Watchman Nee, Museum Exhibit opening

[Zezima]

The Opening Ceremony of Watchman Nee Exhibition- Museum of the Bible by Hank Hanegraaff

https://youtu.be/J7cO5SkneTw

[Trapped]

In case anyone needs it written out in order to understand the disjointed twists and turns Hank's speech took between the understandable bookends of the Bible verses he quoted.....here is the middle part:


…My good friend who died recently, Andrew Yu, used to consistently remind me that a branch grew over the prison wall. A branch that inevitably circled the world. A branch that touched my own life August 4, 2003, when I met the progeny of Watchman Nee. And I learned a great lesson. That lesson is that truth matters, but life matters more. Outside the truth kept by the whole church, personal experience would be deprived of all certainty, of all objectivity, it would be a mingling of truth and falsehood, of reality and illusion. So truth really does matter. But life matters more. And the life that matters more is not a prohibition upon knowledge, it is however, the transcending of knowledge. It is the transcending of all philosophical speculation. Christian theology is in the final realm a means, it is a unity of knowledge subserving an end that transcends all knowledge. And that ultimate end is union with God, or deification. God became man, said St Athanasius, that man might become God. Or Luther put it this way – Word became flesh that flesh might become Word. That truth has been recovered in the west, indeed around the world, by the progeny of Watchman Nee. And it is a truth that absolutely revolutionized my life. I’m experiencing today life that is life to the full. And this is something that we not only experience as individuals, but as my friend Chris Wilde has so eloquently stated, it is something we share with the world. And he not only talks that talk, but walks that walk. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud……

[UntoHim]

"A branch that touched my own life August 4, 2003, when I met the progeny of Watchman Nee"

Who is Hank referring to? Witness Lee died in 1997.

I really wish Hank would explain something - If the ministries of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee "absolutely revolutionized" your life, why did you choose one of the major branches of Poor Poor Christianity, The Greek Orthodox Church, over the Local Church/LSM of Witness Lee?
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Hanegraaf in Chrismation Ceremony
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[GraceAlone]

Agree, UntoHim.
I also notice that he uses the familiar practice of asserting something boldly (“Truth matters. But life matters more!”) without offering any scriptural support or even defining his terms (“life”). I’d be open to giving him a fair hearing on that. But as with so many LR teachings, a strong assertion with an obedient Amen from the audience is all we’re given.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by GraceAlone

Agree, UntoHim.
I also notice that he uses the familiar practice of asserting something boldly (“Truth matters. But life matters more!”) without offering any scriptural support or even defining his terms (“life”). I’d be open to giving him a fair hearing on that. But as with so many LR teachings, a strong assertion with an obedient Amen from the audience is all we’re given.

Let me translate this for you: “Feelings supersede the truths of Scripture.”

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by UntoHim

I really wish Hank would explain something - If the ministries of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee "absolutely revolutionized" your life, why did you choose one of the major branches of Poor Poor Christianity, The Greek Orthodox Church, over the Local Church of Witness Lee?

If you think Politicians and Scientists can be bought on the cheap, imagine the going rate on wannabe Apologists.

[Zezima]

Originally Posted by UntoHim

"A branch that touched my own life August 4, 2003, when I met the progeny of Watchman Nee"

Who is Hank referring to? Witness Lee died in 1997.

I really wish Hank would explain something - If the ministries of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee "absolutely revolutionized" your life, why did you choose one of the major branches of Poor Poor Christianity, The Greek Orthodox Church, over the Local Church/LSM of Witness Lee?
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Hanegraaf in Chrismation Ceremony
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Greek Orthodox is apart of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Eastern Orthodox Church has a doctrine called “Theosis” which is very similar if not identical to “Gods ‘s Economy” doctrine found in the Lord’s Recovery.

Not defending him or even really know about him, but maybe watchmen nee exposed him to this theology.

[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Zezima

Not defending him or even really know about him, but maybe Watchmen Nee exposed him to this theology.

Actually it was Andrew Yu, Chris Wilde and some of the other Blended Bros that exposed Hanegraaff to Witness Lee's (and by extension Nee's) "man becoming god" theology. How in the world Hank then made the leap from Local Church theology over to Greek/Eastern Orthodoxy Theosis theology is very interesting indeed....

As an aside, I was very happy to see that Hank's health seems to have improved. It looked rather grim for him at one time.
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You opposers just came to this video and argued what Hank said is wrong shows you only care for your pharisaical right doctrine. The Lord Jesus Christ care only for life and that's the goal why He came to this earth. You may have truth but you miss life. No wonder many of you here are full bitterness because you can't fulfill your evil ambitions. May the Lord enlighten your eyes concerning His economy. Truth matters but life matters more.