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Bible-believer · 10-14-2021, 10:23 PM

LR's theology is very confusing. It takes some from here and there and combines them to be their own. Maybe because of so, there are so many confusions and conflicts in its theology. There are the shadows of Calvinism, Pentecostals, Keswick, and Arminian, etc.
The 10-virgins parable is a typical example.
"fill with the Holy Spirit"-Pentecostals,
"buy oil" with good deeds/serving the Lord,
"live a holy life"-Keswick/Arminian-or you will lose/run out of the“oil”.
LR knows the Holy Spirit is a free gift and you can't get it by "good deeds or money"(Acts 8:20), so LR dare not teach the 5 foolish virgins that will lose their salvation but they can't attend the "wedding".
But note the verses, 5 virgins ran out of their "oil" (a type of the Holy Spirit) because they "all slumbered and slept" (they are not "working" for the Lord). The Holy Spirit is a free gift in the Church Age and sealed the believer unto the day of redemption(Eph.4:30, compare it with Psa.51:11take not thy holy spirit from me.), yet here in the parable, they need to "buy" it. Things different are not equal. The virgins are believers, but not Church Age saints. The way of their salvation is different from the Church Age saint.

10-14-2021, 10:23 PM	#71
Bible-believer Member Join Date: Jul 2021 Posts: 167	Re: Overcomer Doctrine LR's theology is very confusing. It takes some from here and there and combines them to be their own. Maybe because of so, there are so many confusions and conflicts in its theology. There are the shadows of Calvinism, Pentecostals, Keswick, and Arminian, etc. The 10-virgins parable is a typical example. "fill with the Holy Spirit"-Pentecostals, "buy oil" with good deeds/serving the Lord, "live a holy life"-Keswick/Arminian-or you will lose/run out of the“oil”. LR knows the Holy Spirit is a free gift and you can't get it by "good deeds or money"(Acts 8:20), so LR dare not teach the 5 foolish virgins that will lose their salvation but they can't attend the "wedding". But note the verses, 5 virgins ran out of their "oil" (a type of the Holy Spirit) because they "all slumbered and slept" (they are not "working" for the Lord). The Holy Spirit is a free gift in the Church Age and sealed the believer unto the day of redemption(Eph.4:30, compare it with Psa.51:11take not thy holy spirit from me.), yet here in the parable, they need to "buy" it. Things different are not equal. The virgins are believers, but not Church Age saints. The way of their salvation is different from the Church Age saint.