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Originally Posted by Drake
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ZNP,
Its a useless exercise to try to answer questions like that because there is no answer that satisfies the underlying issue you have.
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These are not useless questions because they are crucial. We see in the book of Acts Paul and other apostles preventing others from lifting their name up, or treating them as the mediator of the covenant, etc.
1. Is the doctrine of MOTA lifting up another name besides Jesus?
2. Is the MOTA a mediator of the covenant in addition to Jesus?
This is not a useless question. This is something that has to be addressed. If it was a mistake say so, but not saying this was a mistake allows it to be codified. Yes, I feel it is a mistake, but the fact that no one makes a defense of this only contributes to this conclusion. The claim that Witness Lee's words somehow change what he did does not justify it, rather it confirms he knew what he was doing was condemned by the Bible.
3. Why were the elder's of every church required to pledge loyalty to WL if Jesus is Lord?
This is not a useless question, you have answered this, but I feel your answer is unsatisfactory. You feel you are being faithful to the vision the Lord has given you yet you also feel that there are many believers who have been redeemed that have not been given this vision. So the question is focusing on why the LRC condemns other tables as being sinful.
4. Why do they justify division from born again believers who have been redeemed by the Lord's blood?
Paul said to examine ourselves when we take the table. I feel these questions are part of that process. We each hold to doctrines and opinions that could be something we need to let go of. This is part of the process of sanctification. It addresses the Lord's point about not stumbling the weaker brother (i.e. the one without your vision).
5. Why do they mock this examination, saying it is a "rock fetch" exercise when Paul clearly charged us to examine ourselves?