A Priceless Heritage
E-Letter from John Ingalls – 2001
Dear Brother Steve,
Thank you for your letters. I especially appreciated reading the letter you wrote to Joel. I want to commend you for your forthrightness, honesty, boldness, uprightness, maintaining a right spirit. I felt that the way you addressed all the issues with Joel hit the mark. Their consciences should be touched; if not, there is something seriously wrong. We have been praying for you and also for the brothers you are confronting. We have prayed the Lord would have mercy on them. I want to encourage you, brother, to pursue the burden the Lord has placed upon you. There is no way at the present time for brothers like Bill Mallon and myself to do anything directly to reach out to these brothers. Perhaps the Lord will use you to open the door or create a breach in the wall. May His will be done. There is a fortified stronghold built up that is not easy to penetrate. I agree with your perception that it is in one sense not human. That does not mean, of course, that it is divine.
To have fellowship with brothers in Christ in the Spirit and in brotherly love is a priceless heritage of ours. It is a pity that this could be obstructed and rendered not only inoperative but impossible to activate.
Your brother,
John
John Ingalls and Rick Scatterday meet
Dear Brother Steve,
Thank you for sending all the correspondence you have had with other brothers. Though I have not replied for some time, I want you to know that I am still very interested in your burden. There are many dear brothers in the LSM that I would love to have restored fellowship. Certainly two of them are Sherman and Dave Higgins. I met a brother the other day coming out of a store into which I was entering. I recognized him as one I had seen at times in the past, and then suddenly I knew his name, Rick Scatterday. We greeted one another and had most cordial and happy fellowship for a few minutes, with no mention whatever of any problems in the past or any special relationships to cloud us. It was most encouraging. Rick is traveling and ministering in various places.
May the Lord continue to bring His people together with Himself as the Head and center and the only focus. That is, His house.
In His name, John
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