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Originally Posted by OBW
While I understand most of Friedel's complaints back in #156, I think that in one way he misses the boat of Nigel's complaints against LSM and Witness Lee. In his point 4 he says:
First, this point is bookended with the claim that believers may have been harmed by suggesting Lee doesn't really know the Greek very well, then saying Lee's ministry is of "some merit, once you have eliminated the fluff and dross." How do you suggest that believers are even possibly aided by a ministry that requires everyone to know what needs to be ignored? How is it a disservice to point people away from a ministry that needs more than normal discernment to discover the "fluff and dross" (errors?) to find the merit?
I mean, if he cannot actually get himself to read it, how does he think it is going to help anyone else? And I suspect that Friedel is capable of figuring out what is not worthy of keeping.
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Your point is valid. I should have qualified it by saying attacking Witness Lee's ministry in the way Mr. Tomes did has the potential damaging those still meeting in the LSM churches. By attacking their daily staple you risk harming their faith.
I have family still meeting there. When I left 14 years ago they were warned against me as "being sick with a contagious spiritual disease". Therefore I have made a point of never discussing Witness Lee's ministry with any of them but I have continued to pray that the Lord will open their eyes in His time.
My reference about the content of his ministry minus the "fluff and dross" is a general evaluation and not intended to encourage anybody to actually dig into it. Never.
Out of curiosity I listened the other day on the internet to a little bit of one of his messages on the LSM website. I was taken aback. How is it possible that I could have listened to him so regularly and for so many years? I could actually picture myself sitting there astonished that one man could know so much! I was gobsmacked. It shows how easy it is to be lured into following him.
So I have a genuine concern for the current crop of Local Churchers.