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Originally Posted by bearbear
Yet while intellectual knowledge and Witness Lee's theology was put on a pedestal, to be fair, the LCs also encouraged everyone to pursue a personal relationship with God. I wonder if those of us who have held onto our faith despite difficult experiences in the LC did so not just because of head knowledge and knowing facts about Jesus but because of direct personal experiences in relationship with the Lord.
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This is very true. I have heard the brothers encourage the saints again and again to have a personal relationship with God. The catch, of course, is that everything is on their terms when it comes to a personal relationship with God. For example, if I don't read the HWMR, to the brothers that implies that I haven't experienced God, even though I am reading the Bible.
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Originally Posted by bearbear
At the same time, the LCs may have burdened many with so many meetings, conferences, trainings, HWMR/life study readings and serving that many may not have had the time or energy to spend personal time with Jesus. It also seems there was not much of a emphasis to encourage brothers and sisters to not only seek God in prayer, but to listen and hear his voice. A relationship has to have communication in both directions and not just one. Instead it seems many were pressured to listen to other voices such as Witness Lee's and to spam God with unidirectional "O Lord Jesus"es while awaiting the divine dispensing that was to follow, without realizing that God was indeed waiting by the door all along, waiting for us to invite him in to have conversation and fellowship.
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I believe they fear those who have a genuine relationship with God. I have heard the BB's talk about how there are no "spiritual giants" in the Lord's Recovery. It is clear that they're not really talking about spiritual giants. They don't want those who know the Lord outside of the context of the ministry. This is a dangerous thing for them. It is better to keep everyone really busy. I have been criticized before for spending to much time reading the Bible and even ministry books on my own. Apparently I was being individualist and not pursuing the Lord "corporately".