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Originally Posted by Thankful Jane
It seems that some of the powers that existed saw us as promoting things that might weaken the all important LSM focus. To talk about meeting people's needs in any way other than saying they just needed to call on the Lord was a bit too radical.
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Jesus was radical. His Ministry was in oppsition to the status quo; the world system. In His speaking and in His parables, Jesus exposed the hypocrisy of religion.
Matthew 23:1-3
"Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses;
therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them."
In the parable of the Good Samaritan, this is very clear.
"Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. "And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. "Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. "But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. "On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.' Luke 10:30-35
Jesus' parable shows the priest and levite did not do the deeds they talk about. Why did Jesus use a samaritan in His parable? Maybe in part because Samaritans were despised and Hebrews wanted nothing to do with them. Jesus was radical in exposing the Pharisees of their hypocrisy in the parable. What the pharisees would not do, a despised Samaritan (a type of Christ) did do.
My point is just as Jesus was despised for being radical, so were you Jane for not conforming to the system. For all the zeal the brothers had and still have for Witness Lee's ministry, you did not. You wanted to follow Jesus and in doing so, you were not bound by ministries of men.