Please Keep Benson Phillips and his Family in your Thoughts and Prayers

[UntoHim]

According to sources at LSM, Benson Phillips passed away last night. Announcements regarding a memorial meeting will be forthcoming soon.
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Originally Posted by UntoHim

According to sources at LSM, Benson Phillips passed away last night. Announcements regarding a memorial meeting will be forthcoming soon.
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Isn’t this man claimed out loud and bragged that he is god? I guess even those self proclaimed deities see their end one day!

https://www.bitchute.com/video/xDfjhKwnk64o/

[Trapped]

Again, I'll just say it. Benson's passing does not give me any joy. I would rather he was still alive, and I know just how much he has wounded some people. Just as God does not desire that anyone perish, I also try to hope for the real kind of "recovery" of a person who has gone astray the way the co-workers have, while they are alive. There are those in the local church who rejoice upon the death of those who they consider "opposers". I do not want to be that kind of person.

His kids and grandkids just lost their father/grandfather. But this is also someone who followed Witness Lee in absolute allegiance and is part of the group of "leaders" who demand that everyone else does too, under threat of being destroyed and losing everything, wrecking people for decades with that kind of rhetoric. I genuinely do not know how to parse through the conflicted feelings.

Trapped

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Trapped

But this is also someone who followed Witness Lee in absolute allegiance and is part of the group of "leaders" who demand that everyone else does too, under threat of being destroyed and losing everything, wrecking people for decades with that kind of rhetoric. I genuinely do not know how to parse through the conflicted feelings.

Trapped

BP send his minions into the Midwest LC’s, and using the teachings of WL, divided every church.

[GraceAlone]

Originally Posted by Trapped

Again, I'll just say it. Benson's passing does not give me any joy. I would rather he was still alive, and I know just how much he has wounded some people. Just as God does not desire that anyone perish, I also try to hope for the real kind of "recovery" of a person who has gone astray the way the co-workers have, while they are alive. There are those in the local church who rejoice upon the death of those who they consider "opposers". I do not want to be that kind of person.

His kids and grandkids just lost their father/grandfather. But this is also someone who followed Witness Lee in absolute allegiance and is part of the group of "leaders" who demand that everyone else does too, under threat of being destroyed and losing everything, wrecking people for decades with that kind of rhetoric. I genuinely do not know how to parse through the conflicted feelings.

Trapped

Beautifully articulated, Trapped. Thanks for putting into words what others of us are feeling.

[Trapped]

Originally Posted by GraceAlone

Beautifully articulated, Trapped. Thanks for putting into words what others of us are feeling.

Thanks. I realized I actually felt bad because of the conflicting feelings and thought maybe if I articulated them, then others who also feel that way might feel better knowing others feel the same way too

Originally Posted by Trapped

Again, I'll just say it. Benson's passing does not give me any joy. I would rather he was still alive, and I know just how much he has wounded some people. Just as God does not desire that anyone perish, I also try to hope for the real kind of "recovery" of a person who has gone astray the way the co-workers have, while they are alive. There are those in the local church who rejoice upon the death of those who they consider "opposers". I do not want to be that kind of person.

His kids and grandkids just lost their father/grandfather. But this is also someone who followed Witness Lee in absolute allegiance and is part of the group of "leaders" who demand that everyone else does too, under threat of being destroyed and losing everything, wrecking people for decades with that kind of rhetoric. I genuinely do not know how to parse through the conflicted feelings.

Trapped

I can see some of your points Trapped, I just don’t have the same amount of grace to these people that have been destroying peoples lives for decades. I don’t have the “feelings” to say that I want them dead, no I don’t. But let me say this, I pray God destroys this system utterly and totally, and if it comes with some of the man that hold this tight grip on these people vanishing away, let it be so. I’ll take 10 lives of people being restored and build up, over a life of a person that’s a tool for destruction. That’s as simple as it can be. Sorry if that’s harsh or not compassionate. Maybe his kids and grandkids will actually have an opportunity to experience God, and His unconditional love, which their dad and grandpa stood in the way of it even being considered, let alone experienced.

[Trapped]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I can see some of your points Trapped, I just don’t have the same amount of grace to these people that have been destroying peoples lives for decades. I don’t have the “feelings” to say that I want them dead, no I don’t. But let me say this, I pray God destroys this system utterly and totally, and if it comes with some of the man that hold this tight grip on these people vanishing away, let it be so. I’ll take 10 lives of people being restored and build up, over a life of a person that’s a tool for destruction. That’s as simple as it can be. Sorry if that’s harsh or not compassionate. Maybe his kids and grandkids will actually have an opportunity to experience God, and His unconditional love, which their dad and grandpa stood in the way of it even being considered, let alone experienced.

Unregistered,

Thanks for contributing your thoughts and honest response. I feel the same as you do. Most of the co-workers have had more than enough chances to see what's really going on, and yet they double-down in total allegiance even when the truth and the real damage to human lives is shined right in their faces. They are choosing to do what they do, choosing the lie over truth, and the charade over reality, to the continued searing of their consciences. I just can't say that I want them dead, just as you can't either. So we're stuck in this weird middle zone, knowing that since they continue on in unrepentant sin and deception, sadly, their getting older and passing away is one of the only hopes there are right now for things to change for the people trapped inside. It's an awkward place to be in.

Trapped

[Nell]

Originally Posted by Trapped

Again, I'll just say it. Benson's passing does not give me any joy. I would rather he was still alive, and I know just how much he has wounded some people. Just as God does not desire that anyone perish, I also try to hope for the real kind of "recovery" of a person who has gone astray the way the co-workers have, while they are alive. There are those in the local church who rejoice upon the death of those who they consider "opposers". I do not want to be that kind of person.

His kids and grandkids just lost their father/grandfather. But this is also someone who followed Witness Lee in absolute allegiance and is part of the group of "leaders" who demand that everyone else does too, under threat of being destroyed and losing everything, wrecking people for decades with that kind of rhetoric. I genuinely do not know how to parse through the conflicted feelings.

Trapped

Trapped,

I guess the thing I'm most grateful for is that those who have passed away are in the Lord's hands and not mine. I have the same mixed feelings you described, and in a way, I think that's a healthy thing. After all, we are all the Lord's children...brothers and sisters.

Death has been described as the "great equalizer", I think, because of this verse:

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

So we all have an appointment with the "righteous judge". I'm grateful that the righteous judge will make all things right.


Nell

[Trapped]

Originally Posted by Nell

Trapped,

I guess the thing I'm most grateful for is that those who have passed away are in the Lord's hands and not mine. I have the same mixed feelings you described, and in a way, I think that's a healthy thing. After all, we are all the Lord's children...brothers and sisters.

Death has been described as the "great equalizer", I think, because of this verse:

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

So we all have an appointment with the "righteous judge". I'm grateful that the righteous judge will make all things right.

Nell

Yeah, I think part of the mixed feelings are that we can basically only make judgments based on the actions/words/behaviors that we see, from afar in many cases. But that's the best we can do, and the resultant judgments are not flattering for the co-workers. But only the righteous judge knows what's going on inside them, knows who is deceived or is actively deceiving, etc... I'm glad they are in the Lord's hands too.

Trapped

[UntoHim]

ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEMORIAL MEETINGS FOR
BROTHER BENSON PHILLIPS
A pattern to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity
Our dear Brother Benson Phillips, having served his own generation by the counsel
of God and having finished his course and the ministry which he received from the
Lord Jesus, went to be with our dear Lord on Monday, August 15, 2022, in Fort Worth,
Texas. The nearly eight decades of his Christian life and church life are a strong
testimony to what the Lord can do in and through His gifts to His glorious Body. He
was indeed a joint of the rich supply to many saints, to many churches, and even to
many countries throughout the earth. We will surely miss our dear brother
personally, and we will miss his service, his guidance, his perfecting, and his covering
in the work of the Lord’s recovery. But we take great comfort in the fact that we will
see Brother Benson in the resurrection unto life with our dear Lord Jesus Christ.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
To give the Lord the full glory for His operation in Brother Benson, we would like to
have two memorial meetings, full of well-speaking concerning what the Lord has done
through our brother’s life and service. We look to the Lord that these times will give
many of us the opportunity to speak building up and encouragement and consolation
to his family and to all the saints in the churches throughout the Lord’s recovery.
A time especially for the family and saints in Texas and the surrounding areas,
with open sharing and testimonies:
Lord’s Day, September 11, 2022, 2:30 p.m. (US CDT)
The church in Irving and LSM meeting hall
3600 Esters Road, Irving, Texas 75062
A link to livestream this meeting will be provided
at www.memorial-meeting.org.
A time for all the saints and churches everywhere,
with particular testimonies of appreciation from all the earth:
Lord’s Day, October 9, 2022, 2:30 p.m. (US PDT)
(after the conclusion of the October 2022 ITERO)
LSM Campus—Ministry Conference Center, Anaheim, California
This meeting will be streamed live at www.memorial-meeting.org
and will be made available there for later viewing.
A private burial will be held on Monday, October 10, 2022, at 11 a.m. at
Grace Terrace in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, California.
Emails of appreciation to the family may be sent to: bensonphillips@lsm.org.
Updates on these events will be posted on www.memorial-meeting.org.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Isn’t this man claimed out loud and bragged that he is god? I guess even those self proclaimed deities see their end one day!

https://www.bitchute.com/video/xDfjhKwnk64o/

Did BP ever reconcile with Jane and John Anderson?