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Originally Posted by Indiana
As some of you know I greatly respect the teachings of brother Lee, and also of the blending brothers whose aim is to put the words of Lee's ministry before the saints, and seeking ones.
What I don't respect is their elevation above “the rest” when they should be the servants of all. Brother Lee shared this: "In the last few years, we have appreciated the Lord's showing us the high peak of the divine revelation. My concern is that although we may talk about the truths of the high peak, love is absent among us. If this is the case, we are puffed up, not built up. The Body builds up itself in love” (A Word of Love, 1996)
He also said, "according to my observance throughout the years, most of the co-workers have a human spirit of "power" but not love. We need a spirit of love to conquer the degradation of today's church…this is what the recovery needs". "Only love prevails", he said, and "love is the most excellent way" - "it is the way to be an elder or a co-worker, and the way to handle the saints." He proclaimed that it is the way to do everything and to be anything in the church life.
But it is not love that prevails in the Local Churches; rather the thing brother Lee feared is what prevails, having grown further and become even more manifest today in an elevated atmosphere created in part by high peak teaching and an attitude of being "above the rest".
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Frankly speaking, I have a hard time viewing the "high peak" as anything but dross. In terms of the certain high-peak teachings, I find it to be highly questionable. But that aside, I agree that it was a tragedy for WL to seek something "higher" when on a the ground level, they were struggling with some of the more basic things like love.
It seems that virtually across the board, the fruit of WL's high peak is that many have fallen prey to pride. The "high peak" has elevated some LCers above other members who just want to care for basic needs, and it has even further separated those in the LC from other Christians, reinforcing the notion that they have so much more than everyone else.