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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I have had several discussions with several ministry minions, and there is this wild (imo) idea, that without the ministry of Witness Lee, there is just no way for the Lord to come back, there is no way for the church to be really built up etc. Of course, since I am outside of the bubble, I know this to be false, because I am a witness of the Lord building up his Body in my area in several different house churches that is not affiliated or have even heard of Witness Lee.
So my questions is this; What is the best way to engage into fruitful conversations with Christians/Local Church followers, using the Word to debunk this doctrine, to help them out of this system of error?
Any thoughts or comments welcome :-)
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The biggest thing I can say right now is to point to what the co-workers wrote on shepherdingwords.com. They wrote in one of those articles that Witness Lee's ministry is not the same thing as the New Testament ministry. (Of course this is not true according to what they teach and practice, but they have put it out there in ink, so they are beholden to it). They say his ministry is only a part of it, which would mean there are other parts of it today that don't fall under Witness Lee.
If Lee is only a part of it today, then he alone is not enough to bring the Lord back or build up the church. The other ministers of their own ages like Paul couldn't have been more straightforward when they said "I am nothing, Apollos is nothing. We are just planters and waterers and servants who are nothing. It is God who gives the growth." So Paul, as a so-called minister of his age, himself said he was just a part of the whole thing, and pointed to others around him as equal participants. If Witness Lee is a minister of the age like Paul, then Paul's Biblical pattern should remain that Lee is just a part of it and there are others around him who are equal participants, all of whom including Lee are nothing - since God gives the growth.
(the minister of the age thing isn't real, but I'm trying to assume their point of view and use the ministry as the base, and rational thinking as the springboard of communication from that base).