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Originally Posted by aron
God sees no iniquity in the church. . . okay then why do you constantly belittle your fellow members of the faith? I believe another kind of subjectivity run amok, in the 'We're okay but you're not okay' mantra, can be also seen in the LSM versions of church history. Somewhere, according to Nee & Lee, it all went wrong, and God therefore raised up shining lights in every age. But if you look closely, in order for the progression or 'restoration' narrative to continue, the narration has to flip the script. For example, the Great Recovery of justification by faith (the Reformation), actually ushers in the Great Apostasy of denominations. Luther saved the church by recovering truth but his truth brought in "Lutheranism", which is one of the daughters of the harlot. So which is it? Well, that depends. Depends on if you're in the 'recovery' or 'degradation' cycle of your narrative.
Again and again in the LSM narrative you see The World According to Me. At best it's illogical and reflexively self-centered.
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Aron's post could easily be applicable to the double standards thread. "God sees no iniquity...." That's usually the out-clause when one expresses criticism of quarantines.
However there was no bringing up "God sees no iniquity" when Witness Lee was uttering "poor poor Christianity".