If you were in Scottsdale would you take the Table..

[Sons to Glory!]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

Per StG - The church is not dedicated to the reading of Witness Lee. So I don't think they'd be considered acceptable for members of the LSM churches. Am I getting that wrong?

Yes, you can pretty much read whoever author you want here - hopefully it's edifying and centered on Christ!

So does that exclude us in Scottsdale?

[Drake]

Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!

Yes, you can pretty much read whoever author you want here - hopefully it's edifying and centered on Christ!

So does that exclude us in Scottsdale?

Nope.

LofT is reading my post through the filter of his worldview.

Drake

[Sons to Glory!]

Originally Posted by Drake

Nope.

LofT is reading my post through the filter of his worldview.

Drake

Thanks! So perhaps it's not a dogmatic thing with those in TLR. So the brother I wrote of earlier who was in TLR elsewhere and wouldn't take the table here because he said it would "violate the oneness" . . . Are you saying it's a matter of individual conscience and not a specific LC teaching?

(and again we have nothing formal to do with the LC or the authority thereof - unless you count being one in Spirit . . .)

[Drake]

Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!

Thanks! So perhaps it's not a dogmatic thing with those in TLR. So the brother I wrote of earlier who was in TLR elsewhere and wouldn't take the table here because he said it would "violate the oneness" . . . Are you saying it's a matter of individual conscience and not a specific LC teaching?

(and again we have nothing formal to do with the LC or the authority thereof - unless you count being one in Spirit . . .)

STG,

Paul indicated we should consider and examine when partaking the table. If someone does not want to then you should receive him anyway. He has his reasons.

Brother Lee taught that whenever we go someplace we should blend in and to the extent afforded we should do as they do. If they speak in tongues learn to speak in tongues. If they roll on the floor, learn to roll on the floor.

Drake

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Drake

STG,

Paul indicated we should consider and examine when partaking the table. If someone does not want to then you should receive him anyway. He has his reasons.

Brother Lee taught that whenever we go someplace we should blend in and to the extent afforded we should do as they do. If they speak in tongues learn to speak in tongues. If they roll on the floor, learn to roll on the floor.

Drake

W. Lee may have taught this years ago, but neither he nor his Blendeds ever practiced it.

[leastofthese]

Originally Posted by Drake

Nope.

LofT is reading my post through the filter of his worldview.

Drake

Not my worldview, but my experience. Each “Local Church” in the “oneness” I’ve visited or know of first hand have followed the writings of Witness Lee, no doubt about that. I could go take a picture of the literature in the church book room, their Bibles , and the hymn books as my proof (or would that still be in my filter?)

Drake, since I’m so out of whack here, please set me straight. What is a locality that doesn’t dedicate their church to the writings of Witness Lee? I don’t need an exhaustive list, one name is fine.

**edits for mistypes on new iPhone

[Drake]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

Not my worldview, but my experience. Each “Local Church” in the “oneness” I’ve visited or know of first hand have followed the writings of Witness Lee, no doubt about that. I could go take a picture of the literature in the church book room, their Bibles , and the hymn books as my proof (or would that still be in my filter?)

Drake, since I’m so out of whack here, please set me straight. What is a locality that doesn’t dedicate their church to the writings of Witness Lee? I don’t need an exhaustive list, one name is fine.

**edits for mistypes on new iPhone

The out of whack part is the ministry is for the churches NOT that a church dedicated to the writings of Witness Lee. So, not one but all of them that I know of or ever been a part of.

Drake

[Trapped]

Originally Posted by Drake

The out of whack part is the ministry is for the churches NOT that a church dedicated to the writings of Witness Lee. So, not one but all of them that I know of or ever been a part of.

Drake

Yes, the ministry should be for the churches.

What is a locality in which Witness Lee (and Nee)'s books are NOT the primary ones read from, referenced, or sold?

Whether it be The Holy Word for Morning Revival, another ministry book by Lee/Nee, or the Recovery Version of the Bible (translated and footnoted by Lee)?

[Drake]

Originally Posted by Trapped

Yes, the ministry should be for the churches.

What is a locality in which Witness Lee (and Nee)'s books are NOT the primary ones read from, referenced, or sold?

Whether it be The Holy Word for Morning Revival, another ministry book by Lee/Nee, or the Recovery Version of the Bible (translated and footnoted by Lee)?

Trapped,

If none, how does that unprove the ministry is for the churches?

Drake

[Trapped]

Originally Posted by Drake

Trapped,

If none, how does that unprove the ministry is for the churches?

Drake

Drake,

I made no such connection, claim, or implication that implied any disproving that the ministry is for the churches. That was not in my mind at all. My first sentence was simply agreeing with you that the ministry should be for the churches. Agreed.

My second sentence was a return to LofT's original question/line of thought. I was not drawing any connection, conclusion, or claim between the first and second sentence. If it helps, you can add the phrase "Back to the original thought" before my question to help make a distinction, because that was my intention when I wrote it.

Based on your initial response of "If none...", should I infer that your answer to the standalone question of "What is a locality in which Witness Lee (and Nee)'s books are NOT the primary ones read from, referenced, or sold?" is "none"?

[leastofthese]

Originally Posted by Drake

The out of whack part is the ministry is for the churches NOT that a church dedicated to the writings of Witness Lee. So, not one but all of them that I know of or ever been a part of.

Drake

So all the churches in the “oneness” are dedicated to the work of Witness Lee, but for the churches - not for the sake of Witness Lee?

[Drake]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

So all the churches in the “oneness” are dedicated to the work of Witness Lee, but for the churches - not for the sake of Witness Lee?

That’s incoherent.

Not interested in unraveling your knotted logic.

Thanks
Drake

[leastofthese]

Originally Posted by Drake

That’s incoherent.

Not interested in unraveling your knotted logic.

Thanks
Drake

I know - I was trying to decipher your statement.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Drake

The out of whack part is the ministry is for the churches NOT that a church dedicated to the writings of Witness Lee.

Drake

This cutesy saying is designed to disarm the conscience of the saints. It has no more validity your saying that you become god.

Furthermore, the false and distorted "oneness" in the LCM is a guise of divisiveness. They use their ministry and claims of oneness to divide and destroy LC's.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

Not my worldview, but my experience. Each “Local Church” in the “oneness” I’ve visited or know of first hand have followed the writings of Witness Lee, no doubt about that. I could go take a picture of the literature in the church book room, their Bibles , and the hymn books as my proof (or would that still be in my filter?)

Drake, since I’m so out of whack here, please set me straight. What is a locality that doesn’t dedicate their church to the writings of Witness Lee? I don’t need an exhaustive list, one name is fine.

**edits for mistypes on new iPhone

Midwest LC's were all undermined by LSM operatives for NOT using the writings of W. Lee. Not using Lee's writings is justification for lawsuits.

Not my worldview, just my experience.