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Originally Posted by Ohio
This is the most absurd interpretation I have ever heard. What about "the opinions of the leaders prevailing over the Spirit?" This interpretation is based upon WL's teaching that the word "Laodicea" is based upon the "opinion of the people."
Then, after the message is given, his loyal lackeys must stand up and pay the homage of: "Titus said..." or "I like what Titus brought out..." or the classic "I really appreciated what Titus shared about...," or else face a rebuke at the next gathering.
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First part of your quoted post:
In general how can a brother speak such a word? Just because a brother or sister is not in some teaching or minister capacity, they're still members of the Body. As members of the Body, they have direct access to the Father just as any leading brother does. In a roundabout way Ohio, my suggestion is the "opinion of the people" could very well be less of an opinion, but the pulse of the Body.
Why those in leadership past and present reject such a feeling, it is because those in leadership feel they alone know "the feeling of the Body". Leadership want to take a certain direction, and when the congregation are resistant to the direction, it's the congregation's shortcomings.
Second part of your quoted post:
All I can say is how disappointing. I realize there is a fine line between appreciating a brother's speaking and uplifting a brother. What you've paraphrased Ohio, you can change the brother's name but the tone is always the same inflection in lifiting up a brother up. Apart from Titus, you could insert Witness Lee or any of the blended brothers, and the result is the same. Problem I see is a culture exists where the primary speaker needs to be exalted. The unregistered poster described it accurately with the word "gush". In the past whenever saints would return from a training or conference, gush is the decriptive word in their uplifiting of the primary speaker. My point is when you gush over a brother like this, you have redirected the focus from Christ to the speaking brother.
How hard is it to speak to the content delivered instead of saying, "Titus said" or "Ron said"?