[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!

I was not talking about the expressing God aspect, but rather about the fearing God vs. loving God aspect.

Sons to Glory! I'm afraid that you are creating a false dichotomy here. Fearing God is not in any way "versus" loving God. And neither is it correct to think that fearing God is something belonging to the Old Testament/Old Creation and loving God is something belonging to the New Testament/New Creation. Witness Lee taught us that "fearing God and turning away from evil" was something of the OT/OC and we were to not worry or concern ourselves with such things. "Expressing Christ" was the mission and mandate of every Local Church saint. And the way to express Christ was "pray his word and call his name" ("We have found the way to live by Christ, pray his Word and call His Name" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg_r...othingbetween1 - ) This would not have been so bad accept for the fact that it all turned into a matter of praying the words of Witness Lee and invoking Lee's name in just about everything we read and sang. Of course this was all couched in such spiritual sounding terms such as "enjoying the Ministry!"

If the followers of Witness Lee would have spent more time in the last 50 years fearing God and his Word than "expressing Christ" though the person and work of Lee than we probably wouldn't be here dialoging on this forum today.

So maybe what you are talking about is more a question of glory. That is, WL used to teach that God's glory was basically the same as God's expression, if I remember right. Is that what you remember?

What I'm talking about is what I am talking about. I think you are trying to avoid what I'm talking about because it's uncomfortable for you. Let's stick with what Witness Lee said: "To express God is higher than fearing God and turning away from evil" I have just gave a little explanation of what we were taught about expressing God in the Local Church. This is not a fringe teaching/practice in the LC - it is a bread and butter, mainstay teaching. And this teaching is not biblical or healthy or helpful. It produces rotten fruit. People who are taught that fearing God and turning away from evil is not as "high" as "expressing God" are greatly damaged and are not living and walking in truth.
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