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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Hopefully I can clarify what is meant by the unique move of God...
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Witness Lee refers to:
unique oneness
unique body of christ
unique fellowship
unique spirit
unique flow
Unique move of the unique God for the unique accomplishment
unique blending
unique testimony
Concerning the "unique oneness" he says:
“When we say that the unique oneness of the church is expressed in the place where the saints are, we need to define what we mean by place. What is the limit of this place? The limit is not a house or a street. In the New Testament there are no street churches or avenue churches. Today, however, so-called churches are designated by a street or an avenue. Some might say, “In the Bible there are no street churches, but there are house churches.” Concerning house churches or home churches we need to be careful. Yes, the New Testament does mention the church in the house of certain saints (Rom. 16:5a; Col. 4:15-16). If we read the New Testament carefully, we will see that in these cases the church in the house was the same in limit as the church in the city. In other words, the limit of the house church was equal to the city.” Witness Lee, The Heavenly Vision, Chapter 2, Section 2)
Witness Lee's definition of the unique oneness is all about a physical place. I reject that definition. I would say the NT teaches that the unique oneness of the believers is due to the Lord's redemptive work on the cross in breaking down all the walls of partition so that the Body could be one.
If you read WL's definition it is clearly designed to build a partition. He points out that his oneness is different from the denominations, different from the Pentecostals, different from street churches and even "house" churches. Never once does he deny that all of these other groups are redeemed Christians who are standing on the Lord's redemption, yet his oneness is unique from theirs. I agree, it is unique from theirs.
I prefer the oneness from the Lord's redeeming work to the "unique oneness" of Witness Lee's partition teaching.