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Originally Posted by Nell
Good question.
Ephesians 5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
It seems to me that if Christian leaders concern themselves with deputy authority, especially to the extent that Nee did, then Lee, then the LSM/LC, this could be among the first indications that something is not right. Something is fundamentally wrong. I experienced it first-hand.
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First off, sorry to hear about what happened to you. Such a blatant abuse of authority can be utterly devastating. It really goes to show how ugly the abuse of authority can get.
My perspective on why so many want to adhere to the teaching on deputy authority is because they have been convinced that it’s a solution to a problem, or a protection from a problem. Quite often I heard brothers talk about how “rebellious” our nature is, or how fallen we are. I never though much of them saying these things, but in retrospect, it was them establishing a problem of humans having a particularly rebellious nature.
While people are naturally rebellious to a certain extent, I think the LC teaching blew it out of proportion, making it into a much bigger problem that it actually was. As a result, it lead to the notion that everyone needs to be under an authority. Thus, the door was opened for leaders to start exerting authority with little to no resistance by members.
When you look at LC members, I don’t see many at all who have a problem with authority. So where is the big problem? Why do they need to be under such a teaching on authority? Since the problem isn’t there to begin with, so the whole system works off of members with misconceived notions about authority.