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Originally Posted by aron
I have been thinking of the story that SpeakersCorner wrote, about being visited personally by Titus Chu in 1982. My question is, what if a team of Mormons or Jehovah's witnesses or Branch Davidians or Jesus Family had come down that dusty gravel road? Just because you get outreach doesn't mean anything of itself.
The purpose of the visit by an LSM proxy, in this case Titus Chu, was to convince others that they are legitimate ministers of Christ Jesus. Ambassadors of Christ, Paul would call them. But I'm convinced that even though Nee & Chu & Lee claim to represent Christ, they do not. Their fruit is evident.
In the case of Chu, in particular, John Ingalls wrote that TC told him to shut up & fall in line when Witness Lee's son was caught repeatedly abusing LSM staff. That visit was to sell the notion, "We the are the church", later amended to, "Only we are the church", later amended to, "Shut up and get in line".
To go back to the analogy of the flawed man who is still a man after God's heart, that type does relate to the NT believer. However, the basis of the NT believer is repentance. Suppose David had Nathan killed after being confronted with his crimes against Uriah? Would he still be after God's heart?
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The history of the Plymouth Brethren teaches us that the EARLIER one got expelled from the program, the healthier, freer, and more blessed these ones became in the long term. Think George Muller. We should not forget that TC DID get expelled from the program, albeit too late.
But the comparisons between TC and David Koresh or the JW’s really have crossed the line. Shameful in fact. Yes, TC could fairly be compared to a tough old army general, but never was there ever a taint of personal moral failure.