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Originally Posted by Igzy

Here's another question about Witness Lee as a minister to be revered and honored. If he really was such a great minister, then how did he go so far off the reservation? Either he didn't go off, and we are in error, or he never was that great of a minister in the first place.

I could summarize the answer to this question in 3 parts:

1. Lee thought more highly of himself than he ought, almost to the point of megalomania. He convinced his minions that he was the acting god, the oracle, the minister of the age, today's apostle Paul, the deputy authority of God, etc. Pride preceded the fall, as they say.
2. Lee forgot how to treat others. He condemned all outsiders, and abused many insiders. He could preach love, but practiced the ministry of condemnation. His lawsuits and threats of lawsuits numbered into the dozens. He had no peers, and could not work along side anyone.
3. Lee was unrighteous, and covered his unrighteousness instead of repenting and trusting God. Lee "stoned" all the prophets God sent to him, smeared their reputations, branded them rebellious lepers, and accused them of a conspiratorial coup d'etat. He put his profligate sons, Phillip and Timothy, over God and his people.