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Originally Posted by RambleOn
It's tragic, but we need to leave the innocence of Mom and Dad's house if we ever want to become Christ, the full grown man, which requires us to pass through the chaos of death before we can establish order in our lives. Jungian, Joseph Campbelly stuff like that. If I were to find a church that allowed me to basically attend and interpret things for myself in that way, I would be much more likely to get something out of it (even if LCers would call it satanic, probably).
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Ultimately we are each responsible for our own journey. I am not an extension of Witness Lee's spiritual journey. My journey is my own. Even though many in the LC would say similar things, they "restrict" themselves (their word) to one ministerial output and prove otherwise. And the fire-breathers announce, "I am not ashamed to say that I followed a man".
'Christianos' means by definition of that Christ [Yeshua of Galilee], an extension of that person... his follower, servant, disciple, slave even. I get that, with Jesus. I signed on and I'm in. But not John Calvin, John Nelson Darby, Watchman Nee or Witness Lee.
The open letter to the Saints in the Lord's Recovery just posted here made a similar point: why get to think critically in all areas except in the ministerial output of Witness Lee? Why can't we critique this author? Why does this author get held to a different standard? Aren't we being, in fact, respecters of persons in this regard? Jesus I get - God raised him to glory. Witness Lee's grave is with us to this day. Why exalt such persons? It makes no sense whatsoever.
James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:
Greetings.
Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God—
Nobody else gets this kind of abject deference. When we begin to treat our fellow sinners as exalted men, we act like the fallen barbarians and invite corruption. And look what has happened - corruption. What a surprise.
One of the defenders of LSM on this forum put it just that way - "You don't get to critique Jesus." My reply was, "Witness Lee is not Jesus".