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Originally Posted by Freedom
I never understood this was going on until after I stopped attending semi-annual trainings. Some things did strike me as odd, like the BB's insisting their publication company should being the only one, and using that as a basis to attack certain churches. I'm just surprised that I didn't catch on sooner.
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They count on you missing the differences between "early" and "later" speaking, or else they would have no ministry. Reminds me of WL, who in Exodus Life-Study (re: Balaam) said that God sees no wrong in the church. Later WL blasted the church for its poor condition and threatened to cease his ministry. Suddenly we were 'dead' and 'dormant' and so forth.
It was a ministry of convenience. WL could speak out of both sides of his mouth and we were too mesmerized to see the discrepancies.
I also remember WL touting the church, under "the vision of the church". Supposedly God was being expressed in the church, and ruling creation in the church, and defeating Satan by the church. If that is so, then why did Martin Luther leave the RCC? Why did Wesley leave the Anglicans? Why did Nee leave his church? "Oh, because that was about the truth."
So you leave the church because its about the truth, then once you've established your own denomination with "lovers of Jesus affiliated with the ministries of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee" then suddenly its all about the church. Very nice; a little sleight of hand action there, no?