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Originally Posted by Ohio
I have never seen an LSM quarantine for cases like I Cor 5.9-13, Titus 3.10-11, or II John 10 in the New Testament. Oh sure, the Quarantiners used some scripture verses, but none of it fit the actual situation. Cutting through all of their outrageous claims, the unique reason for being quarantined by LSM and its operatives is by adhering to the Word of God rather than the teachings and practices of Witness Lee. All of these brothers had to weigh the consequences of obeying God or man. (please read Acts 4.19, 5.29)
Each case of quarantine by LSM was a copy-cat exercise of II Thess. 3.14, "And if anyone does not obey our word by this letter, mark this one that you may not associate with him, in order that he may be put to shame." This all sounds "legitimate" until you consider that copy editors at an Anaheim book publisher are not Apostle Paul, and never possessed apostolic authority to pen the epistles. Obeying the scripture and disobeying LSM's petty decrees is about as serious as not eating desert. Regardless of how far-fetched LSM's claims were, they still never practiced the subsequent verse written by Paul in II Thess 3.15, "And do not consider him an enemy, but admonish him as a brother."
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I agree with Ohio. The first case of quarantine I witnessed was an elder who didn't think the Bible supported the LSM's first lawsuit. Everyone, including me dutifully shunned him "because he was in his mind, and not seeking life".
The second case was an elder accused of a variety of things, including molestation. There were no corroborating witnesses to molestation. He was told he needed training in another locality from another elder. Then both the elder/coworker from Anaheim who led the proceedings against that elder and the elder who was supposed to do the training left TLR the next year.
The third case was the Anaheim elder/coworker who took the lead in the second case. He and another elder stood up to Witness Lee about his son Phillip's philandering and meddling in locality matters. He was quarantined by Witness Lee himself.
Truly baffling! That's when I started reading the Bible on my own to learn how leaders should handle these things, and found much lacking in LSM "quarantines" I saw.
Kevin, I'm praying for you. I know the Lord will be with you, and will give you strength to stay in Him and be faithful to speak truth in love.