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Originally Posted by Terry
What is the basis? Is it based on which localities are generating revenue for LSM?
If the basis is upon Witness Lee's ministry, our late brother Lee himself said a local church doesn't have to take his ministry to be a genuine local church (1986). Or so to say. Naturally the faithful editors probably saw to it those words never made it into the printed version though I could be wrong.
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The years 1997, when Lee passed away, thru 2005, when LSM first decided to quarantine Titus Chu, could be described as an exploration into "
What did Witness really say." Titus Chu had all his workers going back to read all the books by Lee and cull all pertinent quotes concerning multiple "hot topics" in the Recovery such as the leadership, the work, the oneness, the church, etc. Titus Chu would then visit Anaheim during the trainings and purposely take copies of these well-documented quotations to Andrew Yu, Ron Kangas, and other Blendeds. At one point Titus commented that he "
doubted that any body even looked at them."
The point of the story is this. The Blendeds response to endless man-hours of work by dozens of GLA workers was this -- "
how dare you tell us what Brother Lee said?!? We were with him day in and day out. We know what he said! Who are you to pick quotes 'out of context'
and attempt to teach us?"
Thus there were two distinct versions of Witness Lee. One from his numerous books and one from his personal assistants. The growing body of documentation, taken from Lee's own messages spanning half a century, indicting the Blended's current teachings and attitudes was far too dangerous to ignore. They had no choice but to eliminate Titus Chu, and so they quarantined him.
Getting back to
Terry's post about what Lee said about being a
genuine local church. Witness Lee's polished writings and actual in person communiques are full of contradictions. Each can be used to say anything one pleases. Early on Lee was far more scriptural, but as time passed, he became far more exclusive. Witness Lee changed!
At this point I care little for what he said. The Bible is our only standard. And that is not just a cliche or some building plaque in Taiwan, that must be the actual practice of every child of God in order to really keep the oneness of the faith. Building on the ever-changing teachings of Witness Lee is like re-building your home on the sinking sand of the Jersey shore.