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Originally Posted by Igzy
The term "the ministry" is confusing and should be dropped. Lee abused it. It has a superiority connotation, especially when used in discussions involving him. But, regardless, the Bible doesn't talk in terms of "the ministry." The Bible says there are "many minstries." So talking about "the ministry" is really a form of exclusivism.
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Not so.
These statements have
no basis in the Bible. "Ministry" is used often in the New Testament and Paul even said to the Romans, "I magnify
my ministry" (Romans 11:3). To Timothy he wrote: "Fulfill
your ministry" (2 Timothy 4:5).
Just because Witness Lee abused this word and made it exclusive, as if it belonged to him alone, does not invalidate it so that it should be scrapped.
"Ministry" carries within itself the sense of "serving" and that should be our goal.
We should never allow our disdain of Witness Lee's contemptible acts of lying, misrepresentation, etc. to want to delete words from the Bible. That is not for us to decide. If God put them there, who am I to touch them?