaining their privileged lives was far more important than the spiritual welfare of the members that they seduced to follow them.









6 comments:

Anonymous said...

"The legacy we leave is ours to choose. Will it be a godly legacy of truth and light, exemplified by the Christian life, or the "legacy of fools" which brings shame and disgrace?"

Sometimes I can't believe these people write these things, in despite of all the duplicity, hypocrisy, and ignorance they constantly and consistently produce. You almost have to believe they really are blind. But then, you know they know what they know. And then you just begin to believe they really and truly just do not care - so long as they've secured their paychecks and retirement.

Anonymous said...

Legacy?

THIS is the only legacy LCG truly cares about!

Your Lasting Legacy (Giving Us Your Cash)

Anonymous said...

For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations

Generation 1: HWA
Generation 2: RCM
Generation 3: Weston

Who will be Generation 4? One of the McNair boys? How tough it must be, having to be all buddy-buddy and cooperative on the surface, while quietly jockeying to take his brother down a notch in Weston's eyes!

Anonymous said...

The person I know currently in with Pack's group is going to leave behind a legacy of pain, hurt and anger for his children and wife. When reminded of this, a very callous reply was given and no indication was given that it even bothered him in the least. I can only assume the other members are the same, it's what Pack encourages. I don't believe he is the only one, they all have a pet doctrine they use over and over.

Anonymous said...

It just boggles my mind that LCG had the audacity to post something like this. Are they truly blind to what is going on around them? Can they truly be this blind?

Anonymous said...

LCG

You have a name that you are alive but you are dead!

If I belonged to a church with that name that statement by Jesus would really scare me.

How about this one? You suffer that woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess.....

If I were a SDA that one would scare me too.