Originally Posted by Nell
Thanks FaithHopeLove for your thoughtul comments. I love your name!
...more of my thoughts on Lee's teachings.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Regarding the Local Church of Witness Lee, and his teachings, these verses put "things" in perspective for me on who the enemy IS and who the enemy IS NOT.
The Watchman Nee and Witness Lee made a lot of mistakes, but their biggest "mistake" (or their biggest "on purpose") IMHO, was to fight the wrong battle. Their descendants, today's "blendeds", carry on fighting the wrong battle. They accuse, blame and control their brothers and sisters, including name-calling, treating them/us like WE are their enemy. Or, we are a threat to their little ministry kingdom. Further, it's insidious that they used the scriptures, that is, their interpretation of scriptures (i.e. the "Processed Triune God") to browbeat their brothers and sisters. All that said, Nee and Lee are not the enemy. They also were deceived by the serpent.
Where is the proof? Where and when did this begin?
Genesis 3:13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled (deceived) me, and I did eat. 14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
The woman confessed her sin, and God cursed the serpent, not the woman. So this is the battle. As prophecied, due to this enmity, the serpent was defeated by the seed of woman, Jesus Christ, on the cross. The serpent did bruise his heel, but, it was a trap! The serpent's sentence/execution has not been carried out yet. Hence the warning verses in Ephesians above.
With all that in mind, I believe that the issue of the "Processed Triune God" should be classified as a "Non-Christian 'spiritual' Teaching" and discussed from that perspective. I think that's what we're doing here on this forum. Even so, the "Ministry" of Lee is not our enemy. The Local Church leadership is not our enemy, though sometimes it sure does seem that way.
Eventually, I believed that surviving the Local Church depended on pleasing the brothers, rather than walking with God. I was deceived. It became, in fact, easier to follow the Lord than to "follow the Elders". So I found the door and walked through it, leaving the "Processed Triune God" and other such manufactured teachings behind.
Nell
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