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Originally Posted by aron
One thing that removed me from anger was when I began to get perspective. Here is an example: Captivity. Big subject.
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What helped me get delivered from the fear imprisoning me in the LC was seeing others who were abused, get up and
leave without divine repercussions, and then prosper in their walk with the Lord.
Being distant from Anaheim, and close to the regional center in Cleveland, I watched literally dozens of dear brothers over the years getting beat up by Titus Chu and then depart. They loved the Lord, the loved the church, they loved the saints, yet they had only one problem -- Titus Chu. Hence they departed. He was effectively the "acting god" in the region -- each of us served at his pleasure and left with his displeasure.
During the lead up to the quarantine, I learned that this system of abuse was systemic to the program -- all justified by the supposed rebukes of some British missionary sister to Watchman Nee. I could make a case that it never was the teachings that separated us from Christianity, but that pitiful practice of abuse. Only in that environment could a teaching like deputy authority flourish.
M.E.Barber abused Nee, who abused other workers like Lee, who regularly abused junior workers like Chu, who abused workers and elders in the GLA, who abused deacons like me, who went home and abused their wives and kids. Not always, and not with everyone, but enough for a dimwit like myself to finally take notice -- my long cherished church had a bad habit of turning beloved brothers into berating bullies.
Something was wrong with us. We just didn't know how to get along with people. I needed to get out.