God's Eternal Purpose

zeek · 08-08-2014, 03:26 PM

HERn's thread questioning which of Witness Lee's teachings to retain or throw out started me thinking about Lee's conception of God's eternal purpose. http://www.ministrysamples.org/excer...PURPOSE-1.HTML I must admit I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, some of the church fathers and famous Christian mystics expounded ideas of divination which may be compatible with Lee's. On the other hand, there seemed to be something rather crass about a spiritual paradigm centered on selfishly devouring God's substance through pray-reading the bible and calling on the Lord. So I am interested to hear where others stand on the matter. If you reject Lee's proposition, have you found another conception of God's plan or purpose that is better supported, more comprehensive or more to your liking? I must admit not having thought about it for awhile and not having actively engaged in a search for another theory. I haven't even taken a serious look at Rick Warren's purpose driven life to see how it stacks up. I suppose I am skeptical about any claim to know the ultimate answers after Lee's theory fell apart for me. How important is it to have a theory about this issue? Is there any way to discern whether any theory we have about it is more than our own projection on the facts of our experience?

08-08-2014, 03:26 PM	#1
zeek Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 4,223	God's Eternal Purpose HERn's thread questioning which of Witness Lee's teachings to retain or throw out started me thinking about Lee's conception of God's eternal purpose. http://www.ministrysamples.org/excer...PURPOSE-1.HTML I must admit I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, some of the church fathers and famous Christian mystics expounded ideas of divination which may be compatible with Lee's. On the other hand, there seemed to be something rather crass about a spiritual paradigm centered on selfishly devouring God's substance through pray-reading the bible and calling on the Lord. So I am interested to hear where others stand on the matter. If you reject Lee's proposition, have you found another conception of God's plan or purpose that is better supported, more comprehensive or more to your liking? I must admit not having thought about it for awhile and not having actively engaged in a search for another theory. I haven't even taken a serious look at Rick Warren's purpose driven life to see how it stacks up. I suppose I am skeptical about any claim to know the ultimate answers after Lee's theory fell apart for me. How important is it to have a theory about this issue? Is there any way to discern whether any theory we have about it is more than our own projection on the facts of our experience? __________________ Ken Gemmer- Church in Detroit, Church in Fort Lauderdale, Church in Miami 1973-86