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Originally Posted by Ohio
supposedly... only THIS ministry was free from all mixtures and leavens. In actuality, the saints might discover that Lee was not as spiritual as other men of God.
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Two questions come to mind. WN supposedly read all the "classics" of christianity, and vetted them for us. So all we simple folk have to do is just read "the ministry". Because it has "all the riches" of christianity, and brother WN removed all the wrong parts which might lead us simple folk astray, we who lack discretion to discern the leaven therein.
This begs a question, for me: how did WN have the capacity to see leaven elsewhere, and not have any himself? What preserved his ministry from the errors that crept in to all others?
The only thing I can think of is from reading WN's biography by WL. I think it said that WN used the various authors to "check" each other. In other words, he'd use Author A and Author B to find parts in Author C which were not so good, and likewise would use Authors N, F, and Q to check Authors A and B. So all the sources, each of which were somewhat lacking, balanced each other out.
Okay. So that brings up question #2: shouldn't we all be doing that? Shouldn't we all be relying on as many witnesses as possible? Did WN have a special gift of sorting the wheat from the chaff, of discerning the spirits, that everyone else lacked? How did WN get himself a "no chaff" ministry when nobody else did or has?
I know I'm focusing on WN here, but that's because WL's credentials were largely based on being WN's closest co-worker. And WN of course being the guy with the unleavened ministry.