BREAKING Watchman Nee and Witness Lee aren't in the Bible

[Drake]

Originally Posted by SpeakersCorner

One church per city is not a prescription in the NT. It is a description of a reality. Even today, wherever there is a city, there is a single church there no matter how many different buildings with different names on the signs exist within.

Years ago when flying over the great Midwest at night I looked down and pointed out to my dear wife the city of St. Louis. Its glory and its definition at night were the lights. It was at this moment I had an epiphany/clarification on this matter of one church per city. From the heavens God only sees one.

Many, maybe most, local churchers simply saw their assemblies as that one church per city but they were wrong. Their meeting hall signs were simply were a testimony to this fact.

Once when I was visiting Pittsburgh (maybe Ohio was there that day) I spoke in the meeting introducing myself as one from "the church in ___." I said, "We have, oh, I don't know, 20,000 or so members." People gaped at me. I added, "And about 20 meeting in our building."

Some of you are calling this teaching of one church per city a false teaching but it isn't: it's reality.

Agree with SC and would add this clarification to also address Zezima's base post:

Zezima> "The Lord’s Recovery believes that their church in the city, is the only real church in that city."

Actually "no", this is a misunderstanding. Rather, they believe that they are standing on the unique ground of oneness --- that is all believers in a city make up the church in that city as all share the same life of Christ their Head." They "see" the same reality that SC describes without the aid of a flyover. If that is what they are being accused of then guilty as charged.

Zezima, concerning your primary objection about co-workers or the saints quoting senior co-workers (Bro Lee and Bro Nee) I believe that is normal and biblical. You may consider 9 references excessive but I don't consider 9. 90, or 900 references as excessive as long as those quotes and references are based on revelation and light received from the Bible.

Ephesians 4:11-12 confirms that the Lord uses men for the building of Body of Christ.

"And He Himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as shepherds and some as teachers, for the perfecting of the saints unto the work of ministry unto the building up of he Body of Christ"

Ephesians 4:16 shows that some men are channels of rich supply from the Head that cause each member of the Body to function according to its measure.

"Out from whom all the Body, being joined together and being knit together through every joint of the rich supply and through the operation in the measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love"

Of course, under the divine arrangement we would reference others. Not all revelation and light we receive is direct from the Lord as the above scripture shows. In the context of the scripture above both Brother Lee and Brother Nee are in the Bible - gifts to the Body and joints of rich supply.

Thanks,
Drake