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Originally Posted by Ohio
For me it's almost impossible to make simple conclusions about WL. Surely he did much work for the Lord. I know hundreds of brothers and sisters in the Lord who would readily step forward to assert this.
Unfortunately WL was also abusive and demeaning to others, both within and without his movement. His sons Timothy and Philip exaggerated this fleshly tendency, taking it new new depths, apparently without any semblance of Christian charity. Unbelievably, WL was fine with their roles, knowing full well the shortage of character in his own sons, even when innocent children of God were being damaged. Only when his own ministry was tainted did he take action, but not the action one might expect from a servant of God. How can any fair-minded Christian not be outraged at the corrupt nepotism WL exhibited?
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I have a more extreme view. Based on the definition of a false prophet or false teacher I would define WL as a false teacher. Remember, Balaam was the OT archetype of a false prophet and he faithfully spoke the Lord's word. When you get into the details of this topic it is truly stunning and very scary. Judas is the NT example of a false prophet and for 3 years he was one of the 12 disciples doing miracles and following the Lord. Surely, when Revelation refers to "The false prophet" we can understand that to mean and/or include Judas depending on your interpretation. Yet Revelation says the false prophet is in the Lake of fire before the Great White Throne Judgment when Jesus judges the unbelievers. How do you explain that? If the Lake of fire is only for unbelievers, and they don't get judged until the Great White Throne, why is the false prophet already in the Lake of fire before that judgement? I think this is because the false prophet feels he should be judged at the judgement seat of Christ with the believers, the Lord acquiesces, and that is where he is judged for the Lake of fire.