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Originally Posted by Dave
Great job in digging this up and it is in 2014 as well. You're right, although, in part, the intent is to have the Chinese release believers in Christ. However, in so doing they present a very slanted picture of Nee/Lee.
I listened to Bill Freeman since I had heard of him but never met him: http://www.blendedbody.com/_cl/_audi...ge_NR-E016.mp3 What I thought was remarkable was the fact that even though he was not tied at the time directly with the LC anymore his intonation of his Biblical teaching was as though WL had taken over his mind and speech and was sharing the talk. I think that is a big part of the problem with the LC. The influence was an infusion of Lee into everyone. That is why we can't forgive Lee...he superseded Jesus and made it almost impossible to shake the influence of Lee. That is also one of the problems with many today who even continue in Christianity after leaving the LC and dislike Lee...they have not shaken the influence of Lee no matter how they dislike what he has done or said...just can't shake it. |
I think we should forgive everyone everything. Nevertheless, I think that we need to be clear in our own minds about our positions vis a vis Lee and his "Recovery". Here's a Witness Lee quote which I take as evidence of his sectarianism since "the ministry" he refers to here is his ministry:
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The Lord's Recovery we cannot accept any ministry that is not part of the ministry. To accept other kinds of ministry would be to take in some food that is different from the heavenly manna. We thank the Lord that from the very beginning He showed us what is the ministry of Christ, the ministry of life. We have one tree of life, one manna. Throughout the years I have been in this country, I have given thousands of messages. But all these messages have conveyed one food, one diet: Christ as the unique food for God's people.
by Witness Lee
Life-Study of Exodus
Chapter 35, Section 3
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And as my signature line which is a quote from Lee's phone conversation with Sal Benoit in 1978 shows, Lee would broach no question about his ministry. He did not see himself as accountable to the people he ministered to.