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Originally Posted by Evangelical
According to the writings of Nee and Lee, a servant of God is not supposed to receive any salary.
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Uh. Yeah. We don't follow Watchman Nee or Witness Lee anymore. Maybe you missed that. We fact check everyone's ministry with the Bible as the standard. We are particularly put off by hypocrisy.
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If we serve God then we should ask God for our salary. If we serve man then we should ask man for our salary. (paraphrased Nee)
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I believe we should make our requests known to the Lord regardless of who writes the check.
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But giving is a matter of free will. The question is , are payments in the local church today free will giving or are they some sort of salaried, contractual arrangement. If it's salaried like the denominations then it would be hypocritical. If it is free will giving it is not hypocritical in my view, there is a clear difference.
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I like this quote: "God's word declares that our lives, our beings, our breath---come as gifts from God. Of ourselves we have nothing. All our notions of ownership are an illusion; all our pride, a deception. We are not sovereign but completely dependent. Everything we have---our possessions, our money, our riches, every moment of our lives---everything has been given to us.
Every heartbeat is borrowed. … “
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A hypocrite is someone who has a log in their own eye but only sees a speck in another person's eye.
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I know what a hypocrite is.
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I don't know that the amount of salary giving in the local churches is as much as the denominations. I think it is more of a "speck" in terms of volume.
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So as long as the LC doesn't pay as much in salaries as their Christian brothers do, it's all good? That's rich.
Nell