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Originally Posted by Truth
This quote is precious. I love WN/WL's ministry. Many points, such as this, are insightful. However, the problem within the recovery as a whole is not necessarily that their ministry is bad (I understand that there are parts of their ministry that are questionable and disagreeable, but I'm not talking about those parts right now). The problem is the interpretation and practice of the ministry. If every member function means that we must all repeat the same thing and use the same material, then that is not what 1 Corinthians means. "Each one has" means each one has something that the Lord has given to that member (it may be through WL/WN, it may not be through their ministry). It doesn't mean we must all regurgitate what WL said. However if WL said something that helped you, and that becomes your portion, then that's fine. But to force others to speak the same and accuse them of not being one with the ministry if they don't speak the exact same language, is not what "Each one has" means.
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I liked your post. Some Christians I have been in fellowship with have appreciation for ministries of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. While others have never heard of them. Yet we are all members of the Body. My approach towards specific ministries in respect to home meetings is this, we may have appreciation of certain ministers (Witness Lee, Bill Freeman, Art Katz, or Stephen Kaung to name of few), but when we gather to meet in homes, we do not impose our appreciation upon other members coming together. Paul has already warned us in his first epistle to the Corinthians.