Enjoy those waves of sugary sweet grace, oh so sweet!
The author of this book's idea of grace like a river most likely comes from Lee. One would probably do just as well reading Lee's book "
Abiding in the Lord to Enjoy His Life, by Witness Lee from which this book's ideas come.
A person reading the Bible separately from Lee would most likely not arrive at the idea of grace like a river by themselves. The Bible says peace flows like a river, not grace:
Isaiah 66:12 For this is what the LORD says: "I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees.
Isaiah 48:18 "If only you had paid attention to My commandments! Then your well-being would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
There is a well known song "It Is Well with My Soul" in which one verse says "when peace like a river". When I was in denominations I was mostly familiar with peace being like a river, not grace. This idea of grace like a river I got from Lee.
Lee most likely takes the idea of grace like a river from Rev 22:1, which mentions a river flowing from God's throne, and Heb 4:16 which calls the throne a throne of grace. Lee talks about the grace of God like a river flowing to us in his book
Abiding in the Lord to Enjoy His Life, by Witness Lee.
The idea of grace flowing like a river is also found in Hymn #770 and Hymn #32 which lyrics were authored by Witness Lee.
So I hope the author appropriately acknowledges the source of his inspiration in his book, and properly references Lee's book or hymns where appropriate.
When Igzy says "I must also add that Herman's progress since our days long ago is strikingly evident. So much for the Benson Phillip's nonsense that growth stops when you leave "the Recovery."", I can't help but think that this book relaying the author's experiences of "grace like a river" could be viewed as evidence of an LSM success story, or a product of Lee's ministry.