How to create a Protestant splinter cell, by Aron
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Originally Posted by InChristAlone
I believe it is a tragedy: whatever they do in the Lord’s Recovery, their activity doesn't bring them to Christ. Generally, they are nice people: kind and sincere. But no matter how much they desire and struggle to be perfected in Jesus Christ, they end up being perfected in Witness Lee.
The problem is not with them but with the system. The LC is a man-centered organization, not a Christ-centered church. It's all about WL, his gospel, and his speculations and it's so little about the Lord, His Gospel, and His commandments. As someone wise said, "A true prophet brings people to the Lord. A false prophet brings people to himself."
I might be mistaken but I think WL, his teaching, and practices is a serious barrier towards union with Christ. A Witness Lee-like life and a Christ-like life are not the same. I pray for my dear wife and other relatives so that they see the difference.
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Why is it that the Orthodox church never had a Reformation? Why is it that the weird groups come out of the Protestants?
First, one of them gets a special word from a special Bible verse. Think of the so-called Latter Rain movement, and/or the New Apostolic Reformation, or Witness Lee and his proprietary 'revelations', or the Shouter spin-off the EL ("As the lightning from east to west, so shall. . .")
(Does the EO not believe in justification by faith? Why did no Luther rise up within its ranks?)
The revelator now has a fulcrum to separate the flock unto himself/herself. The focus shifts from the Bible to the revelation, so-called, and thence from the revelation to the person of the revelator themselves. In extreme cases like with the EL, the Bible itself is done away with as passe, and the speaking of the revelator reigns alone. In more moderate cases like with the LSM LC, the 'interpreted word' of the 'seer' guides one through the text, and the 'interpreted word' (teachings) tell the acolytes whether the text is 'fallen' or 'revelatory' and to what degree.
Revelation after revelation, splinter cell after splinter cell. It seems every time someone gets a vision, a new group is formed.