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Originally Posted by John
Why do you suppose Witness Lee warned us away from good works (works that the Bible tells us to do) and focused us on a thing he called “life?"
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Personally, I do believe all Christians should pay attention to "life," even as Moses admonished Israel to "choose life." This, to me, indicates the utmost importance we should pay to the things of life, that being the eternal and divine
zoe life of God. In other words, we must focus on the
unseen because the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are unseen are eternal. Hence, our focus should primarily be on God, Christ, the Spirit, faith, love, hope, etc.
With that introduction, I have asked, and been asked, many times why we spent no time or energy on good works? That's the first question. The second question being, why we were
excessively instructed never to pay attention to right and wrong, but only to life? It is now my conclusion, after years of study, that both of these questions expose the self-serving motives at LSM. I consider the answer to the first question to be like a benign cancer, and the answer to the second to be like a malignant cancer.
Why no good works?
In a word, because WL (
and other LC leaders) only cared to build his own empire. He could not afford to have devoted members of the LC's out visiting hospitals or prisons, when they could be building up the church --
his church. His endless programs and trainings swept thru the recovery to make sure all our time was fully consumed. Why was it that visiting the sick was a "dead work," but volunteering to build ministry halls was exalted as Levitical service? Why was it that carrying out any personal burden was considered "only doing your own thing," but all "true service" to the Lord must be carried out under the supervision and direction of LSM?
Why no attention to right and wrong?
In a word, to coverup the rottenness and unrighteousness at LSM. The rank and file had to be continually trained never to ask questions or have an opinion. We were always trained to receive only the
authorized version of events passed down from LSM. In this manner, all manner of corruption could be kept under wraps, and LSM could maintain their pristine image so necessary for their devoted followers. We were regularly fed a diet of fear and condemnation that kept us "
safe and secure" within the confines of the recovery Those who rejected the official version would then be labeled rebels and lepers, and be expelled from the fellowship. Why was it that Philip Lee, by all accounts the godless reprobate who managed LSM, loved the saying, "
we don't care for right or wrong, we only care for life?" Why is it that as soon as members learn the truth of past events, long covered up, they are immediately "poisoned" by it and leave?