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Originally Posted by Igzy
But the Bible is clear that if you see someone in need you are supposed to have a heart to help them if you can, not excuse yourself because since you are spiritual helping people practically is beneath you.
The bottom line is the Church is supposed to express the nature of God. Is this not a central tenet of the LCM? Does God not care for the practical needs of people? Is this not in his nature? How can you express his nature and not express his practical care for people in some way?
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Here it is Witness Lee's false narrative concerning the "
Good Samaritan" that misleads LC members. (please read Luke 10.30-37) Lee's message is that Jesus is the "Good Samaritan" and enumerates in footnote 1 of Luke 10.34 all the loving attributes of the "Man-Savior" Jesus Christ. I'm not saying that this is wrong, but Lee's commentary makes the whole story objective, and removes any kind of personal responsibility from the reader.
Thus Lee completely misses the punchline of the Lord's instructive story. The reader thinks he thus knows everything, including the depths of the riches of the hidden meanings overlooked by all others, but misses the most important thing. What does Jesus say? How does He conclude the story? Does He say that He is the
real Good Samaritan? No!
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And Jesus said to him, You go and do likewise." Now remember Jesus told this to a certain lawyer who was testing Him, and doing poorly at it, he tried to justify himself. Here the Lord spent no time explaining that he or we should not act out of our natural man. Instead, He was exposing the Jewish leaders for using every excuse possible for
not loving their neighbor.