[UntoHim]

My brother you are mixing up something of God's nature and character (love) with something that we are exhorted, taught and encouraged to do - that is fear God. We can understand and accept God's love and fear him at the very same time! In fact, we are commanded to do them both at the very same time!

What Witness Lee taught about this matter is neatly encapsulated in the quote: "To express God is higher than fearing God and turning away from evil". A closely related teaching would be "eating from the tree of life instead of eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil". Another false dichotomy of sorts. And another: "Get out of your mind and get into your spirit". False dichotomy.

The Bible does not teach us that we are to "express God", much less that expressing God is something higher than fearing God. Neither the Lord Jesus nor the scripture writing apostles ever taught us that we are to be "eating from the tree of life" and not "the tree of the knowledge of good and evil". Nowhere in the New Testament can we read about "Getting out of our mind and into our spirit". These are all manmade constructs. And the fruit of these teachings is rotten. Those who imbibe and practice them are in grave danger of having their faith shipwrecked. May God have mercy.
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