[Trapped]

I mean.....honestly I am chomping at the bit to write some more about the recent articles, but after reading the "Our Attitude Toward Other Christians and Their Work Part 2: The Vision of the Lord's Recovery Being Contrary to Today's Christianity" article......I just.....feel like I almost can't imagine another group that has so carefully and painstakingly built such a thick, foreboding wall of doctrine that is easy to see through but is so riddled with error that responding to it takes herculean amounts of effort.

I mean, it is SO unreal, it is SO arrogant, it is SO elitist, it is SO snobbish, it is SO divisive while claiming to be "in the name of oneness", and it is SO self-contradictory and hypocritical, that reading their stance just makes me sad, but it's like pulling a 2,000 foot extension cord out of the garage and knowing you've got probably a solid two hours of messing with an incredibly heavy wound-around-itself-mess-of-a-cord to have a chance of getting it unraveled.

I mean, just one sentence: "To realize why the Lord’s recovery is incompatible with today’s Christianity, we need a clear vision of the central truth in the New Testament."

And with just 24 words, they have literally written off the entirety of Christianity but themselves.

This. Screams. Aberrant. Group.

And later on in the article they state what their vision is:

"What is our vision? Our vision is that God so loved the world that He gave His Son to die for us to redeem us, the sinners, in order that we can have the life of Christ and be regenerated by Him to be God’s children, enjoying the riches of the Triune God to become the Body of Christ. In practice, the Body is expressed as the local churches in various localities, practicing the Body life in a practical and proper way. This Body, the church of God, is the focus of God’s economy. (Witness Lee, The Vision of the Age, 79)"

Uhhhhhh......they start out with quite literally the most well-known verse in the Bible and act like they alone have read it. I don't think hardly any Christian on the planet would disagree with their first sentence (save the Triune God part in some instances, I have learned). And so what that leaves is the rest of their "vision" which is just their own divisive practice of being "local" churches. Anyone reading with half a brain can see through what's going on.

And look at that...."enjoying the riches" and "the Body" are the stated focus of God's economy. None of that "eternal life is to know God and Jesus" stuff. Zoinks.