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Originally Posted by googlelight
Isnt this a teaching that actually encourage cover-ups?
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Unbelievable. I can't believe any Christian minister would speak such a word.
"Repent and confess your sins to one another, unless of course you are Deputy God, and then you can't confess because the foundations of God's government would be shaken".
"Upon the mouths of two witnesses, a thing is established, unless of course that pertains to the MOTA, then no amount of witnesses matter."
Etc. This is so strikingly at variance with the whole tenor of the Bible. There is, in fact, one "Deputy God" in the Bible. There is one MOTA. His name is Jesus. No one can overturn his word. Everyone else, everyone, is a sinner. There is one sinless Christ. The rest should not make distinctions among themselves.
Look at how they chose an apostle to replace Judas, in Acts 1:26. They gathered several good men, and drew lots. The one chosen was not better than the others, he just got chosen by lot. Just like Peter wasn't better than any other Galilean fisherman. But Jesus chose him.
Nobody on this earth, including the twelve, has the right to put on airs or claim special place. And yet the teaching of WL is just to ensconce one believer, one special believer, above and separate from all the rest. The untouchable deputy God, representing the divine heavenly government on earth, answerable to none. It flies against the face of the whole Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. It's such a crass, open, blatant power play, that only those bereft of their God-given senses will succumb to such nonsense. Which is where the repetitive shouting comes in, and the admonitions not to think, etc. Only then can one swallow such tripe.
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Originally Posted by Ohio
Many Midwest brothers never knew what really happened back then until the Quarantine hit the Midwest and all these old accounts by the so-called "conspirators" were made public on these forums. TC betrayed John Ingalls, yet afterwards he would only say that, "WL is my spiritual father, and his mistakes are none of my business."
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I've seen 30 such quotes on this forum: responsible ones would ignore evil because a "more responsible" brother was involved. The cultural imperative would now appear.
"Never make someone more senior than yourself publicly lose face." The Bible was tearfully held, with trembling hands, and loud exclamations of fealty, until it ran against human culture. Then it was ignored, as if never written, and make-believe stories like "drunken Noah" were invented to fill the void.