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Originally Posted by Igzy
There are two reasons saying experiencing Christ is proper. The first is because we need to be reminded that there is a difference between just thinking about Christ and actually encountering him. Since he's invisible it is easy to confuse the two. The second is that sometimes our experience of Christ is quite general, as when we are simply enjoying his presence. There is nothing in particular we are enjoying other than the fact that he is near and with us. Now you might say that then we need to say we are enjoying his presence and not say we are experiencing him. I would simply reply that you are being picky and unreasonable.
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We definitely needed voices like OBW when we were back in th LCs to question everything, like the Bible says, Prove all things. We needed voices like that because we were slowly moved from the standard of the scripture to another solely based on Lee.
After the Max Episode in the late 70's, Lee took a distinct turn from speaking of experiencing Christ in our daily life, to The Truth. He successfully convinced us all that this was needed due to OUR lack of knowing the truth, and not the actual truth of the facts which occurred and were covered up. Subsequently Lee, due to unrighteousness, embarked on a ministry of dead doctrines in the name of Truth. He taught about the experience of Christ while little of that actually occurred.
Truth requires the genuine experience of Christ, because truth has the power to liberate us. Truth without this reality is nothing but deadening doctrines. Now that we have stepped back and looked at where Lee's teachings have taken us, we don't need to examine each other with the same microscope. Excessive analysis creates paralysis, fear, and confusion, thinking everything we do, say, or write is potentially dangerous, unscriptural, or heretical.