The Speciality, Generality, and Practicality of the Church Life

[aron]

Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!

Aron and JJ - I haven't been following ya-alls conversation very well. Can you please summarize and let me know how it ties into the topic at hand? Thx

See Post #63. I stated my basis of fellowship is the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. The ongoing thread's discussion was on the Bible, and how to view it, whether concepts of fallible men, divinely inspired, or a mix? My reply was asking how Jesus viewed and used scripture. Since he was the resurrected and glorified Messiah, his view might be worth considering, no? Not just that of Augustine and Luther and Billy Graham. What was Jesus' usage pattern?

Then I made an excursus, in showing how I could "venture afield" perhaps profitably, perhaps not, but still safely (not leaving fellowship) by considering how we got led astray by a "global Chinese Christian leader". Did anyone read that latest whitewash attempt? It seems that the LC is surreptitiously putting plants in academia to put out CRI-lite sociological explanations for their unorthodoxy.*

My excursus was through Psalm 96, and how Justin Martyr used 1 Enoch's riff on Genesis 6:1-4 to show how the nations are led astray, and deceived. Given the fairly frequent references in the NT (see post #63) to disobedient angels and unclean spirits causing human harm, it might be worth taking a minute to consider.

I closed the loop by saying that my considerations don't form a basis of fellowship. However one might view them, good or bad - they're merely thoughts, human thoughts. Not truths in any objective sense.

Originally Posted by OBW

The Speciality, Generality, and Practicality of the Church Life was from messages Lee gave in 1971... It begins with some statements concerning the faith. According to Lee, the faith is “composed of the beliefs concerning the Bible, God, Christ, the work of Christ, salvation, and the church.”

Jesus had faith. "He [Messiah/Son/Christ] trusted in God [Father in heaven], let him [Father] save him [Son] now" (Matt 27; Psa 22). It is his faith that saves. Not mine. So what he thought about subjects like "the Bible" should be first considerations. This is my attempt to add value to the conversation: look at what he believed. Not what I believe, or you believe, or Witness Lee's purported "all genuine Christians" believe.

*https://www.researchgate.net/profile...c5d15bf4fc.pdf