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Originally Posted by Redeemed
I would like to talk about an impression I have from listening to Witness Lee and others in the local church. Sometimes this troubles me in my walk with the Lord.
I remember hearing that if we sin or come under the discipline of the Lord, after we confess to him, though the Lord forgives us and cleanses us, He does not welcome us back into fellowship with Him instantly. Do any of you remember this?
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I remember that it depended on the sin. Lying wouldn't get you punished, but sexual sins would (unless you were Nee or Lee's sons, and even Nee got punished. He was banned from the meeting for awhile-but not Philip ... He was promoted).
So not always. I remember a brother in the c. in Detroit (when Ron Kangas was lead elder) got busted for sexually assaulting a boy while he was working in a hospital. Ne was actually boarding with me in the basement of an elder.
And I still had to board with him, after he got caught, and admitted he was gay.
The elders didn't want to ban him from the meetings, cuz he might repent and be saved from his sin. So they let him come to the meetings, but he wasn't allowed to speak, take the Table, or initiate anything.
So Redeemed, tell us of your experience in the LC ... concerning discipline.