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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
1:6-8 The Double-Minded Man — This may be an original term by James.
We have discussed repeatedly that if you listen to Witness Lee you can hear the message of “God-driven obedience” but when you look at his life you see “self-centered disobedience”.
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The issue of double-mindedness is something that I think all Christians have struggled with here and there - it's that inner turmoil that occurs when our will is different from God's will, specifically when it becomes an ongoing occurrence. Generally speaking, the problem is corrected if we are able to have the humility to realize a change is needed on our part, and this realization requires being honest with ourselves.
It's not so simple, however, for those who are in a group which believes that everyone there "
means business with the Lord." A state of single-mindedness is a basic assumption of the LC. I don't want to say that they consider the alternative to be an impossibility, but if double-mindedness were ever a concern in the LC, it would likely be a matter of pointing to Joe Schmoe in the back row who manages to only make one meeting a month:
"there's a double minded person right over there..." Members would never think to look at themselves, the environment, or their leaders.
Upon his initial arrival in the U.S., WL was reported to have been repentant (with himself) for his past failures. Yet he proceeded to do the same things all over again. On the one hand, it seems he recognized what he did wrong, but he wasn't able to ever truly change. Rather than address this problem, it seems that over time, he began equating his own will as being God's will. This is how the LC continues to operate to this day.