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Originally Posted by Indiana
Brother Lee said in his later years, "according to my observance throughout the years, most of the co-workers have a human spirit of "power" but not love. We need a spirit of love to conquer the degradation of today's church…this is what the recovery needs." (A Word of Love, 1996)
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WL taught all the right things, yet at the most urgent times, his ministry, in both word and deed,
undid all of the positive things which he taught. This is what makes things so difficult for the saints to sort out, and eventually all of them just end up following their leaders as to which side to stand by.
Why is it when many brothers have approached WL with egregious concerns over the years about the direction of his ministry, he then displayed to them "
a human spirit of "power" but not love?" Does anyone else see the ironies here? WL knows all the right things to teach, but the "
more powerful teacher" of his own actions will always displace mere words on a page.
I daresay that each and every "
storm" or time of "
rebellion" in the history of the Recovery under WL since the late 40's could have been prevented had only WL practiced what he preached, and shown the humble spirit of love when others needed this the most. Instead, however, the brothers around WL only witnessed destructive "power," abusive power, power to tear down, rather than power to build up as the real apostles have done.