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Originally Posted by HERn
Looks like Nee and Lee might have got it wrong about the tree of life.
The same words are used in Proverbs 3:18 to represent wisdom.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy is every one that holdest her fast.
It's used in Proverbs 11:30 as a fruit of the righteous.
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that is wise winneth souls.
And in Proverbs 13:12 as like having desire fulfilled.
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
And Proverbs 15:4 as how good or helpful is good speech.
A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit.
I'll get to the NT next, but it does not look like the tree of life is a principle or command to behave/function by intuition or whatever it is that the blendeds say you touch in your spirit. The word life without a qualifying adjective...like Christ's life, God's life, my dog's life, etc. can be misleading and possibly used by satan (or any other nefarious being/person) to indicate any intuitive feeling that one receives from any source. I wonder if this is a safe practice for Christians? Do the church fathers have any comments on this topic?
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Seems the Recovery's orientation of the Tree of Life is all askew. It's not about what the Word says, but about LSM. If LSM is portrayed positively it's on the Tree of Life. If it portrays LSM negatively, it's on the Tree of Knowledge.
Several examples, afaithfulword.org, it's on the Tree of Life. CRI's We Were Wrong, it's on the Tree of Life.
Conversely anything written by Nigel Tomes, Steve Isitt, John Ingalls etc is on the Tree of Knowledge.
Tree of Life=positive for LSM
Tree of Knowledge=negative for LSM
Notice scripture isn't even a factor by this logic.