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Originally Posted by Igzy
Gee, aron. I thought being a great shepherd meant you were faithful to THE MINISTRY no matter what.
Oh, I get it...all our experiences of failure should teach us that THE MINISTRY knows better than anyone about everything.
Failure should lead us back to THE MINISTRY. Being humbled should lead us back to THE MINISTRY.
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I know that acolytes of THE MINISTRY might say that my points on experience making us shepherds, assuming that they are valid and valuable, will have been already presented in, say, "The Experience of Life" chapter 23 and in "The Collected Works of Watchman Nee", vol. 17 pp. 283-297. All of which are, naturally, brought to you by a certain publishing house in Anaheim California.
To which I might in turn ask, "Who wants to go through all those volumes in order to find a few valuable teachings? I'd rather go to the Bible." Of course I do check my ideas against others'. I like getting counsel. But to primarily rely on THE MINISTRY for counsel is to be misled. God is today speaking to us in His Son (Heb. 1:2). And contrary to what some might believe, the Son has not been captured and held hostage, and made to speak on demand, by a certain publishing house in Anaheim California.