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Originally Posted by Boxjobox
I do not want to give the impression that it is wrong to pray/talk to Jesus. My main point is that Jesus spoke forth the importance of praying to the Father. It's strange that it seemed like one of WL's favorite books was Ephesians, which when I read it, I see that Paul likewise emphasized praying to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, and explained that it is through Christ that we now have access to God. Paul does not teach in Ephesians to pray to Jesus but to the Father--such as 5:20 giving thanks always to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. WL must have been deep in the natural man when he shared this book.
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In my communion with GOD, I sometimes am led to address Him as "Father God", other times as "Holy Spirit", other times "Jehovah Raphi (Healer), Jehovah Jirah (Provider), Jehovah Shalom (Peace), and many other titles of El Shaddai (Almighty God) including Lord Jesus, Dear Jesus, Sweet Lord Jesus.
WL's teaching problem is he boxed in the LC with mostly if not exclusively saying 'O LORD JESUS' to the point it became vain repitition eliminating real, intimate communion with our Creator.
His explanation of the 'processed' God did not bring anyone closer (to my knowledge) with God. It was just DEAD theology he conjured up in the flesh to make himself look knowledgeable. I am not aware of Lee himself giving an up to date testimony of his personal ongoing relationship with our Redeemer, Savior, Lord and King.
Before the 'prophesying' came into play, the saints (at least in San Diego) stood up and gave personal testimonies of their 'experience' of Christ and / or how God through the message given opened their eyes to understand something they had not previously.