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Originally Posted by Indiana
The Defect
Brother Lee once shared that some men or women of God in the past had defects. Yet, they were still used by God. He gave certain examples.
Samuel Chang once described a defect in Brother Lee himself and warned of it (1966); but he did not discount Witness Lee or his ministry, at that time.
Samuel Chang to Don Hardy
“SC was very burdened and started groaning deep within, praying. Then he said: "Don, I want to share something with you for prayer, and you must keep it to yourself. Brother Lee loves the Lord, and is all-out for God and His recovery. But Don, he has a weakness, a big hole in his side, which we have to keep covered much in prayer. You see, his children (7 of them) suffered very much in China, and they are always after him; and he has a burden to help them as much as he can. But WL is very poor right now. So he has tried to help Timothy in business, but....." Then SC did a strange thing, he slapped his mouth with his hand, and told me, "Oh, I should keep quiet. Forgive me brother Don, just pray.”
When Daystar happened in the early seventies, the defect was manifest and began the decline of the churches in the U. S.
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Why is it that we were encouraged to publicly point out the defects of "fallen Christianity", including prominent leaders, even Biblical ones, but Witness Lee had to be "covered"?
Because Witness Lee was "today's Paul", and was God's Avatar? Deputy God?
The seemingly positive thing that happens with this mindset is that order is clearly established. Know who is the Big Boss in the Room, and get in line. Everybody finds their place according to their relative position to the Lodestone, God's Man (or Woman) of the hour(s). This is of course attractive to our fallen human dispositions, who like order, and structure. We equate this with peace. But it is not. True peace abides.
The problem with this idea is, what if the Man or Woman of the hour(s) is a fellow sinner? Eventually, peace will be taken away. Thus, the incessant "storms, turmoils, rebellions" following this man and his ministry. Yet we are by definition precluded from objectively examining the teachings, understandings, and shared values which support this societal "cosmos", or arrangement. "I'm proud to be an ostrich with my head stuck in the sand!" was how one of the Anaheim elders put it, as a turmoil was wracking the assembly there.