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Originally Posted by aron
don't be tricked into promoting people, works, gifts, doctrines, or ministries. God will judge all in "that day". Don't try to anticipate God, in this age. You are not able, and you'll be disappointed at the Judgment Seat. Jesus warned us, clearly and repeatedly. Don't let yourself be deluded.
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I like Dong's case because his self-promotion is so crude. The spirit at work here seems pretty clearly revealed. With Lee it's a little more restrained, and less blunt, but the pattern is obvious if you know what to look for; Dong is definitely a fruit from the "Lee tree". Look at LSM's incessant promotions of the "rich ministry" of Lee, and the "high peaks" revealed to the rest of us "mooing cow" proletariat saints. And, how we were all "poor" in "Christianity", now the "riches" have been release to us. And so on. They are keeping score. They think they can compare, and judge.
With Nee it's the same; when he was read into the Congressional register, they testified of the millions of Christians who'd been aided by his writings, his standing among 20th century Christian thinkers, etc. Do you think the Congressional Register is going to impress anyone at the Judgment Seat? Do you really think God is going to say, "What? He's in the Congressional Register? By all means, please enter into the kingdom. Come right in."
If the Congressional Register isn't going to sway at the Judgment Seat, why allow it to sway us today? Let's be real, here, folks. The simple fact is nobody knows. Nee might be a great man, he might not. We don't know. But the fact that we are running around trying to convince ourselves that he is a great Christian, makes me
very suspicious. Some other force is at work here, and that force will not be able to stand at the Bema. Why then yield to it, here? It clearly distorts, corrupts, and divides the
ekklesia of Jesus.