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Originally Posted by googlelight
The leadership of LR wrote the following about a book: "In Satan’s Strategy Against the Church , Witness Lee explains how Satan seeks to undermine God’s will by distracting the believers with many substitutes for the living person of Christ, replacing the function of the members of the Body of Christ with the clergy-laity system, and dividing the Body of Christ..."
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Substitutes for the living person of Christ... the diagnosis has merits but the proposed remedy does not. Yes, "Christianity", however loosely or tightly defined, arguably has things other than the living person of Christ. But what has the LR leadership promoted, from WL on down? Things other than the living person of Christ. Look at the Daystar Motorhome Company for example. WL said it would do 3 things: provide work for the church members, provide a return on their initial investments, and funds for further church affairs (buildings, salaries & support).
All it did was provide funds for Timothy Lee and his coterie (like father WL, TL had a [guanxi] network of dependents to care for).
So, was this Christ? The deputies, the current ''blended leadership'' of the LR, sold it as such. When WL's money-making schemes collapsed and the 'investment' was gone, Lee's Lieutenants said it was a test from God. Our faith was no longer in Christ but his supposed deputy - would we all "line up" and "hand over"? Would we keep our mouths shut and not murmur as the Lee family fleeced us? That became the benchmark of faith, not confessing Jesus as risen from the dead.
And the Later Nee did the same thing - became as myopic, shrill, and self-oriented as Later Lee. Their initial triumphs paved the way for later failures. Only Jesus Christ is trustworthy.
"Some trust in chariots, some in horses, but we will remember the name of the L
ORD our God. They are fallen, and brought low, but we are risen and stand upright." Only Jesus Christ can sing this song - only he is risen and upright. Our only reality is in finding and holding to him. "In the midst of the Great Congregation, I [Jesus Christ the resurrected Lamb] sing hymns of praise to you [Father God]." We hear the voice of Christ, and join in the victory celebration. Really, what else is there?