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Originally Posted by Freedom
Sometimes I have to wonder if these teachings were ever intended to be practiced in a positive way to begin with. When I really think about the "two trees" teaching, I can't say I've ever seen it practiced in a positive way. It always involves a negative context, such as when Ron spoke in Ecuador about discernment. He hypocritically used the "two trees" to avoid addressing material on the internet, even though he and Kerry once published a book claiming to discern the right and wrong of a previous "turmoil". So they didn't hold themselves to the standard of Lee's "two trees". Now, there is a third "tree" - a tree of lies.
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By contrast an audio message of Stephen Kaung's I heard spoken on the two trees was in the positive sense. Quite the contrast of what's spoken in the local churches.
In my honest opinion, LSM's teaching on the two trees is to re-direct brothers and sisters from making issues of persons, matters, or things. As a result there's the concept of all things positive equals being on the Tree of Life. If you're addressing negative matters you're on the Tree of Knowledge. Come to think of it when Nathan confronted King David, how come David didn't tell Nathan, you're on the wrong tree?
One could say the LSM's teaching of the Two Trees is to prevent any cross-examination. The LSM view is compared to being on the Tree of Life and any cross-examining response is compared to the Tree of Knowledge by default.