Hi Aron,
First off, does Lee actually write in his messages or footnotes that " David delivered himself"? I do not have an RcV anymore. People have read footnotes from the RcV so I would not be surprised if that is actually written somewhere.
As I have been reading and participating in these threads, it has become increasingly clear to me, Lee's messages via the life studies, foot notes, morning revivals and books did a huge disservice to the Lord and Christ's followers.
He stopped people from searching and studying the Scriptures for themselves. He did not want the Holy Spirit to reveal the Word to individuals. He did not want the Spirit of God to enlighten them This way there would be no division and
"keep the oneness of the church". Lee did not want anyone to correct him.
I believe this is why everyone who has left Lee's ministry has struggled just like people who leave the Mormon church, JWs, or any controlling organization.
The guidance of the church to help people get closer to God through The Word (the Lord Jesus) by the enlightenment and power of His Spirit was squashed.
I am beginning to understand what a valuable venue this forum is in setting the captives free. It also seems to me that as the ministry grew, Lee pushed aside God's Love for people. His goal was for the sheeple to love the ministry more than God. Am I wrong?
In any case, may all who are bound be set free.
Blessings,
Carol G
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Originally Posted by aron
Based on my admittedly meager experience with Lee's teachings on the Psalms, I am coming to this viewpoint. The local churches of Lee hold that Lee's expository corpus takes precedence over the scriptures carefully handed down for centuries.
Let me give two examples. Psalm 1: Lee says that "there is no righteous man" and therefore the psalmist is just giving vain, "fallen" expectations of mere human righteousness. So if Jesus says, "These things were written concerning Me", Lee says, "No, they were not". Who are you going to believe, Jesus or Lee? If the author of Hebrews cites the Psalms and says, "We see Jesus", and Lee says, "No, we don't", who are you going to believe, Lee or the author of Hebrews? Arguably, the local churches of Lee are receiving their "interpreted word" over the simple word of the scripture.
Psalm 34: David says that God delivered him from the hand of Abimilech and the Philistines. Lee says, "No; David delivered himself." So when David told king Saul (1 Sam 17:36-37)that the God who delivered him from the paw of the lion and the bear would also deliver him from this uncircumcised Philistine (Goliath), was he also expressing vain and fallen ideas? Of course not. So why is it so to Lee with Psalm 34?
I think that it's because Lee had a template which he called "God's New Testament Economy" and everything in scripture which doesn't support his vision gets lopped off. Like CMW said about the Mormons and their special revelations, what we see is that the scriptures are used to support the writings of Lee, rather than vice versa. When there is a conflict between the two, the scriptures get pushed aside.
Right. And so was king David: just a man. So therefore a man, a "Bible expositor", Witness Lee, gets to decide which of king David's words are God-breathed and which are not. We have to re-write that little ditty they taught us in the local church catechism school:
All scripture (allowed by Lee) is profitable for teaching/ for reproof for correction, for instruction in righteousness/ that the man of God may be complete/ fully equipped for every good work...
Sing along with me, everybody -- I know we can make this eagle fly!!
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