Does 2 Peter 2's warning of false teachers describe Witness Lee?

bearbear · 01-12-2014, 07:09 AM

2 Peter 2:15-16
They have wandered off the right road and followed the footsteps of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong.

Balaam was torn between serving God and money. He ultimately chose money to his own destruction when he taught Balak how to tempt the children of Israel to worship idols and commit sexual immorality. Witness Lee may have genuinely been torn between serving God and money via DayStar. He ultimately chose the latter based on his actions (money laundering, selling out the saints who lost their investments etc). Witness Lee may have taught some good biblical things, but so did Balaam when he blessed the Israelites, but look where he ended up in the end.

Jesus taught us to judge a tree by its fruit. It's evident from this analysis that Witness Lee's tree bore bad fruit, therefore he should not be thought of as someone who represents God and bears his name.

In John 14, Jesus clearly lays out two conditions for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. First is that we must obey God and the second is we must love Him. When someone lives in unrepentant sin it shows that they neither love or obey God, hence they do not have the Holy Spirit in them and cannot be considered a good tree. The source of the bad tree is Satan himself, therefore he deserves the blame for the sad history of the LRC and not Jesus, our precious Saviour who laid up his life for us.

Sorry if I sounded really harsh on Witness Lee, and I'm open to correction if I have not been accurate with this assessment. I would also try to encourage all of us including myself to let all the bitterness go and forgive everyone who hurt us, looking at the Author and Perfecter of our faith in all of this. My point is in trying to expose the works of Satan so that God's name would not be associated with Witness Lee's works.

Ephesians 5:11
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

01-12-2014, 07:09 AM	#5
bearbear Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 733	Re: Does 2 Peter 2's warning of false teachers describe Witness Lee? 2 Peter 2:15-16 They have wandered off the right road and followed the footsteps of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong. Balaam was torn between serving God and money. He ultimately chose money to his own destruction when he taught Balak how to tempt the children of Israel to worship idols and commit sexual immorality. Witness Lee may have genuinely been torn between serving God and money via DayStar. He ultimately chose the latter based on his actions (money laundering, selling out the saints who lost their investments etc). Witness Lee may have taught some good biblical things, but so did Balaam when he blessed the Israelites, but look where he ended up in the end. Jesus taught us to judge a tree by its fruit. It's evident from this analysis that Witness Lee's tree bore bad fruit, therefore he should not be thought of as someone who represents God and bears his name. In John 14, Jesus clearly lays out two conditions for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. First is that we must obey God and the second is we must love Him. When someone lives in unrepentant sin it shows that they neither love or obey God, hence they do not have the Holy Spirit in them and cannot be considered a good tree. The source of the bad tree is Satan himself, therefore he deserves the blame for the sad history of the LRC and not Jesus, our precious Saviour who laid up his life for us. Sorry if I sounded really harsh on Witness Lee, and I'm open to correction if I have not been accurate with this assessment. I would also try to encourage all of us including myself to let all the bitterness go and forgive everyone who hurt us, looking at the Author and Perfecter of our faith in all of this. My point is in trying to expose the works of Satan so that God's name would not be associated with Witness Lee's works. Ephesians 5:11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.