[UntoHim]

My friend Breadfish,
The very fact that you have placed Witness Lee on the same level as "Saint Paul" and "Saint Barnabas" indicates one of the real roots of the problem in in the Local Church/Living Stream Ministry. I'm quite certain that it was not your intention to place Brother Lee in the same category as any of the scripture writing apostles, at least not consciously, however your classification of Lee with these original apostles belies that you have the mindset of the common Local Churcher - That Witness Lee is the One Minister with the One Ministry for the Age. Admittedly, I had to chuckle at your "Well, nobody's perfect" example of Barnabas' supposedly leaving and/or abandoning the apostle Paul (a questionable and self-serving narrative given by Lee on many occasions)

I whole heartedly agree that most of the members in the Local Church are true believers, however the "misuse of deputy authority" originated with the founders of the LC movement, Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, and by extension the misuse and abuse continues to this very day by their most ardent and militaristic followers, the Blended Brothers. These men have proclaimed Witness Lee as "the acting God", "the one master builder", and that those who do not strictly follow Lee are "spiritually bankrupt". Just who do you suppose these men will appoint as their successors?

So while your quip that "the spiritual situation in different Local churches are updating" sounds rather hopeful, I think we will find that these "different Local churches" will have little to no affect on the powers that be in Anaheim, and thus have little to no affect on the general tact taken by the Local Churches as a movement.
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