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Originally Posted by Igzy
If Witness Lee is right even when he's wrong, that implies that whatever you do to further Witness Lee is right even if it's wrong. This explains Philip Lee, the Blendeds and the whole shameful history of lies, deceptions, double-talk, cover-ups, lawsuits, quarantines, property grabs and character assassinations, not to mention the general buffoonery.
Tree of Life?! These people could used a little knowledge of good and evil!
Lord, how long?
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Looks like Nee and Lee might have got it wrong about the tree of life.
The same words are used in Proverbs 3:18 to represent wisdom.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy is every one that holdest her fast.
It's used in Proverbs 11:30 as a fruit of the righteous.
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that is wise winneth souls.
And in Proverbs 13:12 as like having desire fulfilled.
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
And Proverbs 15:4 as how good or helpful is good speech.
A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit.
I'll get to the NT next, but it does not look like the tree of life is a principle or command to behave/function by intuition or whatever it is that the blendeds say you touch in your spirit. The word life without a qualifying adjective...like Christ's life, God's life, my dog's life, etc. can be misleading and possibly used by satan (or any other nefarious being/person) to indicate any intuitive feeling that one receives from any source. I wonder if this is a safe practice for Christians? Do the church fathers have any comments on this topic?