God's economy vs Deputy authority

[TLFisher]

Originally Posted by Freedom

Agreed. It's interesting how Lee insulated himself. He accused others of not being "perfected". Obviously that is true, because no one except God is perfect. Lee forgot to mention that he wasn't perfect as well (he did say that at the end of his life, but very generically). Of course in the LC, no one would dare to question something like that.

First let's talk about what it is to be "perfected". In the Local Churches, it's supposed to have "positive" implications. In plain English for everyone to understand, it is to verbally abuse with the expectation the recipient of your "perfecting" work will be submissive. In normal Christian fellowship brothers are spoken to as men and treated as men. In normal Christian fellowship the LC concept of "perfecting" will result in a Matthew 18:15 fellowship. Being raised in the local churches occasionally my dad would take me aside and say, "be constructive and not destructive". That being said, as an adult I tend to view myself as a nice brother with a very bad temper. I'm sure there are other brothers with my temperament who wouldn't take kindly to the LC concept of "perfecting" (verbal abuse).

When Witness Lee had his memorial service, it was video recorded and at least replayed in the locality I met with. I recall the brothers speaking regarding Witness Lee as "being perfected". Perhaps due the "shouting from the rooftops" we have been doing on this forum currently and previously on thebereans.net, the brothers have reversed their stance. At least Ron Kangas has in his visits to the NW. I have listened to Ron backtracking saying Witness Lee did make mistakes. It's much more changing their tune, than questioning what was previously uttered.