[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Jay

If we throw out the work of Nee and Lee then certainly we have to throw out the books that David, Solomon, and Paul wrote. Do we not?

Another double-take......complements of Jay!
For decades the followers of Nee and Lee have vehemently denied that they consider or treat the writings of these two men as equal to the Word of God. And now our new friend Jay has confirmed this inevitable conclusion for us in real time.

In all fairness to Jay, many (prob most?) of us who were in the Local Church of Witness Lee for any significant length of time held this view of Watchman and Witness, conscientiously or unconscientiously, even if we didn't shout it from the rooftops to a world-wide Internet audience. To be sure, this should not be considered as a mere "Freudian slip" - I am quite certain that Jay actually believes that the 20th century ministry and writings of these two Chinese gentleman are equal in value and authority to the living and abiding Word of God. It is this kind of attitude that caused the late Benson Phillips to proclaim that any Local Church member who leaves the movement will become "spiritually bankrupt and will never be a great spiritual person on earth" (close paraphrase) and that also caused the most blended of Blended Brothers, Minoru Chen, to boldly declare that he is "altogether filled with the spirit of Witness Lee". This is what happens to people who give over their hearts and minds to the person and work of mere, mortal men, and abandon the the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, AKA the Person and Work of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the actual, genuine teaching of the Apostles, and the current leading and fellowship of the Spirit of Truth. May God have mercy on us all.
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