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Originally Posted by Raptor
"Jesus never married", where is that in the Bible???
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And not only his supposed lack of marriage - where does it say that Jesus never wore red pants on Tuesdays? Just because the Bible doesn't explicitly say something, doesn't mean it's not true.
The problem with our logic, is that it's ours, and it may create imperatives that seem self-evident but may not be to others, then we leave the flock. The Jehovah's Witnesses and the Seventh Day Adventists are good examples. They derive some secondary "truth" which they then try to superimpose on all. I've had several co-workers who, when they find out that I confess Jesus as Lord, tell me that I must keep Sabbath, because it's one of the Ten Commandments. Jesus said, "Keep my commandments". Etc.
With Witness Lee, we saw this phenomenon repeatedly, the odd places where his logic took him. I believe he found no less than 6 distinct and unique centers for the universe, which he gave at various times: the altar, the cross, the tree of life, the throne of God, the human spirit, and human beings themselves, aka "man" -- as in, "Ohhhh, I'm a man, I'm the center of the universe!!" and we'd sing it over and over, and nobody questioned that last year's training had a different center of the universe. "Don't think - drink! Witness Lee did all your thinking for you."
Our logic is unfortunately a handmaiden to our unmet needs, which bubble up from a seething cauldron below our discernment, and seep into our brain, and affect our thinking. We may find our logic taking us all sorts of strange places, if we aren't careful. Then, we get isolated, separated, and lose the Greatest Commandment, to love one's neighbour as themselves. Some derivative "truth" has caught hold of the mind, and clouded its connection to the heart, and taken over.
(And it goes without saying that I'd modify many of my previous posts, some severely, if I could go back and do so. None of us have impeccable logic. Jesus is the Way. Not our thought-trains.)