Signs of Decline in LSMs Recovery - Tomes

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Originally Posted by Ohio

The constant abuse and lack of civility all comes from the top. Supposedly this aspect of TLR came from a sister M. Barber, who "perfected" Nee by rebuking him. Remember the old saying, that "it" of the "sh" kind always rolls down hill. By the time I left, there was a line ringing in my head, "this program turns beloved brothers into bullies." It was all too evident on every level. Bullies just reproduce themselves. It also partly explains so many family breakups.

Can someone please show me just one scripture for this "recovered" method of perfecting brothers?

I talked to my son about his time in the LC. He relayed a story about going on an overnight church camp. While they were playing basketball, one of the kids was moody and went to his dad complaining. Dad came back, never asked a single question of any of the other boys, and went to my son and grabbed him around the neck. But Dad was a "burning" brother who went door-knocking with the elder, so he was never held accountable. How can a chaperone behave like this?

Scripture shows that M.E. Barber’s mean, scolding, browbeating, unloving, unforgiving, and divisive “mentoring” of the group of young Chinese boys (including Watchman Nee) was not worthy of Christ’s calling and was the opposite of the perfecting of saints to the work of ministry that builds up the church, the one body of Christ. Read Ephesians 4 again http://biblehub.com/blb/ephesians/4.htm. It says:
v2 humility, gentleness, bearing one another in love is the first characteristic of a walk worthy of Christ’s calling (v1)
v3-6 being diligent to keep the unity of The Spirit in the uniting bond of peace is the second characteristic (not working to divide off a small group of “the enlightened”)
V7-13 to each one of us grace (not meanness or a domineering spirit) was given by the ascended Christ toward the perfecting of the saints (not just a group of young men) unto the work of the ministry for the building up of the body of Christ until we all (not a chosen few) may attain unto the unity of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, unto a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ
v 15-16 speaking the truth is in love and should be for the whole body to be built up in love (I never got the impression this was the case for her)
v29 wholesome and only good words (not harsh and demeaning) should come out of our mouths for edification and building up of others (not tearing down)
v30 bitterness, rage, anger, slander, clamor, with all malice are to be removed from us (not part of our teaching or treatment of others)
v31 we are to be kind and tender hearted toward each other, forgiving each other as God in Christ forgave us

The fact that the founder of “the local churches” had his beginning that way, and that sort of behavior is common in “the local churches” today is a big reason to leave and/or stay away from them.