[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!

When does trying to prove something become an accusation, and is there really a difference?

Thanks for your thoughtful post Sons to Glory! While there may be some people here "trying to prove something" (and for those who are, they are just as welcomed as anyone else) I think the majority of posters are here just wanting to come to terms with, and maybe make some sense of, all that we went through in the Local Church of Witness Lee. A side benefit, I hope and pray, is that other Forum members and lurkers may be helped by our back and forth dialogue. Healthy debate can and should be a profitable exercise for all concerned: "Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." (Proverbs 27:17)

I would replace your term "accusation" with another word: "try". As mature Christians we are not called to accuse, per se, but we are called to try, to test and to discern. "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world." (1 John 4:1) "But have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false." (Revelation 2:2)

Clearly, Witness Lee and many of the teachings and practices he established in the Local Church, have been "tried and tested", and have been found wanting at best, and in many cases found to be patently false. Witness Lee, in so many words, and in so many ways, and through so many deputies, proclaimed himself, not only "an apostle", but "The One Apostle for the age". Lee himself placed himself in the position of being tried and tested. And tried and tested he was - from those within and from those without. And just as was the case with the teachings and practices he established, Lee himself has been found wanting, and many have come to the conclusion that the man was a false apostle of sorts.

So, one may fairly ask, "Why still all the trying and testing, the man has been laid to rest for over 20 years?". My retort would be simple and short: Because the current leadership in the Local Church Movement continues to publicly insist on proclaiming and extolling the virtues of the person and work of Witness Lee. They still loudly proclaim and heartily extol (the person) Witness Lee as "The One Minister for The Age", and insist that (the work) his personal ministry - his personal interpretations - be honored and lauded as "the One Ministry for the Age". So as long as the leadership (and the vocal majority of LC members) continue on with their proclaiming and extolling, there will always be, I'm quite sure, at least a small remnant of vanquished foes who continue on with the trying and testing.

As for me, I feel to move on from sin consciousness

As my good friend Drake likes to say: Good luck with that!

Seriously though, I only wish Witness Lee and the Blended Brothers could have come to such a crises of conscience....if they had, we wouldn't be here at this little popcorn stand today.