Transformation: Did Lee Miss the Point?

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Originally Posted by Igzy

One of the Lee's biggest errors was his implication that God saw good works and evil works pretty much the same, and both in opposition to "life" (two trees). Although, as with most of his teaching there is some principle there, he took it way too far. He took it to the point that LRCers had little regard for manifestations of basic human goodness, seeing them as more or less worthless.

WL took many spiritual principles from W. Nee and then distorted them for his own gain -- the establishing of his own empire in the Recovery.

For example, WN taught us not to be focused only on right and wrong as Christians, but rather to center on Christ, who is our life. WL and his son twisted this to say "we don't care for right or wrong, we only care for life," thus escaping any culpability, when many of the saints were crying "foul."

WN also taught us that dead works were religious works of the flesh without the resurrected Christ of the New Covenant. This was based on part of Paul's teaching. The prime example of the day was that circumcision profits nothing. WL twisted this teaching and applied it to all works. He never mentioned how Paul exhorted us to be "... zealous of good works, these things speak and exhort ..." (Titus 2.14-15) Whereas WN extolled, for example, George's Muller's work of faith and labor of love caring for orphans in 19th century England, WL and his minions warned us against reading books from Christianity.

WN taught that all ministries must serve the churches and the body of Christ, but in practice WL forsook this. Eventually, from the time of the "new way" onward, the only real "noble" work in the LC's was to serve at and for LSM. Many brothers were infected with this thought -- "why are you wasting your time at some little LC" -- you could be a part of God's move at the ministry. Looking at the Recovery objectively, one might rightly wonder if the LC's exist only to serve and support LSM.

There's a decent commercial by Liberty Mutual Insurance, showing how doing good deeds for others can be "contagious" because it is the "right thing to do." The same is true with the opposite practice -- condemning good works -- can also be "contagious." Eventually every member in the LC's takes on WL's condescending and judgmental attitudes towards good works. I know I did.

Without good works mankind cannot see God's love in action. Anybody wonder why people cannot see God's love in the LC's?