Forgiving Witness Lee

bearbear · 04-23-2013, 03:37 PM

Hi All,

I haven't posted here in a while, but I think the Lord was bugging me to share this.

Around the time I left LC, my spiritual condition was pretty wretched. Many brothers and sisters at our LC, including elders and their wives rather than practicing forgiveness, secretly harbored grudges and bitterness towards other saints. I guess we lived in a culture where forgiveness was never required and it rubbed off on me as well. I'm sure many can relate.

I remember when I used to lurk on this board and read reports about Witness Lee and all the ugly things that happened with PL and TL and DayStar and just get so angry. I held a lot of bitterness against WL for leading my so many astray, especially those in my family.

I praise God my wife and I were able to find a healthy church with brothers and sisters who practiced 'doing the Word and not just hearing the Word' (James 1:22). Seeing how they practiced forgiveness, even against people who had done seemingly unforgivable things to them, and the resulting fruit it bore in their lives was inspirational-- and it gave us hope that it was possible to forgive. Since then we've been able to, bit by bit forgive everyone in our lives that had wronged us.. including Witness Lee.

"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12

What helped me was realizing no matter how much wrong WL did, our war is not against him or his legacy, but against the spiritual forces under Satan that tempted WL and led him astray.

In addition, as christians, we have no choice but to forgive others. We all know what Jesus said in Matthew 6:12.

"but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses"

Furthermore, I personally have renounced WL and WN's eternal security (OSAS) teaching (even wrote a blog post here: http://nodustybunnies.blogspot.com/2...s-true-or.html), so I really don't have a choice but to forgive

It's a scary thing not to have your sins forgiven after all, without forgiveness there is no atonement!

So I just want to open this up to the rest of you. Have you forgiven WL? Have many others struggled with forgiveness as well as me?

04-23-2013, 03:37 PM	#1
bearbear Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 734	Forgiving Witness Lee Hi All, I haven't posted here in a while, but I think the Lord was bugging me to share this. Around the time I left LC, my spiritual condition was pretty wretched. Many brothers and sisters at our LC, including elders and their wives rather than practicing forgiveness, secretly harbored grudges and bitterness towards other saints. I guess we lived in a culture where forgiveness was never required and it rubbed off on me as well. I'm sure many can relate. I remember when I used to lurk on this board and read reports about Witness Lee and all the ugly things that happened with PL and TL and DayStar and just get so angry. I held a lot of bitterness against WL for leading my so many astray, especially those in my family. I praise God my wife and I were able to find a healthy church with brothers and sisters who practiced 'doing the Word and not just hearing the Word' (James 1:22). Seeing how they practiced forgiveness, even against people who had done seemingly unforgivable things to them, and the resulting fruit it bore in their lives was inspirational-- and it gave us hope that it was possible to forgive. Since then we've been able to, bit by bit forgive everyone in our lives that had wronged us.. including Witness Lee. "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12 What helped me was realizing no matter how much wrong WL did, our war is not against him or his legacy, but against the spiritual forces under Satan that tempted WL and led him astray. In addition, as christians, we have no choice but to forgive others. We all know what Jesus said in Matthew 6:12. "but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses" Furthermore, I personally have renounced WL and WN's eternal security (OSAS) teaching (even wrote a blog post here: http://nodustybunnies.blogspot.com/2...s-true-or.html), so I really don't have a choice but to forgive It's a scary thing not to have your sins forgiven after all, without forgiveness there is no atonement! So I just want to open this up to the rest of you. Have you forgiven WL? Have many others struggled with forgiveness as well as me?