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Originally Posted by A little brother
This is an irrelevant question. The answer would be more than a simple yes or no and needs much more lengtly discussion. Let's not divert from the current focus.
You are correct, I did not quote the entire footnote. That's why I put the "..." in my quote to indicate I was extracting part of the footnote relevant to my point.
Whether the remaining part of the footnote is valid or not does not change the fact that Lee misinterpreted Micah. And I believe the reason is because Lee was so sure about his vision on God's economy that it became the veil between him and God's word.
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There are many examples of Witness Lee presuming to have a higher vision or revelation than the Bible.
There are threads that have gone into this extensively concerning his writings on Psalms, Proverbs, Job, and the book of James.
So on the one hand Witness Lee teaches that a prophet is a spokesman, someone speaking on behalf of God. The word can be interpreted as to speak for God, or to speak beforehand. Either way, as a spokesman a prophet is similar to the press secretary job at the Whitehouse. Just as a press secretary would be fired immediately if anything they stated officially did not reflect the thought of the President and Whitehouse. Yet WL can claim that this is what the Prophets of God did, mixed their own opinions and ideas in with the words given them from God.
As a result LSM apologists have to twist and squirm to fit WL's teachings in with the fundamental view that all scripture is God breathed.
Bible teachers are a dime a dozen, you can get numerous studies, and Bible's with footnotes. Why someone would continue to look to WL's ministry for Bible study is beyond me. His arrogant attitude towards a number of books and authors was the point at which I stopped attending the Trainings and stopped buying into this ministry. I guess the training that included the book of James was the beginning of the end for me.