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Originally Posted by aron
Note the places bolded in red. "A indicates B"; "B shows us C"; and "C implies D"...
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All of us do this, to some extent. We are rational beings. We read the Bible and give meaning to the words we see, based on our understanding of those words and what we suppose they convey.
"This means that" is instinctive in our thought process, and in our explanations of reality to one another.
Where it got warped, here, was that the so-called ground of the church carried the so-called deputy authority, which carried the so-called one trumpet and one speaking, so whatever Witness Lee said something meant, well, that was it. We no longer had the Bible speaking to us but rather what Witness Lee told us the Bible was speaking to us. And the difference between the two is vast.
So the thrill we initially got when Witness Lee explained the Bible to us was probably a counterfeit of the Spirit itself. "Do not be drunk with wine but be filled with the Holy Spirit" tells me that being drunk is a counterfeit to the real experience. It is fake; it wears off over time. The Holy Spirit is the real deal. So if Witness Lee's teachings had in fact been genuine we would still be there; we wouldn't be reading these posts, and replying to them.
We are here because Lee's drug eventually wore off. The Holy Spirit's counterfeit, or analog, was manifested for what it actually was. Words and teachings.