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JJ · 05-05-2018, 02:12 PM

Good and relevant points, aron. I'll check those references out.

Now for Myth Busters LCD Style Program 3 lets take on "the big one", or at least a part of it. Recall that this thread is like the TV show Myth Busters https://mythresults.com/about-mythbusters

So let’s test this premise of Witness Lee based only on his "Life Study" commentary on the book of Hebrews (for now):

“Christianity preaches a low gospel”

"I preach a High gospel, and everyone in the local churches needs to as well"

Acceptable tests to prove validity of statements include Bible verses (plural) and actual “church life” testimonials of true events (plural) that demonstrate validity or not.

What say you? Myth or Truth. Busted, Plausible, or Confirmed?

To help you consider this, Witness Lee introduces this thought in the third paragraph of Message 8 of "Life Study of Hebrews" (available on LSM's On-line Publications). And because I can't copy from it without violating copyright, this is a general summary of what was said there:

Christianity has superficially and inaccurately presented the gospel because he was told as a youth over and over that Christ died on the cross for him but not that Christ tasted death for everything to reconcile everything to himself. Nor was he taught that Noah’s Ark is a type of that.

High Gospel: Many thoughtful young college and university students including Lee were saved in the 1920’s in China. After they were saved they began to preach Christ in a higher way to convince people according to the divine philosophy which is thoughtful because God is deep, thoughtful, purposeful, and meaningful. As a result of that higher gospel many doctors, nurses, professors, and learned people were brought to the Lord. Hebrews is not shallow but deep and high. For instance God’s coming in the flesh was not to command us to do something but to be one with us. He came not as God to rescue us (that would be terrifying), nor as an angel to embrace us. But he came just as we are…partaking of our nature, our blood and flesh. This is the incarnation, and this is the deepest thought and highest philosophy.

Low Gospel: Incarnation should not be associated with Christmas. You need to burn everything associated with Christmas and if you mention Christmas to China’s people they wouldn’t listen to you. Things of Christmas (trees, stockings, candles, and Santa Claus) are too low, shallow, and childish. That is not the gospel from the Word of God. That is paganism, leaven, that may convince the poor street people by not thoughtful. Christianity has preached the Lord’s highest salvation in a low way. We need those who have experienced God’s high salvation to go to the thoughtful people who immediately will be convinced. Christ being made like His brothers in all things is that he might sympathize with them. Christ’s death made propitiation for the sins of God’s people to reconcile us to God, satisfying God’s righteous demands on us, abolishing death, destroying the devil, releasing us from slavery under the fear of death. Lee uses the term “Christ’s all-inclusive death” in this discussion. Christ’s resurrection was never adequately realized by Christians because thoughtful people were not given the adequate teaching regarding it. Satan filled their thoughts with modernistic thought that resurrection is superstitious. Lee says he pointed out resurrection being apparent in nature to a professor and spoke to him from 1 Cor 15 about a seed which dies and grows again. That young man got saved and became a leading co-worker in TLR. The low preaching of the gospel would have been unable to convince such a thoughtful university student. (I thought he was a professor)

05-05-2018, 02:12 PM	#45
JJ Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,006	Re: Myth Busters LCD Style Program 1 Good and relevant points, aron. I'll check those references out. Now for Myth Busters LCD Style Program 3 lets take on "the big one", or at least a part of it. Recall that this thread is like the TV show Myth Busters https://mythresults.com/about-mythbusters So let’s test this premise of Witness Lee based only on his "Life Study" commentary on the book of Hebrews (for now): “Christianity preaches a low gospel” "I preach a High gospel, and everyone in the local churches needs to as well" Acceptable tests to prove validity of statements include Bible verses (plural) and actual “church life” testimonials of true events (plural) that demonstrate validity or not. What say you? Myth or Truth. Busted, Plausible, or Confirmed? To help you consider this, Witness Lee introduces this thought in the third paragraph of Message 8 of "Life Study of Hebrews" (available on LSM's On-line Publications). And because I can't copy from it without violating copyright, this is a general summary of what was said there: Christianity has superficially and inaccurately presented the gospel because he was told as a youth over and over that Christ died on the cross for him but not that Christ tasted death for everything to reconcile everything to himself. Nor was he taught that Noah’s Ark is a type of that. High Gospel: Many thoughtful young college and university students including Lee were saved in the 1920’s in China. After they were saved they began to preach Christ in a higher way to convince people according to the divine philosophy which is thoughtful because God is deep, thoughtful, purposeful, and meaningful. As a result of that higher gospel many doctors, nurses, professors, and learned people were brought to the Lord. Hebrews is not shallow but deep and high. For instance God’s coming in the flesh was not to command us to do something but to be one with us. He came not as God to rescue us (that would be terrifying), nor as an angel to embrace us. But he came just as we are…partaking of our nature, our blood and flesh. This is the incarnation, and this is the deepest thought and highest philosophy. Low Gospel: Incarnation should not be associated with Christmas. You need to burn everything associated with Christmas and if you mention Christmas to China’s people they wouldn’t listen to you. Things of Christmas (trees, stockings, candles, and Santa Claus) are too low, shallow, and childish. That is not the gospel from the Word of God. That is paganism, leaven, that may convince the poor street people by not thoughtful. Christianity has preached the Lord’s highest salvation in a low way. We need those who have experienced God’s high salvation to go to the thoughtful people who immediately will be convinced. Christ being made like His brothers in all things is that he might sympathize with them. Christ’s death made propitiation for the sins of God’s people to reconcile us to God, satisfying God’s righteous demands on us, abolishing death, destroying the devil, releasing us from slavery under the fear of death. Lee uses the term “Christ’s all-inclusive death” in this discussion. Christ’s resurrection was never adequately realized by Christians because thoughtful people were not given the adequate teaching regarding it. Satan filled their thoughts with modernistic thought that resurrection is superstitious. Lee says he pointed out resurrection being apparent in nature to a professor and spoke to him from 1 Cor 15 about a seed which dies and grows again. That young man got saved and became a leading co-worker in TLR. The low preaching of the gospel would have been unable to convince such a thoughtful university student. (I thought he was a professor) __________________ And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14 NASB)