Major Errors of Witness Lee’s Teaching

Boxjobox · 07-07-2017, 01:32 PM

Hi JesusLover,
You say "The proper way to study the Bible and to avoid to be deceived by following the wrong teaching or interpretation is: First to have prayer and relationship with the Author (God) of the Bible (Jn 5:39,40), then we need to take notes as we read and study the Bible (God’s Word), lastly we can check with the commentaries of the theologians; NOT just ONE author, but 3 or 4. And try to understand why the interpretations differ. We need to do our homework and NOT to blindly believe the commentaries, learn from the Berean believers (Act 17:10,11)."

In reading Ephesians 3, it seems the major thing on God's and the apostle Paul's heart, is not Israel, but the church. There is a lot I can find fault with in WL's ministry, but his tenacity to speak about the church was not one of them. Granted, the content he may have filled the church container with grew increasingly off key, but I would be hard pressed to find any commentator or preacher who cared as much about bringing out the scriptural grandness of the church, with a desire to see it in its fruition. Your studiousness is to be commended, but I don't see Israelology, nor eschatology as the primary Christian focus, but the church-we need the same heart as the apostle Paul! I would think
You seem to dismiss the weightiness of the church in this age with its degradation. I, for one, don't want to relegate my Christian life to sitting in pews or chairs, being entertained, shaking a few hands, and talking about football scores, just because all churches have problems. The modern American "church" is pathetic. WL brought out so much concerning the church that most commentators pass over; we shouldn't throw it out just because he ended up corrupting the very thing he worked to build.
I would think a clear understanding and practice of the church is needed before one can understand Israelology, not the other way around. If after 2000 years, we are left with the kind of church practice we see predominate in the US, I would say at the least, the average theologian and bible commentaries have failed miserably.
When the local church morphed into LSM affiliates, may of us left, and left as well the whole concept of the church and the church practice in the hand of the charlatans. I think it's time for the "recovery" of the church!

07-07-2017, 01:32 PM	#22
Boxjobox Moderated Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 829	Re: Major Errors of Witness Lee’s Teaching (Nothing against the “person”) Hi JesusLover, You say "The proper way to study the Bible and to avoid to be deceived by following the wrong teaching or interpretation is: First to have prayer and relationship with the Author (God) of the Bible (Jn 5:39,40), then we need to take notes as we read and study the Bible (God’s Word), lastly we can check with the commentaries of the theologians; NOT just ONE author, but 3 or 4. And try to understand why the interpretations differ. We need to do our homework and NOT to blindly believe the commentaries, learn from the Berean believers (Act 17:10,11)." In reading Ephesians 3, it seems the major thing on God's and the apostle Paul's heart, is not Israel, but the church. There is a lot I can find fault with in WL's ministry, but his tenacity to speak about the church was not one of them. Granted, the content he may have filled the church container with grew increasingly off key, but I would be hard pressed to find any commentator or preacher who cared as much about bringing out the scriptural grandness of the church, with a desire to see it in its fruition. Your studiousness is to be commended, but I don't see Israelology, nor eschatology as the primary Christian focus, but the church-we need the same heart as the apostle Paul! I would think You seem to dismiss the weightiness of the church in this age with its degradation. I, for one, don't want to relegate my Christian life to sitting in pews or chairs, being entertained, shaking a few hands, and talking about football scores, just because all churches have problems. The modern American "church" is pathetic. WL brought out so much concerning the church that most commentators pass over; we shouldn't throw it out just because he ended up corrupting the very thing he worked to build. I would think a clear understanding and practice of the church is needed before one can understand Israelology, not the other way around. If after 2000 years, we are left with the kind of church practice we see predominate in the US, I would say at the least, the average theologian and bible commentaries have failed miserably. When the local church morphed into LSM affiliates, may of us left, and left as well the whole concept of the church and the church practice in the hand of the charlatans. I think it's time for the "recovery" of the church!