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Originally Posted by Indiana
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.
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It troubles me to no end that Witness Lee, a seasoned minister of the scriptures, could behave this way. First of all, how could his wife and reprobate son sit on the ministry board? Talk about unbridled cronyism! All N.T. leaders were "well attested" by the saints and approved by the Holy Spirit (Acts 6.3; 20.28; I Cor 12.28, 2 Cor 10.18; I Tim 3.7)
When reports and letters from around the globe, all from trusted and accomplished leaders, poured onto Lee's lap concerning his and his son Philip's abusive ways, Witness Lee has the audacity to inform John Ingalls in private how Philip's family has also suffered through these trying times. Is he delusional?
And then the clincher, as if to white-wash years of depravity in his own son -- so aptly described in detail by Paul in his final days on earth ...
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But understand this, that in the last days perilous times will come. For some will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient, ungrateful, wicked, heartless, uncooperative, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
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Paul told Timothy: Avoid such people!
So what did Witness Lee do? Excused all of this, by saying,
"Philip, of course, is not perfect."