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Originally Posted by NewManLiving
The danger lies in leaving the simplicity that is in Christ and "extending" the revelations Paul received directly from the Lord. Our brother Paul never mentions nor does he allude to any of the add-on theology of LSM. Much of the imaginative extensions produced by them have more to do with maintaining absolute authority over the members of their business franchises. A little leaven levens the whole lump.
Reminds me of the old Star Trek episode; The return of the Archons. The computer was the absolute authority that you dare not disobey, and the brainwashed citizens were called The Body. If you were not part of The Body ( controlled by the computer) you were absorbed.  |
I’m glad that you caught onto the underlying point that I wanted to make. As you say, Paul warned against being distracted from the simplicity that is in Christ. How are people distracted? A big way is by those who preach a different Jesus or gospel.
Simplicity is the antithesis of esoteric teachings or these notions of there being an ongoing
recovery of things that were previously “locked” or hidden away. What we need is found in the Bible, it’s all there - black and white. The more I read the Bible without LSM commentary, the more I realize how overly-complicated the LC makes things, and that is not even to mention all the things that need to be rejected outright.
This notion of
recovery is something that people unwittingly allow themselves to be baited by. A lot of people want to be made to feel special more or less, so this is an emotion that both Nee and Lee knew how to take advantage of. From the quote that I posted, it is clear that Nee wasn’t just about the ground of locality. He was just as much about authority, even so much so that it was considered a main item that was
recovered by him. Had I not seen this quote, I would have thought that his teachings on authority were just a tool that he employed on the side. Not so at all, actually, it was quite to the contrary.
The notion that some kind of continual
recovery exists seems to open the door for all kinds of add-on theology. All the sudden, anything goes and unsurprisingly it is at the whim of the current "MOTA". Lee made completely different assertions than Nee. He was not standing on Nee’s shoulders, nor was he Nee’s "continuation". He simply saw the leadership model that Nee set and utilized it, all the while introducing his own teachings. The blendeds failed to see what was really going on (to a certain extent), and reduced themselves to being Lee’s parrots. Of course they gain podiums for themselves and a measure of respect, so they did catch on to the whole authority structure.