[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah

..So these quotes don't resonate with me since I never was taught or felt that there were different ranks in the church, nevertheless there was a need for a "deputy authority".

There is a huge, HUGE difference between a godly and experienced AND well-intentioned person exercising some measure of spiritual authority over a person or person(s) with whom he/she has a relationship, and what Witness Lee (and now blendeds) taught regarding "THE deputy authority". It's not even close. What Lee taught was unbiblical and even on bordered spiritual abuse. He took what Watchman Nee taught and magnified and multiplied the error big time, which was par for the course for Mr. Lee.