[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by UntoHim

And how's that for giving young people and new Christians the strong impression that their salvation is on the line if they dis Witness Lee, or if they have even the slightest idea of defecting from the Lord's Recovery?

Sorry if it seems that I am not taking gr8ful's point. I totally agree that we should be as precise and accurate as possible here on the forum. However, many of us know that Witness Lee and his followers have played fast and loose with quite a number of biblical words and terms. They use the same vocabulary as orthodox Christians, but many times there is an insider or proprietary meaning to certain words and terms.

For example, when they use the word "church" they are almost always referring to The Local Church/Lord's Recovery/LSM churches. Yet when they are called on it, the average Local Churcher will say something like "oh, we don't mean to say that our church is the only church, we are just saying that we don't take a name!" Or they give a really mealy-mouthed answer like when Andrew Yu told the Bible Answer Man "We don't say that we're the only church, we are saying that we are only the the church!"

So when the President of the Living Stream Ministry, Mr. Benson Phillips, says that "the process of sanctification is only taking place in the Local Church" (close paraphrase) it gives a very strong impression, especially to younger people and new Christians, that membership in the Local Church of Witness Lee is absolutely a salvation issue. For those who are older and more mature, it probably is not a salvation issue, but when these kind of statements are made from the podium from prominent ministry leaders, it has an affect on all the LC members and even the general Christian public.
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