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Originally Posted by OBW
Someone needs to come along and say "don't forget that you are crucified with Christ," or "set your mind on the Spirit and you will fulfill the righteous commandment of God," or "submit yourselves one to another," or "love your neighbor as much as you love yourself."
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This is true. But I think it goes all astray in an authoritarian environ, like the LSM LRC.
From what I know you wouldn't do or say such things to Witness Lee. And according to Nee's teaching on following authority you don't question the leader enough to know if he need's a wake-up call, or swift kick in the rear.
In such an authoritarian environ there's not a lot of freedom to be giving advice to leaders.
Lee, for example, needed someone to come along and balance him on 1Cor 15:45. Cuz he went too far on that verse ... squeezing it into his grand -- only Witness Lee had the true word from God -- systematized theological authoritative contrivances.
But who could question his authority? Those that did weren't around for long.