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Originally Posted by zeek
Lee would broach no question about his ministry. He did not see himself as accountable to the people he ministered to.
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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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WL said, "Our ministry presents Jesus Christ; no other ministry preaches Christ, because all other ministries are contaminated or deficient." Everything after "Our ministry presents Jesus Christ" is rubbish. The worst contamination is one that says it's pure. "You say that you see; therefore your sin remains." Satan loves to hide, then he won't be recognized and rooted out.
I don't see this as megalomania per se but rather that WL imbibed at the wrong fountain. Its effect presents as megalomaniacal symptoms (
every one is wrong but me; I alone am right), but at its heart is probably a person like you or I who got caught by some bad teachings. The bad teachings hid a bad spirit who took over a human being. Just like many before, and many after -- same old, same old. Satan doesn't change his tricks; he doesn't have to because they're so successful.
Notice how "Christ as the unique food for God's people" eventually became "Christ and the church" and "the rich ministry" and "God's oracle" and "God's economy" and "deputy authority" and "God's present move" and "the apostle of the age" and so many other things. But all of it was accepted as if it were "just Christ". Very impressive, actually; I have to give them props. Very impressive sleight-of-hand.