Authority and Submission

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Originally Posted by Paul Miletus

What I believe with one publication is that to satisfy the current vision or the up-to-date truth that makes up the ministry of the age. In other words, there must not be any diversion of the truth or the ministry of the New Testament as endeavored by God's economy.

Likewise, it must be noted that there were many writers of the Bible as you have cited. However, please consider that whatever they have written has to do only with God's economy, which is the New Testament Ministry. They altogether meet in one point and was not diverted to any other teachings except the Head and the Body of Christ.

Brother Paul, let me ask you this question:

Why do you believe the "current vision" or "up-to-date truth" is according to the revelation of God's economy?

Many of us here could testify that this is not the case.

Let me be clear: I am not asking for a doctrinal statement from you. I myself can say something like "According to God's desire for a counterpart, He has the necessity for some gifts to the Body to assist the saints in the work of building and those gifts will bear God's oracle in accordance with the unique ministry of the New Testament." We all know this and many of us even strongly believe this as a result of what we have received from brother Lee.

No, I am not asking for another answer like that from you, either quoted from or entirely based upon the publications of LSM.

Instead, I want you to consider that perhaps, for a number of reasons, there is a parallel work going on which you might be able to understand and justify in a certain way as being "the one speaking" but which is not in fact the actual one speaking of our Triune God.

And here is your clue: the next time you hear one of the frequent and common self-justifying teachings, ask the Lord if such words are truly directed to those out here who do not listen to such things anyway, or are they directed to those inside your denomination, to saints like yourself, who are kept in on account of such things being spoken.

Don't take my word for this. Ask the Lord. Why do these men spend so much effort to keep saying again and again that they are uniquely working the ministry? If it is true, then you should just do it. There is no need to spend so much time convincing others that they should be convinced by you. If God is in the speaking, He can surely do the convincing.

If you could only look at this sad situation and see it with annointed eyes:
http://www.lsm.org/outlines.html