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ZNPaaneah · 10-22-2016, 04:57 AM

Suppose instead that a major promise indicating the true power and importance of the church is that Jesus will be in the midst of a genuine meeting of believers in His name. Something along the lines of one will put a thousand to flight, two ten thousand.

What Lee did was go through and say "that meeting is no good, and that one and that one and that one..." It was such a big deal about how to qualify as a "proper meeting", ultimately it was only the meetings he controlled, and he condemned all meetings that he didn't control. Since he didn't control the internet the entire "cyberspace" was off limits. Telephones were vehicles of gossip.

"We also need to consider the matters of gossiping, reasoning, and murmuring. Each day how much time do we spend gossiping? Some saints are very free in passing on information about others. Too much time has been wasted and too many dollars have been spent in talking vainly on the telephone. In such activities we have been outside of Christ." (Witness Lee, The Organic Union in God's Relationship with Man, Chapter 5, Section 4)

Letters, emails were also somewhat suspect.

We also need to check with ourselves about the way we write letters. Do you write letters in the spirit or in your natural man? It is very possible that much of our correspondence is done in the natural man, not in our regenerated being. There may be nothing wrong in a letter you write. Nevertheless, it may be written by the natural man, not by the spirit. The same may be true concerning our talk on the telephone. Much of the saints’ talking on the telephone is done by their natural being, not by their reborn being. (Witness Lee, The Fulfillment of the Tabernacle and the Offerings in the Writings of John, Chapter 10, Section 5)

Instead of having the "true church" what his teaching really accomplished was to distract you from the true Jesus.

10-22-2016, 04:57 AM	#44
ZNPaaneah Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 7,105	Re: What is the New Testament Definition of a Church Suppose instead that a major promise indicating the true power and importance of the church is that Jesus will be in the midst of a genuine meeting of believers in His name. Something along the lines of one will put a thousand to flight, two ten thousand. What Lee did was go through and say "that meeting is no good, and that one and that one and that one..." It was such a big deal about how to qualify as a "proper meeting", ultimately it was only the meetings he controlled, and he condemned all meetings that he didn't control. Since he didn't control the internet the entire "cyberspace" was off limits. Telephones were vehicles of gossip. "We also need to consider the matters of gossiping, reasoning, and murmuring. Each day how much time do we spend gossiping? Some saints are very free in passing on information about others. Too much time has been wasted and too many dollars have been spent in talking vainly on the telephone. In such activities we have been outside of Christ." (Witness Lee, The Organic Union in God's Relationship with Man, Chapter 5, Section 4) Letters, emails were also somewhat suspect. We also need to check with ourselves about the way we write letters. Do you write letters in the spirit or in your natural man? It is very possible that much of our correspondence is done in the natural man, not in our regenerated being. There may be nothing wrong in a letter you write. Nevertheless, it may be written by the natural man, not by the spirit. The same may be true concerning our talk on the telephone. Much of the saints’ talking on the telephone is done by their natural being, not by their reborn being. (Witness Lee, The Fulfillment of the Tabernacle and the Offerings in the Writings of John, Chapter 10, Section 5) Instead of having the "true church" what his teaching really accomplished was to distract you from the true Jesus.