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Originally Posted by curious
Or is it possible that he had real insight into the proper meaning? Thanks.
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Or is it possible that he had real insight into the proper meaning?
This is the question.
There was so much anointing on the speaking on Christ being the life-giving Spirit, and on the singing on Him being so, that we early- on had no question about this. 2 Cor. 3:17 seems to support his word in 1 Cor. 15:45b when Paul says, "now the Lord is that Spirit.....". the Lord, Jesus that is, is that Spirit....What Spirit? We don't want to end up with two Spirits....
When Witness Lee's and the blending brothers' full fellowship on this subject is given, it is weighty and mysterious even though in reading through ch 15 of 1 Corinthians that verse doesn't seem as if it is of great significance. But it is there in the Bible and we have to deal with it. What does it mean?
I read over this chapter again and again in 2010-2011 and more recently; I was amazed at Paul and what he was talking about. I couldn't understand him again and again. In fact in reading 1 and 2 Cor. this year I wondered about one verse after another, wondering where he got these things. He is saying things many times in these two books that are hard to understand. And, in other books as well.
This was the apostle who said,
"I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know--God knows." He was speaking of himself in the third person and not wanting to boast as it would appear if he spoke about himself directly.
So this "guy" Paul I don't fool with and neither do I fool with Witness Lee on this subject and many other subjects, including his teaching that "God became man that man could become God - in life and nature, not in the Godhead. To
follow his and the blended brothers
thorough coverage of this subject and on the life-giving Spirit might be convincing to all who care to follow the word of God, not human logic. I believe Norm Geisler and Ron Rhodes found this out in humiliating fashion and have not been heard from or seen again in the same ring as the blending brothers. (Of course, I've got a good hold on the Achilles heal of the leaders I have just lifted up. They have two sides - and both sides should receive fair treatment since they do assume the position of global authorities in the church of God, in spite of their litany of grievous offenses brought to their attention to no avail.)