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Originally Posted by Indiana
HERn - What do you mean he made a living...... He actually altered our concepts according to the word of God. "None of the original authors saw"? He saw something and expressed what he saw so that we can understand what the original authors said.
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Indiana,
I hate to get crosswise with you. But so much of what Lee taught us was surrounded by verses that really didn't say much, if anything, about his point. It is a ruse of sorts. He would flood the bibliography with verses that said things we would shout "hallelujah" to and then provide his new teaching. Too often not really supported by any of the verses. Just stated as being true.
I do not deny that he also taught a lot of things that are taught in the same way out in the rest of Christianity. But to give that to him as support for altering our concepts according to the word of God is not very truthful. When he altered our concepts, it was almost always in a way that was not really so "according" to the Bible. It too often was according to an alternative meaning supplied because of something like "God's economy." You may recall that we went through this several years ago. You brought up several teachings that you really thought Lee was right about (and that other missed). But when we looked at the verses, it was almost always something that was not really there. Or was even contrary to what was there (like being dismissive of James). When asked how this could be so, the answer was always something like "because of God's economy."
While we can all certify that there is a thing in the Bible that is "God's economy," is it not a universal overlay for the use of the spiritually enlightened to sweep away what the Bible actually says and insert something else. Unfortunately, we cannot go back to the old Bereans archives and dig up those posts.
When what the original authors said is not consistent with what is claimed to be what they meant, then there is a problem.
There is a solid core of evangelical Christian teaching underpinning Nee and Lee. But the things that made them anything other than just another preacher in whatever denomination they started off in was too often the restatement of scripture so that it said and meant what the words actually there could not mean.
Yes, we were taught by Lee many things that others had not seen. And we swung from the rafters because of our sense of superior knowledge and revelation. But there was a reason that others had not seen it.
It wasn't there. Period. Amen. End of story.