[Awoken]

Originally Posted by alwayscurious

What do you think about what the pdf says? I'm really not sure, I felt at peace reading it but I really don't know what to think anymore....

Witness Lee's idea of a "minister of the age" is not Biblical and directly contradicts the revelation of the Bible.

1 Corinthians 3:5-9
5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.

So here we have Paul's attitude toward what he was. Not "the divine minister of the age", but merely one of a multitude of men who were serving God. "Servants", this is Paul's descriptor. While we are here on earth it is not suitable for a servant to take the attitude of having achieved anything, as the Lord instructed in Luke 17:10 - "So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’ " It is our part to humble ourselves before God and God will exalt those whom He chooses to exalt. And if you have any doubts about who He will exalt and who He will humble, He tells you plainly in Matt. 23:12: "For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." So if I proclaim myself to be, or somehow hint that I am "the only minister of the age", am I exalting myself or humbling myself?

Beyond the problem of the attitude itself, there is the problem of the fact that Lee's claim directly contradicts the Biblical revelation. What happened when Peter, John, and James went up onto the Mount of Transfiguration with Jesus?

Luke 9
32 But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him. 33 Then it happened, as they were parting from Him, that Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said.

34 While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were fearful as they entered the cloud. 35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!” 36 When the voice had ceased, Jesus was found alone. But they kept quiet, and told no one in those days any of the things they had seen.

There is a "divine minister of the age", and His name is Jesus Christ. He is ministering to you from the heavens and you don't need an intercessor other than Him. He may shepherd you through the placement of many servants of His that He puts in your life, but they are just servants - and if they are good ones, they will help point you to Christ and Christ alone, not "the ministry". There have been many men who have come and have tried to set themselves up in the place of Christ, as a mediator between men and God. Don't be deceived. This is satanic. Satan wants to be worshiped.

Don't make "three tabernacles: one for You, one for [Watchman Nee], and one for [Witness Lee]". Nor for for any other men.

Hear His voice and obey Him - that's the key to living (forever, in fact).

Grace to you!