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Originally Posted by aron
I see a glaring discrepancy between scripture and the ministry that purports to interpret it for all and sundry. Where does scripture write itself off by the dozens of chapters, as "fallen" and "vain" and "natural concepts"? If it were so, it wouldn't be scripture, would it?
Instead we got blind adherence to the ministry. We can pan the scripture as vain concepts, but don't question the ministry, the brothers, the current speaking, or the current leading from Anaheim. What Lord are we calling on, here, that's behind this encouragement? What kind of thinking is at work?
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Your simple comments here about all members' expected allegiance to LSM are absolutely telling.
On the one hand, the door was wide open for Witness Lee and his Blended successors to question verses and even whole books (i.e. James and Psalms) of scripture, holding them up to Lee's false standard of "God's Economy." Neither Jesus Himself nor the original Apostles ever did this for us. No where in scripture are we instructed to apply new standards of scrutiny to the scripture itself.
On the other hand, applying the same scrutiny to any of the teachings, practices, or questionable directives coming out of LSM would forever put a mark on you, first the scarlet letter "
N" for "negative," soon to be replaced with the scarlet letter "
R" for "rebellious" if one persists with one's convictions, and subsequently the scarlet letter "
L" for "leprous" as one is forever expelled from the program in their factitious action plan call "quarantining."
How different is the ministry of LSM from the scriptures! Apostle Paul told the Thessalonians to "
test all things, hold on to the good." The last Apostle John tells us to, "
Prove the spirits, whether they are out from God." The risen Jesus commended the Ephesians because they, "
tried those who call themselves Apostles and found them to be false." These are just a few examples, many more of which can be found.