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Trapped · 06-26-2020, 04:28 PM

Unto, I'm a little lost. Is your question related to the "Oh" part of "Oh Lord/Jesus?"

If someone says "call your mom to dinner".....most people would yell "MOM!" If someone says "call on [so-and-so] to get over here".....most people would audibly vocalize "so-and-so"!

Calling on the Lord seems to involve, just logically, reasonably, grammatically, using the basic meaning of language, "Lord!"

This seems true whether there is a verse that explicitly says "they began to call on the Lord, e.g. "Oh Lord", thus saith the prophet" or not.

I think the format (the explicit words used) of "Oh Lord" or "Oh Lord Jesus" as taught by WL is Biblical, but the way WL wielded it (call 3x and get saved, turning it into a rote mantra rather than genuine interaction) is not.

Thanks for your story about what was taught in many meetings in the 70s and 80s. I'd never heard that explicitly before. Crazy.

06-26-2020, 04:28 PM	#81
Trapped Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 1,523	Re: LordsRecovery.Org Exposing the Christian Cult of Witness Lee's Local Ch Unto, I'm a little lost. Is your question related to the "Oh" part of "Oh Lord/Jesus?" If someone says "call your mom to dinner".....most people would yell "MOM!" If someone says "call on [so-and-so] to get over here".....most people would audibly vocalize "so-and-so"! Calling on the Lord seems to involve, just logically, reasonably, grammatically, using the basic meaning of language, "Lord!" This seems true whether there is a verse that explicitly says "they began to call on the Lord, e.g. "Oh Lord", thus saith the prophet" or not. I think the format (the explicit words used) of "Oh Lord" or "Oh Lord Jesus" as taught by WL is Biblical, but the way WL wielded it (call 3x and get saved, turning it into a rote mantra rather than genuine interaction) is not. Thanks for your story about what was taught in many meetings in the 70s and 80s. I'd never heard that explicitly before. Crazy.