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Originally Posted by OBW
Don,
I would commend the early followers for their purity in intent. I further do not condemn all of the LC for where the doctrine that slowly surfaced took those early practices. It was a subtle thing.
Remember the discussion of that first meeting in [/FONT]Dallas in your living room? I recall from an earlier thread (probably on the BARM or possibly in your book) that while you did not understand the rush, someone thought you and George should hurry up and have that first meeting. It is now clear that someone felt that oneness was not enough. It took Lee’s version of oneness and not one of the others that that were about to do the same.
In effect, there were sects that grew out of Nee’s teachings. The LC was but one. You did not know this. George probably did not either. But Lee and possibly some others did. There was already sectarianism buried underneath the “ground of oneness” that was taught. It would only truly surface over time.
It eventually drove you away. We can thank God for that.
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George and I were not aware of any need to rush up the meetings in Dallas in order to beat the Edwards fellowship. I seem to recall something on the Barm, perhaps from Thankful, about someone in Houston announcing our desire to begin to have the Lord's table. Maybe someone in Dallas added that to make the story more exciting. Folklore is like that.
I later came to realize that there was competition between the various disciples of WN and that this had lead to division in various places. Thus you over riding point is valid. Again, it goes back to this thing called "the Work." It spawned competition like that in the early days of Corinth.
Yes, you are right. The sectarian practice in the name of "oneness" drove me away and it still causes my spirit to grieve and I am angry and I trust I sin not in this matter.
In Christ Jesus,
Hope, Don Rutledge