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Originally Posted by Thankful Jane
This is the state of a man nearing the end of his ministry and life who clearly did not understand what God's authority was. He was on an ego trip of immense proportions fueled by the powers of darkness. Having sat under this man's ministry and come under the soul crushing hand of his authority beliefs through those he trained, I have to say to people who love God, never fall into the trap of thinking of of yourself in terms of authority and never buy the idea that you are called to treat any other man as if he was the voice of God to you. This is a great evil.
We are called to have one King. If we submit to another as if he was God's voice to us, we are actually rejecting God as our King... and that is a serious thing.
Thankful
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Jane, I would say late in Witness Lee's ministry there was an uplifting of a man and his ministry. The real danger that existed was a gifted brother who was partially filled in His spirit, yet promoted as a modern-day apostle Paul; as a brother filled completely in his spirit. It was expected to be submitted to unconditionally. The quote:
"I don’t care for the loss of any church. Even if the entire U. S. A. is closed to me I don’t care. I only care for ten to twenty faithful ones meeting together to practice the truth. "
summed up what happens when we submit and give authority to a brother or brothers that aren't completely filled in spirit. What happens instead is following a brother or brothers according to their soul.
Terry