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Originally Posted by Terry
...I think where Ron was trying to lead the listener is the brothers who supposedly separated themselves became "bankrupt and unsanctified" because in his mind "the ministry" is the pinnacle of anyone's Christian experience. What you receive through "the ministry" cannot be found anywhere else and you will suffer spiritual loss to meet anywhere else.
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This is classic Witness Lee and his BB tape recorders. What else can they teach to justify their arrogance and pride and to trap people in their system? Of course only in their church could anyone be sanctified, etc.
But as Bill Mallon indicated he never wanted to leave the LC system. He naively thought he could fellowship his very legit concerns and Witness Lee would take him seriously. After all they had worked together for 25+ years. Instead, true to form, Lee threw him under the bus.
And this is also a constructive example of how Witness Lee controlled the churches contrary to his false statements that he never did. Why would Bill Mallon fellowshipping with Witness Lee about some issues in "the work" cause The Church in Miami to kick him to the curb? What does his relationship with Witness Lee, his son Philip and their publishing company have to do with his relationship with the church locally?