[Nell]

Originally Posted by Ohio

Hardly. It addresses the abuse of power and the deceptions used by LC leaders. It is extremely important to address the character of those who claim to be Ministers of the Age on par with the original Apostles.

Agreed.

If they knew the real events of LSM's history, every elder and every member would abandon their ties with LSM tomorrow and reject any thought of a "processed 4in1 God."

Ohio,

What I believe, and fear, is that the "elders" and many members DO know the real events of LSM history; Lee and Nee history. Many, such as you and I, lived through it to one extent or another. Yet many stay, possibly with the knowledge that "something is terribly wrong here".

To wit, it's shocking to me that in March, 2021 they continue to propagate the heresy that reading the Bible, is "dangerous and unbiblical". In fact, as we have learned the hard way, NOT reading the Bible is dangerous and unbiblical. This is even worse than the heresy of the "Processed, Four-in-One God". Both of which are Demonic and Devilish.

If the Devil, through LSM operatives, can bully you to stop reading the Bible and only read Lee/Nee (two fallen men), the Devil propagates deception of the highest (lowest) magnitude. The Devil nullifies the entire Bible and removes your liberty to hear the speaking of the Holy Spirit for yourself. Instead you rely on the Devil, through fallen men, for "revelation" which is, in fact, deception.

Of course, all men and women who read the Bible and arrive at an interpretation are fallen. However, those of us who form an opinion from reading the Word do not believe we are God. We do not claim a place in the Godhead as #4. We do not claim to be the one and only church on the earth. We do not bully the membership into submission to our teachings and practices. In fact, we don't even have teachings and practices. We just read the Bible, as we are commanded to do, and are blessed by the Holy Spirit...or not.

Going back to Post #3 on this topic:

See how subtle that is? LSM consistently places ideas into the text..a method of interpretation called: eisegesis, rather than drawing ideas out from the text, a method called exegesis. With this understanding of how to interpret the bible, many of the blocks that supported our faith in what the recovery was offering began to fall… And soon the entire tower went with it. The local ground of the church, us becoming God, the white horse being the gospel, culture not being in the bible, the book of James missing the mark, Etc...

Thanks Zezima for bringing this word "eisegesis" to our attention! It explains a lot.

If you read through the .pdf on Shepherding Words, with particular emphasis on the verses cited, you can see a textbook example of "eisegesis". These verses simply state what was done in a particular example, but DO NOT convey a "dangerous or unbiblical notion" or command to not read the Bible.

It seems that the LSM, et al, have taken the position much like the Catholic Church did in the mid-1500's in the days of Martin Luther. After Luther was "banished" and became a wanted man, the story continues:

During his stay in the Wartburg, Luther began work on what proved to be one of his foremost achievements—the translation of the New Testament into the German vernacular. This task was an obvious ramification of his insistence that the Bible alone is the source of Christian truth and his related belief that everyone is capable of understanding the biblical message. Luther’s translation profoundly affected the development of the written German language. The precedent he set was followed by other scholars, whose work made the Bible widely available in the vernacular and contributed significantly to the emergence of national languages.

Martin Luther and the New Testament

This battle has already been fought and won...a long time ago.

Nell