1 Cor. 15:45 - what does it really mean?

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by aron

I like the idea of relationships. I also like mysteries. Lee's cookie-cutter systemic theology never really interested me. Even if it was "right", it took all the mystery away.

This voice is in God's word. It calls us, and we hear it. But is it something that we can mentally comprehend, to take apart and reconstruct like a LEGO toy? I doubt it.

Reminds me of Lee's exposition from Romans 8. Perhaps it was from the time of the so-called Perfecting Training, I'm not sure. Lee likened God the Father to the power plant, God the Son to the transmission lines, God the Spirit to the flow of electricity, and our own spirit to a light switch. We all thought this was "revelation from the throne."

We were instructed that all we had to do was "flick the switch" to turn on the light and thus activate God. It was all so "scientific," one of his favorite words. There was no discussion about a relationship between us and God. God was an electric power for us to employ for our every need. Just turn Him on when you need Him! Your life might be in chaos, you may be arguing with your wife, you might be failing at school or work, you might be screaming at your kids, but alas, it's meeting time, time to "flick the switch," and turn on God.

We now controlled God, and how exciting is that! Just fire up your spirit when necessary, and God is immediately activated. Just flick the switch by calling His name or pray-reading a verse. Soon all we needed to do was shout and repeat some outline, something called PSRP, which supposedly made us uniquely the Lord's Recovery. Something, however, got seriously lost in all the excitement.

In the midst of this new "science," many seemed to lose sight of obeying the Lord, worshiping God, following the anointing, studying the scriptures, and so forth. Our relationship with God suffered. Our ears to hear His voice were damaged. Being a mechanical engineer, specializing in robotics, apparently I was particularly vulnerable to receiving this new mechanized science. Fortunately for me, there was some resistance in the GLA to these endless waves of nonsense flowing out of Anaheim. I was blessed to know many brothers who preferred to find God in the word of God rather than in Witness Lee.