Good Lee/Bad Lee: Can They Be Separated?

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Originally Posted by Paul Cox

Bilbodo...I mean, Casidy,

There is a biblical basis for rejecting the entirety of Witness Lee's Ministry. In a word - leaven.

Any ministry that would lead its followers to believe that the one who brought the ministry is the, "Acting God," "One Man," "Oracle," "Apostle for the Age," the vicar of Christ or any other such nonsense if chock full of the leaven of the Pharisees, rotten, stinky pride. Any ministry that would lead it's followers to look at themselves with swollen pride and call themselves "The" whatever, should be rejected wholesale.

P.C.

This is actually a very important point and one I figured this thread would come down to.

Lee's claims that those who don't follow him are out of sync with God (claims of being "the Recovery," "God's unique move," the "minister of the age," and the only proper local churches were part of this) intersperse his writings to the point of being practically inseparable.

It's my belief that the average Christian cannot take in Lee's writings without risking being negatively affected by these types of outrageous and unsupportable claims. I've experienced firsthand how the brainwashing effect of being told one is leaving "God's best" waylays one's spiritual and personal life. Of course, there is a difference between reading it and being immersed in a culture that believes it. But even then this leaven is a major problem, and is enough reason to tell average Christians to steer clear of Lee's writings.

As I've said, the only likely way Lee's ideas will be dispersed is by them being repackaged in the writings of reputable teachers. You can see the minor influence of Watchman Nee in the writings of Joyce Meyer, for example. But with Lee, advanced teachers are going to get major red flags when they come upon his talk about "the Recovery" and "God's unique move" and "the ministry of the age." This will likely ensure that Lee's views will remain marginalized.

That would be great disappointment to LRCers because they believe there is this huge lack of "high peak" teachings in the Church today. But this thought is very misleading. The fact is you can go into Barnes & Noble and pick up a good systematic theology book and read a lot of inspiring high peak stuff. Christianity is not near as ignorant of solid theology as Lee wanted everyone to think. The real issue is that most Christians are not that interested in talking about it. But the good pastors know good theology, and the best know how to use it without making it the central focus.