Brother Lee was as an apostle to John Ingalls and others who were being called into the fellowship of the Son in the local churches in the 1960s. Samuel Chang, who knew of Brother Lee’s negative side, was there also following him. These brothers, according to their own testimony, perceived that his ministry was coming out from God, enlightening and enlivening them. They, in response to the Spirit, gave themselves to the vision they received for the building up of the church. It is not that they were gullible or being taken advantage of, but that true light was shining and saints were singing “we are home, we are home, we are home!” The brothers were in a move of the Lord!
The Defect
Brother Lee once shared that some men or women of God in the past had defects. Yet, they were still used by God. He gave certain examples.
Samuel Chang once described a defect in Brother Lee himself and warned of it (1966); but he did not discount Witness Lee or his ministry, at that time.
Samuel Chang to Don Hardy
“SC was very burdened and started groaning deep within, praying. Then he said: "Don, I want to share something with you for prayer, and you must keep it to yourself. Brother Lee loves the Lord, and is all-out for God and His recovery. But Don, he has a weakness, a big hole in his side, which we have to keep covered much in prayer. You see, his children (7 of them) suffered very much in China, and they are always after him; and he has a burden to help them as much as he can. But WL is very poor right now. So he has tried to help Timothy in business, but....." Then SC did a strange thing, he slapped his mouth with his hand, and told me, "Oh, I should keep quiet. Forgive me brother Don, just pray.”
When Daystar happened in the early seventies, the defect was manifest and began the decline of the churches in the U. S.
SENIOR COWORKERS
1974 to 1988 = decline to the point of senior coworkers opening to John Ingalls in fellowship which got into John’s book, a transparent account of “the decline,” and his exit from the churches. The decline, of course, featured the movement of a man and his ministry - in ministry churches, causing permanent division in what was called the Lord’s recovery.
“Brother Chu Shun Min then told me how that on April 1, 1988, he had a conversation with Brother Lee in the Bay Area. He presented a number of serious concerns to Brother Lee and asked him to bring all these things to the Lord. Brother Chu told me that Brother Lee listened quietly and passively to all his points (with one exception), making no comment, neither admitting nor denying. The exception was a point he made concerning Brother Lee’s son, Philip Lee.
“In conclusion, Brother Chu told Brother Lee,
"All the sweet feeling we had in the past is lost. All the rest in our spirit is over."
http://twoturmoils.com/twoseniorcoworkers.pdf
Steve Isitt
12-30-2012