Daily Devotional Inspirations — Analysis

[OBW]

I am reading back through some of the devotionals posted by Sons to Glory! (StG) in the thread “Daily Devotional Inspirations” (now closed). As I was not active on the forum for many of these postings, I am reading back through them now. I am not commenting on all of them, however, there are several that have a slant that I believe are skewed in a way that is consistent, at least somewhat, with some base aspects of Lee’s teaching. There is a recurring theme of expecting God to simply make it happen without out will or effort. This is much like an aspect of Lee’s on God’s economy teaching, namely the charge to “wait for the dispensing” before undertaking anything that is other than strictly an inner-life kind of spiritual. And this kind of teaching is not exclusive to Lee and the LC. It is also common in a less overtly dogmatic way among inner-life teachers.

And there may be other similarities I find in the process.

While I realize that it is not generally considered kosher to discuss things outside of Nee, Lee, the LSM, the BBs, and the LC, this kind of teaching remains as a kind of hook to even ex-members who have tried to leave Lee and the LC behind and end out in what many of us consider a sort of LC Lite, or LC v2.0. Since true release from the clutches of the LC may require that some manage to escape even this not-entirely LC kind of teaching, I believe that going through it is of some value. In any case, I will try to show how even the non-LC version of the teachings are too like the problematic LC teachings to be ignored.

As I will also be commenting some on StG’s comments, please understand that I am not attacking him. And I hope he sees it that way as he may possibly be lurking even if not commenting. I am trying to show what it is in his comments that causes me to see the remnants of the LC in his spiritual life. I am not concerned about whether he is convinced that he has dumped Lee and the old LC ways, but rather that he may not see how it is not as true as he thinks. And he is entitled to his opinion about what he thinks is healthy teaching. I just hope that — if I am right about things — he might begin to at least see a little of it and do some digging for himself. I do not expect him to just fall all over himself getting rid of the things I think are unhealthy. It will take time. And he probably will never agree with me in full, if at all.

But also, maybe some others will see that I have seen and do the same kind of look at it for themselves. And if we get some discussion going on some of the issues, maybe someone will show evidence of where I am still blind or even have taken my analysis too far. It wouldn’t be the first time such a thing happened.

Last, I probably will not do them in order to the extent that I do comment. My first will be from Post #12 (just because I happened to stop there as I was rapidly backing up in the thread and read that one first).

Also, if you need to refer back to the original posts (I won't always quote them all in their entirety), here it is: Daily Devotional Inspirations.