Good Lee/Bad Lee: Can They Be Separated?

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Originally Posted by Cassidy

Then what did the Lord Jesus mean when He said:

John 17: 20-22

I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,

Good question. This oneness in mysterious.

WL thought he had the answer, but he could not be "one" with any other Christians. In fact, he couldn't be one with brothers like John Ingalls, who was with him for years and years. John Nelson Darby also thought he had the same answers, but he and his followers couldn't get along with anyone either. What kind of oneness condemns all others and can't get along with the brothers next to you?

The Bible says that we should prove all things, to try them by testing. The Bible also tells us to know them by their fruit. Some of WL's teachings and conclusions I just could not unravel myself. I have rejected them because they are not Biblical and they bore bad fruit. I could not reject them because they sounded "bad." Actually many of WL's teachings sounded "good," but that is not the true test we should apply to them.