[UntoHim]

ZNP,
I really wish you would stop comparing Witness Lee to David. Don't you realize how silly it sounds? Why are you comparing somebody who was anointed King of Israel, a man that God Himself proclaimed to be "a man after my own heart", a man who God saw fit to place him in the lineage of the Lord Jesus, with some self-proclaimed apostle wannabe? And then you make matters worse by implying that Lee's writings are to be compared to the Psalms. It really makes you look silly and thoughtless, not to mention it's a little disconcerting, that after all that we know about Witness Lee, that you would still want to hold him up on such a pedestal.

Witness Lee (and us) are living in a completely different age then the Old Testament characters. God has given us more. He expects more. Especially from the leaders. The standard for God's testimony has risen. The stakes are higher. Unless you are a Jew you are not born as one of God's people. You must accept the Gospel in order to enter God's Kingdom. If we, as God's latter day people, fail to proclaim this Gospel, and fail to live our lives as citizens of His Kingdom, in many respects we have failed God. This is especially true of Christian leaders. How much the more for a leader of an entire movement. The standard is even higher. The stakes are even higher.

Did the public let Jim Bakker give the old "Oh David sinned and got away with it so...." excuse? Nah, he ended up in the gray bar hotel. Did the public let Ted Haggard off the hook just cause he had a vibrant megachurch and the ear of the President of the US? No Sir. These men sinned against their wifes, familys and God's people, and tried to hide it for a long time. They were unrepentant. God gave them both lots of chances. Along the way they probably did a lot of good for a lot of people. What was the price? They both lost their ministries. And they should have.