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Originally Posted by love4truth
There seems to be a prevalent teaching of Witness Lee that all natural things are bad, and that God hates the natural. We who are Christians are supposed to hate anything that is in the natural world, no matter how good it appears. To Lee natural love is wrong, only love that comes from Christ is right. But if you are a Christian and you have the experience of love in your heart, how do you divide what is spiritual and what is natural? Is natural love wrong? Love of a mother for her children is seen even in the animal world. I cherish my family, my friends. Natural instincts that are good seem worthy to me. Why should Christians fight for good causes when they may be doing it in the natural? I am a born again Christian, but I do not insist good that I embrace be put under a microscope. Good is good and we should give thanks and rejoice because God created good. Good works do not save us, but they are important. What do you think? Can anyone explain to me just what Lee is trying to say in this teaching?
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If you listen to Witness Lee long and hard enough, you will eventually be persuaded that he and his ministry are the only safe things we can love in this life. Does that sound healthy to you? In other words, all other loves are natural and can not be trusted, and only loving him is holy, spiritual, healthy, and can be trusted. Quite a self-serving teaching, don't you think?
Lee taught that all natural loves are like honey in Leviticus 2.11, which is forbidden because it spoils the offering. This is just another of Lee's extreme allegorical views which have damaged the members of the LC's.