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Originally Posted by aron
The hypocrisy is strong. Watching Lee continually beg our indulgence in what he referred to as the "messy kitchen" of LC life, while obsessively nit-picking all ills, both real and imagined, of "Christianity", reminds one of the man Jesus told us about in Matthew 18:21-35. The man demanded forgiveness, but refused to give it.
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Andrew Yu covering of Witness Lee
“There has never been a case, either in the Scriptures or in church history, where a servant of God has been found to be perfect. A perfect person does not exist. None of us can claim to be perfect.” (p. 5 An Affirmation of the Proper Authority in the Body of Christ)
Witness Lee covering of Philip Lee
John Ingalls reports, “after the board meeting was adjourned, Sister Lee and Philip Lee left the room, and Brother Lee continued to talk at length with Francis Ball and myself about the current situation. I just listened, saying very little. He said how much he and Philip Lee and their families had suffered through all the talk about them. He then stated, “
Philip, of course, is not perfect; nobody is perfect!” It shocked me that he would make such an inappropriate statement as that after all that had been said and done.
John Ingalls on Philip Lee - Philip Lee’s name is mentioned 51 times with grave concern about him revealed throughout John Ingalls’ book, Speaking the Truth in Love, related to events and concerns of the late eighties turmoil.
Bill Mallon on Philip Lee – 50 times in an 8-page letter to Witness Lee, Philip or the office is referred to with great consternation over interferences from Philip, Benson, and Ray Graver in the Southeastern churches.
John So on Philip Lee – 49 times in his address in Manila, John So referred to Philip Lee or the office, as the source of major grief and despair for the brothers in Europe.
The Fermentation of the Present Rebellion on Witness Lee - Not a contrary word said about him.
The Fermentation of the Present Rebellion on Philip Lee - No mention of his name in the book. He is referred to as “the office” or “the Living Stream manager”, and only in a positive sense, as if he was a non-factor in the late 80s turmoil, and not a major cause of it and division, as he surely was.
Yet, voices of truth do speak. John So sums up the difficulties of conscience in dealing with the problem of Brother Lee and his son during their tandem leadership reign in the churches.
http://www.unfaithfulwitness.org/Eur...Depart1989.pdf