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Originally Posted by Ohio
“The Father is number one, the Son is number two, the Spirit is number three, and Witness Lee is number four; and then there are those who are with Witness Lee.”
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According to Chinese cultural understandings and societal expectations, Witness Lee's sons Timothy and Philip were with him. Thus, they had access to the spoils of the ministry, i.e. the church - access to their monies & their bodies, if not their souls. You can't look at the clear patterns of behaviour & say it isn't so (unless you're Drake).
But Paul wrote that the elders of the church must have believing children. But Chinese culture trumped the Bible. Lee's profligate sons were allowed to belly up to the LC trough & help themselves.
And Witness Lee even admitted as much. He asked us, shouldn't a person be able to hire an unspiritual chef? He admitted Philip was unspiritual; yet he could still run roughshod over LC elders. Not because the Bible allowed it, but because Chinese culture expected it. So it happened.
But unfortunately Drake remains unconvinced. Seems he's a hard nut to crack.