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Cal · 08-30-2016, 09:40 AM

Everything God creates is good. The issue isn't a natural gift or talent. The issue is the state of the heart of the person with the talent. If the person is subject to God, God can easily use the talent. If not, it's a lot harder.

But Lee, with his "natural constitution" doctrine, put the emphasis on the talent itself, as if it somehow needed to be "dealt with." This kept everyone wondering whether their gifts had been dealt with and so made everyone hesitate to use them.

This was just another aspect of Lee's overall misconceptions about spiritual growth. He made it more about some mysterious metaphysical condition of being rather than simply our heart being more aligned with God's.

08-30-2016, 09:40 AM	#55
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: All natural things are bad? Everything God creates is good. The issue isn't a natural gift or talent. The issue is the state of the heart of the person with the talent. If the person is subject to God, God can easily use the talent. If not, it's a lot harder. But Lee, with his "natural constitution" doctrine, put the emphasis on the talent itself, as if it somehow needed to be "dealt with." This kept everyone wondering whether their gifts had been dealt with and so made everyone hesitate to use them. This was just another aspect of Lee's overall misconceptions about spiritual growth. He made it more about some mysterious metaphysical condition of being rather than simply our heart being more aligned with God's.