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Originally Posted by SentOutFree
This applies to others who have recently gone out of the LC. So thank you for your pieces for advice. Except this one - "Follow the Lord in the recovery and read the ministry "
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The 'recovery' or 'restoration' or even -gasp- 'reformation' are all arguably misnomers. The 'fall' or 'degradation' occurred in the early chapters of Genesis (I see a series of 'falls' including Gen 6, as alluded to by Jude 1:6 and 2 Pet 2:4). The 'recovery' or 'restoration' occurred in the four gospels of the NT, at the latest in the early chapters of Acts (see Jesus' allusion to the "coming Kingdom" as initiated at Pentecost [1:6-8]). The epistles of Paul et al, up to and including the Apocalypse of John, are commentaries on and expansions of what occurred in the gospels, and don't change anything. Jesus of Nazareth is the Way. He's the King of Israel. He's Saviour of the World. There's no other name given, on earth or in heaven, by which we're to be saved. That's presented as immutable, irrevocable.
The 'ministry' concept was a vehicle, a way to lead ones into the voracious jaws of Witness Lee's circle of associates and family members. First was presented the so-called restored or recovered church. Then, this 'church' needed an 'oracle' or Deputy God, the so-called ministry of the age. Then, the ministry concept led one to imbalanced dependence on the person of that minister, and opened them up to his family: enter Philip Lee, Timothy Lee et al. The Witness Lee Mind Control Programme and Guanxi Network.
The whole thing is unbiblical and is a sham of the first order. They should teach this in high school: "Kids, you are going off to college. Irrespective of your religion or lack thereof, watch out for the cults. They'll suck out your brain and your soul." This ought to be taught, along with Algebra, Earth Science and World History. But they don't, and how many have been fooled! But the 'fall' is unchanged, and its cure. Both are still playing out today.