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Gary and LJ.

Posted by on May 03, 2002 at 18:25:38:

"Loving Jesus" Reactions - Part 2 March 1966
For Junior Teens and up only! [14 and up]
I FELT LIKE A SHMUCK! - BUT I SHTUCK! #3029:79
[Excerpt from a letter sent by GM, president of Family Care Foundation and member of the Family cult in response to a publication promoting sex with Jesus. NAMES ARE REPLACED BY INITIALS).
I was hit with doubts and trials that had rarely entered my mind before! Still, I mustered up all my faith and courage to take the suggested steps to love Jesus in this new way. (p. 1)
I had to realize that these battles were an attack of the enemy, who was trying to destroy my usefulness and my sample. (p. 2)
A real key in my case was to just try it, and most of all, to quit trying so hard to figure it all out! (p. 4).
Now I admit that for some of us, the "Loving Jesus" revelation is initially hard to reconcile. (p. 5)
If you encouraged something which you struggle with, do you acknowledge that the problem probably lies with you and not with the word? [The word are Zerby's writings, the group's present leader]. (pp. 6, 7)
Practicing Loving Jesus in this new intimate way is a personal matter, and each one of us has to make our own decision before the Lord. I have made my decision! (p. 7)
I have had the privilege of living and working closely with Dad, Mama and Peter for many years. I know that Queen Maria [aka Mama and Karen Zerby] and King Peter [aka Steve Kelly aka Peter Amsterdam, second in command] are right, and I declare that by the grace of God I will follow closely, even more closely with each passing day. I know that from the hands of Queen Maria and King Peter come the waters of life. I know that they speak the truth, and I know that what motivates them is love - love for the Lord, love for dad [David Berg, the cult's founder], love for the family [the Childre of God/The Family cult], and love for the lost. (p. 7).
Long live the Queen and the King! Long live the "Loving Jesus" revelation! Long live the radical spirit of David [Berg]! Love, G.
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Let's warn all we can of who GM of Family Care Foundation is, what he believes and what abominations he is practicing. Sam Ajemian