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Originally Posted by JJ
"A Sham" hmmm. God used saints from the "the local church" in my city and Witness Lee's ministry to bring the word of Christ and His unsearchable riches to me. My spirit was enlivened with The Holy Spirit of God. I was baptized into the body of Christ, and His Holy Spirit, taught to read the Bible and pray to God, follow the leading of the Holy Spirit, use my gifts to build the church.... to name some of the biblical things. Unfortunately non-biblical teachings and practices were also there, so God also helped me see through those and leave.
How can I say it was a Sham now? No way. Messed up? Yes.
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Good points. Any characterization must include both the good and the bad. I also think that we should always distinguish between LSM and the LC's. To impugn one man's sins upon the whole is never fair.
This is why I prefer to use the Lord's own words here, notably "leaven." Jesus warned us to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and likewise we should warn others of the leaven of Lee and the Blendeds. This leaven includes errant teachings and unrighteous behaviors.
The LC's are filled with kind and caring saints, loving both God and man, and mostly unawares of corruption at headquarters in Anaheim.