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Originally Posted by Terry
Same can be applied to deputy authority doctrine. Noah is used a core component of the teaching. King/Prophet relationship of Saul/Samuel and David/Nathan debunks the deputy authority teaching. Biblical excerpts used in deputy authority doctrine only uses those excerpts that support the notion.
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These are great point,
Terry. They topple the entire deputy authority doctrine. No one is above the law! All leaders are held accountable. Except Lee and sons.
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Originally Posted by Terry
"Now we realize that every local church must be a police station and that every saint must be a policeman. Many have been reluctant to act as policemen for fear they might cause trouble. If someone claims to be for the ministry and yet goes about stealing and deceiving, we need to fulfill our function as policemen by checking him out according to the truth... If we see evil deeds but do not function as policemen, then we are not practicing the truth... Someone has even said that we should care only for the Spirit, not for principles. How subtle! ... If we all had practiced the truth, certain sayings and practices would have been questioned a long time ago." Truth Messages Chapter 1 Section 2
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I have always found this word by WL to be extremely disingenuous. This was spoken in the aftermath of the late 70's Max "storm," a debacle aka the "young Galilean" move to the campuses. I lived through that, and much has been posted about it on this forum.
Yes, Max did some destructive things, and he repented for them, but never forget that Lee put him up to it. Lee sent Max out from Anaheim to shake up the LC's, loose the young people from their local church eldership, and then relocate them to LSM training grounds, such as in Boston and in SoCal, to be Lee's own personal foot soldiers. When things all went south, Lee threw Max under the bus in order to save his own pristine image in TLR. Max also got branded for attempting to protect the volunteer sisters at LSM from the predator Phillip Lee. Apparently Max was the only one with the guts to confront Phillip.
Did Lee take any responsibility for that whole calamity? Absolutely not! Read what he said above. He blamed all the saints for what happened with Max. He blamed us all for not being proper "policemen" for the truth. Did Lee learn anything from all the suffering and loss among the "little ones" and local churches? No. Absolutely not! He kept his profligate Phillip in charge of LSM, and after things calmed down, they continued the same abuses under the guise of a "new way." History tells us that all those who attempted to stand for the truth as proper "policemen" were then branded rebellious lepers and quarantined.