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Originally Posted by Indiana
"An apostle touches people, moves them, and causes them to see", W. Nee, The ministry of God's Word
Brother Lee was "as an apostle" to the brothers, like John Ingalls, in the sense that he moved them and opened them to the the "things above" and caused them to see. If AlwaysLearning had come to them and did this, he would be as as apostle in a sense. (I am not getting into apostolic authority per say; Both Nee and Lee stayed away from touching this idea concerning themselves as far as I know...
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If you use the term generically then we are all apostles and makes Witness Lee nothing special - which is my point. So Witness Lee was an apostle to John Ingalls and John Ingalls was an apostle to Witness Lee. So what?
BTW Watchman Nee in "The Normal Christian Church Life" taught that coworkers are apostles and have apostolic authority to appoint elders. Witness Lee did this and he also recalled elders i.e. removed them. And he was the CEO of a global work and gave directives to coworkers to go here and go there etc. Titus Chu said he was the General of the Lord's Army and whatever he tells you to do you do it without question. The LSM staff taught that we should follow him blindly because even if he's wrong he's right. That is the way the LC systems thinks and operates.