Why Shouldn't We Have Wealthy Saints From Upper Class In The Churches?

Truthseeker · 06-11-2024, 09:21 AM

When I read a message from the Life-study of Isaiah, i feel stumbled by Lee's teaching. Lee says:

...The church of God is composed not mainly of the upper class, but of the lowborn of the world and the despised. To appreciate the upper class is against God's mind and a shame to the church. Because Brother Nee realized this, he visited the homes of the poor saints, not the wealthy ones. God chose mostly the foolish, the weak, the lowborn, and the despised, so that no one would be able to boast before Him.

Exerpt from the Life-study of Isaiah, message 36, www.ministrybooks.org.

I don't get it. Shouldn't we have wealthy persons in the church. Should we just have poor saints for building up the Body? We must become financially poor all of our life ? If we preach gospel to the upper class people, will it shame to the Body of Christ?
I don't know what Lee's teaching. So, we need to be poor saints for being chosen by Him?

06-11-2024, 09:21 AM	#1
Truthseeker Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 98	Why Shouldn't We Have Wealthy Saints From Upper Class In The Churches? When I read a message from the Life-study of Isaiah, i feel stumbled by Lee's teaching. Lee says: ...The church of God is composed not mainly of the upper class, but of the lowborn of the world and the despised. To appreciate the upper class is against God's mind and a shame to the church. Because Brother Nee realized this, he visited the homes of the poor saints, not the wealthy ones. God chose mostly the foolish, the weak, the lowborn, and the despised, so that no one would be able to boast before Him. Exerpt from the Life-study of Isaiah, message 36, www.ministrybooks.org. I don't get it. Shouldn't we have wealthy persons in the church. Should we just have poor saints for building up the Body? We must become financially poor all of our life ? If we preach gospel to the upper class people, will it shame to the Body of Christ? I don't know what Lee's teaching. So, we need to be poor saints for being chosen by Him?