TheStarswillFall Testimony

TheStarswillFall · 08-07-2023, 01:53 PM

It is evident that there is a common thread weaved through the narratives/testimonies of (most) saints who left the Lord's Recovery.

I was in the LR from 2008 - 2019. I attended the FTT (not Anaheim) from 2013-2014. It is fair to say that I became a devout disciple of Witness Lee. I was quarantined in 2019.

Backtrack to 2008 when I received Christ as my Lord and Saviour (outside of the LR). From the very beginning of my walk with the Lord I was very burdened for the truth. As a young believer I got entangled in Calvinism (because my salvation was precious to me, and I did not believe I could lose it). Then one day I read God's Economy (W Lee) and the rest is history as they say. I received W Lee's word that we must put down our "toy doctrines" and just take care of the Spirit with our spirit. I remember that day. I cried for joy! I have a spirit and God is Spirit and that is all that matters! Amen.

I still remember those honeymoon years in the Recovery. The Bible opening up like a gold mine. The wonderful emphasis on Christ's work and Person. The high revelation concerning the church being the Body of Christ and not a human organization and on and on I can go.

But nothing is as it seems. The truth and the practise in the LR often do not match each other. There is a word in the Bible describing this very condition - "hypocrisy."
To name a few:
1. There should not be any hierarchy in the church (Nicolaitans)
2. "Christ + nothing"
3. In the church we must be "general", not insisting upon anything "special"
4. Christ is the Head of every man (no mediator)
5. One man speaking is of degraded Christianity
6. All the saints have the freedom to function according to their gifting
7. The recovered church (Philadelphia) does not take any name other than the name of her Husband.

Then there are the blatant heresies like
1. Minister of the Age (with the Ministry of the Age)
2. The unique ground of oneness as the main determining factor of a genuine local church.
3. Restricting saints to one man's ministry
4. Referring to oneself as the Lord's Recovery

So I wrote the leading brothers a well-mannered letter wherein I raised my concerns regarding the unhealthy exaltation of brother Lee in the LR as the Minister of the Age. Looking back now I can actually chuckle at my ignorance. As if Martin Luther's nailing of his 95 theses into that door changed anything wrt the Catholic Church. To this day the Catholic church has not changed. But Luther did initiate reformation and freedom from religious bondage for many...including himself...

So my well-mannered letter was received with utter disgust and the Lord sovereignly unlocked my Lord's Recovery chains via the brothers' quarantining me.

It has been 4 years since that day I was quarantined, and I still have many unanswered questions. I am just relieved that Jesus is (still) Lord. When I gave my heart to Christ on that day in 2008 I was very specific. My heart belongs to Jesus Christ, to no other.

08-07-2023, 01:53 PM	#1
TheStarswillFall Member Join Date: Aug 2023 Posts: 38	TheStarswillFall Testimony It is evident that there is a common thread weaved through the narratives/testimonies of (most) saints who left the Lord's Recovery. I was in the LR from 2008 - 2019. I attended the FTT (not Anaheim) from 2013-2014. It is fair to say that I became a devout disciple of Witness Lee. I was quarantined in 2019. Backtrack to 2008 when I received Christ as my Lord and Saviour (outside of the LR). From the very beginning of my walk with the Lord I was very burdened for the truth. As a young believer I got entangled in Calvinism (because my salvation was precious to me, and I did not believe I could lose it). Then one day I read God's Economy (W Lee) and the rest is history as they say. I received W Lee's word that we must put down our "toy doctrines" and just take care of the Spirit with our spirit. I remember that day. I cried for joy! I have a spirit and God is Spirit and that is all that matters! Amen. I still remember those honeymoon years in the Recovery. The Bible opening up like a gold mine. The wonderful emphasis on Christ's work and Person. The high revelation concerning the church being the Body of Christ and not a human organization and on and on I can go. But nothing is as it seems. The truth and the practise in the LR often do not match each other. There is a word in the Bible describing this very condition - "hypocrisy." To name a few: 1. There should not be any hierarchy in the church (Nicolaitans) 2. "Christ + nothing" 3. In the church we must be "general", not insisting upon anything "special" 4. Christ is the Head of every man (no mediator) 5. One man speaking is of degraded Christianity 6. All the saints have the freedom to function according to their gifting 7. The recovered church (Philadelphia) does not take any name other than the name of her Husband. Then there are the blatant heresies like 1. Minister of the Age (with the Ministry of the Age) 2. The unique ground of oneness as the main determining factor of a genuine local church. 3. Restricting saints to one man's ministry 4. Referring to oneself as the Lord's Recovery So I wrote the leading brothers a well-mannered letter wherein I raised my concerns regarding the unhealthy exaltation of brother Lee in the LR as the Minister of the Age. Looking back now I can actually chuckle at my ignorance. As if Martin Luther's nailing of his 95 theses into that door changed anything wrt the Catholic Church. To this day the Catholic church has not changed. But Luther did initiate reformation and freedom from religious bondage for many...including himself... So my well-mannered letter was received with utter disgust and the Lord sovereignly unlocked my Lord's Recovery chains via the brothers' quarantining me. It has been 4 years since that day I was quarantined, and I still have many unanswered questions. I am just relieved that Jesus is (still) Lord. When I gave my heart to Christ on that day in 2008 I was very specific. My heart belongs to Jesus Christ, to no other.