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Originally Posted by 77150
How does this relate to our "being one spirit with Christ". First it demonstrates that having a single experience of Christ will forever mark your spirit with that experience. It also shows that over time, as we behold Christ, we will be changed from one glory to the next. This process, is clearly a function of our relation with Christ, but is also an organic process.
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77150, it's very hard to have any compromising discussion on this forum that is focused on any of WL's favorite topics. I agree with you that "one flesh" is more than just "relational," but neither do I agree with much of WL's more "scientific" commentary on the "one spirit," which has become very impersonal and expunges relationships from the equation. For example, WL's most ardent followers can regularly hype the "one spirit," yet at the same time back-stab brothers they have known for years.
I prefer to look at ministry actions and the fruit of one's teaching, rather than to merely analyze teachings. In this regard I differ somewhat from many posters here. WL's teachings covered a wide spectrum of the Bible, building mainly upon Brethren theology. Much of his spoken ministry was also edited at LSM. Much of WL's written teaching, taken by itself, is not inherently bad, but taking his spoken words, coupled with behind the scenes activities, gives his written words whole new meaning.