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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I have a struggle with this issue of calling people who spoke out the immoral behaviors and abuses of leadership as being negative. Just this morning, I read a post from a LC with a quote from Witness Lee.
"Positive listening will rescue us from negative listening. If we listen to God's word from morning to evening, we will not have an ear to listen to any negative speaking. Negative talk prevails in the church life because certain ones turn their ears from God to something else. These ones do not speak Christ, the word of God, grace, or the gospel. Instead they listen to negative things, and they work and move according to the negative things they hear. The result is the spreading of death. If we turn our ears from other things back to God Himself, there will not be any problems, and only life will be spreading, not death." (Life-study of Leviticus, Msg. 30)
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The Life Study of Leviticus was given during the worst scandal of WL in the USA. His son was caught (again) molesting the office help at LSM.
The church in Anaheim, then SoCal, and soon many other LC's, bacame naturally chaotic. Many God-fearing believers were pretty upset about the perp and the victim. Instead of dealing with the sins honestly, biblicly, and righteously, WL covered it up. He protected himself, his family, and his family business. Then he lied about those who DID attempt to properly address the sin situation. Hence, more chaos.
So what did WL teach? That we should all dive into his own books amd keep our mouths shut. Like the military policy of "don't ask, don't tell." And don't be negative, don't spread death, don't be a gossip, yada yada.