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Originally Posted by Igzy
Here's a true story. Back in the early days of the church in Austin, an elder came home from a meeting. His wife had stayed home because she was sick. She was washing the dishes. He went upstairs to their bedroom and didn't help her. Later, when their marriage fell apart she asked him, "Why didn't you help me with the dishes that night I was sick?" He replied, "I didn't want to act in my natural love."
Really? Are you kidding me? Your wife is sick and you are suspicious of your instinct to help her with the dishes? That's the kind of fruit this "natural man" nonsense produces.
By the way, the couple divorced.
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As I was leaving the Recovery in 2005 prior to the official quarantine of TC and the GLA, I thought through who and what I could really trust with assurance. The ministry of Witness Lee had taught me not to trust so many things. I could not trust my reading of the Bible, because I needed his ministry lest I misunderstand God's word. I could never trust anyone in Christianity, since they were all degraded and hopelessly divided. I could not trust my elders or any regional workers, since they could be "ambitious" men in disguise. Obviously I could never trust any friends or family.
There you have it folks -- I had concluded that there was no one I could trust in this world but Witness Lee, and he was dead. About that time, I began to wake up and decided to rethink this thing through again. Such was the result of decades under his ministry -- can't trust anyone but a dead man. Pretty pathetic, huh? How many others were in this same boat with me? Obviously I had lots of un-learning to do. This forum has helped.
It's taken me a long time to realize that for every ounce of good I got from WL, I also got two ounces of bad, what the Bible calls leaven. With Lee's teachings about "natural things are bad," I got tons of bad.
Evangelical is a living reminder of that.