[Thankful Jane]

Originally Posted by Nell

DJ, Perhaps you should open another topic. The "humanity" of Christ is beyond the scope of "Last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Nell

Originally Posted by djohnson

Nell both Peter and Arizona in their post recent posts on this thread used this term. I assume there is some connection with the topic of 1 Cor 15:45b otherwise they would not have brought it up. I'm just wondering what the definition is so I understand the conversation.

The reason people bring up the “humanity” in this context is because this is what Lee taught and they believe it.

Lee said, This ointment signifies God, who is triune, after a long process becoming the all-inclusive compound Spirit to reach His chosen and redeemed people to be one with them...

It is not sufficient to be impressed with this matter in a doctrinal way. We need to pray, “Lord, show me the vision of the all-inclusive Spirit. Show me that today You are the all-inclusive Spirit compounded of divinity, humanity, incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. Lord, I need to see that Your uplifted humanity, Your all-inclusive, wonderful and mysterious death, and Your indescribable resurrection have been compounded into the Spirit.” If we see this vision, we shall pray, “Lord, I thank You that the Spirit is now the compound Spirit. This all-inclusive life-giving Spirit is the Triune God Himself reaching me, anointing me, making Himself one with me, and making me one with Him."

Every one who embraced this teaching came to believe that Christ’s “humanity” (among other things) got added to the Spirit by Christ's death and resurrection. After hearing the constant repetition and indoctrination by Lee they became convinced that this was the only way/reason they could experience God. Arizona made this clear in (his/her?) last post. (Sorry, Arizona, I haven’t been following everything close enough to know which gender…).

People who believe this are actually saying that unless something was added to God He couldn't save them! This is not supported by the Bible. In fact it flies in the face of what Christ did as the Lamb of God. God tabernacled in the flesh. According to Hebrews 5, the flesh was the body God prepared through the virgin birth so Christ could do the Father's will and die on the cross for us. Salvation is dependent on Christ dying as the Lamb of God. Period. That one act was the pivotal point in all history.

Jesus came to save us from our sins. And that salvation includes more than initial forgiveness. Having been saved by his death, we are now being saved by His life. His life is the Spirit of God that we now have access to because of the payment of our debt. This Spirit is not a new version or model of the Spirit of God. Did God needed improvement? Was He inadequate?

What we experienced at the time of our salvation was the Spirit of God, not an upgraded model!

The Bible clearly says that the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead (gave Him life) dwells in us to give us life. It is the same Spirit. (Romans 8:11)

Once you take the step that Lee took to believe that something could be added to God to make something that never existed before in the universe, there is no end to where you can go with this. You will soon be convinced you are becoming God. Why not? What is to stop such a thought and progression? If God can have things added to Him that weren’t there before and those things become God, then you can be added and become God, too. Sound familiar? Before long, the Lamb of God is lost in the dust of man glorying in becoming God.

The value of the Lamb of God is overshadowed by this teaching in the world of Lee, making this teaching something higher and more important than Christ and His redemptive act. The gospel is that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son to die for our sins. This is the gospel we preach, not the gospel of the processed Triune God. This is Lee's gospel and He put it above the Lamb of God in importance. How awful that is.

Thankful Jane