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Originally Posted by Acolyte4236
As to Lee's view of deification, the difference it makes at least in some part is the difference between saying that there is God and what God creates, or saying that there is God and other things are or become extensions of God. The first is Christianity and the second is panentheism, where the world is or becomes an extension of God's essence.
Honestly, I think Lee was just sloppy. I also think all that power went to his head. The restorationist views didn't exactly instill humility in Lee or any of his followers, at least none that I ever met. I think he was doing this on the fly. Came to the US and was all gung-ho and then he started facing opposition.
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I never got that Lee meant to say we become deified, but toward the end (1980s) I was in Ohio, which was perhaps a little removed from mainstream LSM. Plus I wasn't nearly as mature on the foundation of God's love then, and also didn't dwell on such matters all that much. I like to think that perhaps the Lord actually preserved me through my ignorance regarding this and various other LC teachings and practices!
WL maybe pushed the envelope with the mingling thing, but what God has brought us into is certainly mysterious and glorious - so far past our understanding. As I go on, the Oneness with Him and other believers that I'm getting a glimpse of in scripture, is so beyond human comprehension. We really need revelation to see what Paul speaks of in Ephesians, and that in no way comes from a mental comprehension out from ourselves. So I give Lee some license (lee-way . . . ha ha) regarding this teaching that others on this forum may not be so comfortable with. In the end, God will sort it all out and show us regardless.