Training vs Seminary

[micah6v8]

Originally Posted by OBW

micah6v8,

I think that the problem is that while the FTT may talk about experience, from the way Jesus talked, the main experiences should be in practical obedience to very practical commands. Not saying there is nothing spiritual in those commands. But as spiritual as they sound at times, they ultimately require very practical application that appears very natural.

Especially when your (not you personally) worldview is that anything "natural" is fleshly and therefore unspiritual, and further to be avoided.

But if the whole of the commandments is to love God and love your neighbor as yourself, then the primary "experiences" of the LCM which I have to assume are emphasized in the FTT are too often the exact opposite of love your neighbor as yourself (unless you really despise yourself, in which case I guess they meet the criteria).

Yes, just teaching nutrition does not solve obesity. It takes an overall healthy lifestyle which will include aspects of nutrition (even without learning much about it). But my observation of the "full gospel" of the LCM is that it is far from nutritious, therefore it is unlikely to generate experiences that are truly aimed at a proper Christian living.

For example, I have heard it said by more than one of them that having a higher lexicon will enhance your experience of Christ. But this is a falsehood. Just saying things better does nothing for your actual experience. However, if you think you are better, then you . . . well . . . think you are better. In effect, if you feel better about it, it must be better.

But since I believe that true experience of Christ is in the practical application of love God and love neighbor, it is in the learning of the actual commands of Christ that a Bible scholar is able to help people on the right path, not in having subjective experiences that are colored by ones' notion of things like higher lexicons, better meetings (even ones in which so many "prophesy"). I believe that those apparently spiritual things rob us from the real following of Christ.

So while either analogy could make a point about learning not being the same thing as knowing (or intelligence is not the same thing as wisdom), it does not get at what is right or wrong with either kind of "seminary" (though I am sure that many in the LCM, and especially in the FTT would think otherwise).

Hi OBW,

Since we are talking about practical application, I thought you might find this interesting

http://www.christianpost.com/news/fr...e-word-134883/

On a separate note, when you mention higher lexicon, were you referring to new words coined by Witness Lee such as
“tea-ification” the process where water becomes tea
"Christified"- the outcome when we are saturated by Christ
"sonize"-the process of becoming a son