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Originally Posted by Evangelical
ZNPaaneah, with some connection to to Lee's book The Overcomers, we could consider his view of church ages in history to be stages of overcoming.
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No, you are not reading this correctly.
I have no issue with someone who wants to tie this to historical churches, because I think that does have some validity.
But my point is that everyone needs to go through these experiences.
For example, we might look at history and see that there was a specific time in history when Measles was first spotted, then Mumps, then Rubella. That is not my point.
My point is that today, all children need to be immune to all of these diseases. I am likening being immune to a disease to "overcoming" that disease.
My second point is that what Witness Lee refers to as "degraded Christianity" is merely a church that has become infected with one of these diseases. Imagine your child has the measles. Do you say they are "degraded"? I think this terminology indicates a view and an attitude that is not helpful.
If you do not have a cure then, yes, quarantine may be required. But for anyone who has overcome one of these diseases that is no longer a worry, you are immune, there is no need to excommunicate the infected one, rather nurse them back to health.