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Originally Posted by Igzy
No, it doesn't stand to reason. Sounds like you are trying to sharp shoot inconsistencies in others' arguments. But you are not doing a very good job because I don't see the connection nor the point you are trying to make.
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Maybe you're not getting it, which doesn't make my point any less valid. CMW made the point that Lee's statements with regard to the "poor, fallen, blind, etc." state of Christianity (Which is in reference to the apostate condition of Christianity) is not true, and that by virtue of that "local churchers" are at a disadvantage. He furthermore stated that because of this charge God's presence and anointing are not in the local church (That in and of itself is a very serious charge).
Therefore it must follow that whenever another Christian teacher historically leveled the same or similar charge, God's presence and anointing left that teacher and those that followed their ministry. By virtue of such a charge, then, the works and teachings of that ministry were made dead.
Not only were the Reformers of the early Protestant revolution era generally prone to pointing out the apostate condition of the faith, but many acknowledged Christian theologians did the same in their writings. Andrew Murray, for example, wrote of "the sad state of the church of Christ on the earth" (Absolute Surrender). Therefore, if "It's not true" that Christianity is in a fallen state, blind, poor, etc., then those Reformers and teachers who spoke the same things, in their own various ways, are just as dead, and have not God's presence or anointing.