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Originally Posted by Ohio
Why would any Christian minister dream up the notion of deputy authority when so much of scripture clearly repudiates such claims, and so much church history reveals the damages caused? Wasn't the first "deputy authority" the Pope?
When did Nee and Lee begin to promote these horrible ideas? They were already "kings" in their respective "kingdoms." Supposedly it was following a rebellion, an attempted takeover by evil ambitious men, and the justification for asserting this teaching was to protect the church of God from chaos and false accusations. Didn't you know that powerful leaders always protect the church from evil?
Nothing could be further from the truth. The false teaching of deputy authority was promoted to protect the leader from being accountable for sin.
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Exactly! It sounds a little like what they say in politics, "Don't let any good crises go to waste!" That is, make sure that you use the crises to gain more ground.