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Matt wrote: I believe the truth is more like this. God was pouring out His Spirit in a big way in the US and throughout the world in the 60’s and 70’s. Given Lee’s advanced knowledge of the Word and his claim to a “genealogy” linking him to Watchman Nee, he was able to take control of a system of worship and shape it. Behind him, Satan was subtly working to ensure that this system was one that would actually be a destroyer of God’s faithful. He (the Enemy) did this by exercising particular strength/weaknesses in Lee that had not been fully dealt with by the Lord and were not in full submission to the Lord.
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I think that may be core of this thread about spiritual abuses. I have no problem recognizing the
system as a destroyer of God's faithful. I don't think anyone thrives there. People get hurt there. Regularly.
What many of us point to as a 'honeymoon' in the LC was
in spite of the system, in spite of WL. It probably was because of each other. Because, even then, what was sustaining us was each other. That's how we survived at all. Eventually, for many of us, either that wasn't enough anymore or that relationship with 'each other' was interrupted by something -- maybe something like what happened to ThankfulJane. Whatever the case was, whatever the cause appeared to be, I think it really had to do with us growing up, getting strong enough and eventually saying No More. No more abuse. No more destroying.
Just because the honeymoon may have been good, doesn't mean the marriage worked. It didn't.
fpo
note: highlights in quote are mine, not Matt's.