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Originally Posted by Igzy
Right. You think. I think. They think. That's no basis upon which to allot someone authority over multiple churches. That my point.
It's enough basis to consider someone's message worthy of consideration. But it's no basis upon which to allot someone the kind of authority bestowed on Witness Lee, or Herbert Armstrong, or anyone like that. The fruit you speak of has made that clear.
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You do not allot someone apostolic authority merely because you listen to their message or attend a church that sells their books. If Paul, or Martin Luther, or anyone else is "allotted authority" it comes directly from the Lord, to whom all authority has been given.
I was in the LRC, what authority did I allot to WL? I cannot think of anything.
You say that this is practical discussion, not a theoretical one. Who allots apostolic authority to others? When do they do this? How? Why?
You might think that only selling WL books in the church book room is allotting authority to him. However, that was never my experience. I bought more books that were not written by WL than were (in the church book room, I bought none at Christian bookstores or BN.com, etc. In fact, I may have bought more books that were not published by the LSM at the church bookstore than ones that were. If I recall correctly, I bought a Bible, a Concordance, a word study, and three biographies that were not published by LSM from the Houston Bookroom. I probably bought more than 5 LSM published books from that bookroom as well, but definitely not 5 WL books. Also, I think a few of the WN books I bought were not published by LSM. Based on that I would say I definitely bought more books that were not published by the LSM than were from the Houston bookstore.