God's economy vs Deputy authority

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by rayliotta

I'm not giving Witness Lee "credit" for anything people did on his behalf. I'm just acknowledging that, really, they were doing all these things -- all the time, money, labor, hospitality, etc -- mostly on his behalf. You say that he did not factor into your decision to go to Irving. And yet what you were doing in Irving was building a publishing house for Witness Lee's pet ministry, which just happens to publish only two authors, one of whom is Witness Lee!

rayliotta, originally, I and most of the brothers I knew felt that our serving and labors were for Christ and the church, which is His body. I was convinced, at the time, and for a long time, that WL and his ministry were for these same goals.

Today I see things a little differently, but that does not discredit any of my past service to the Lord.

For example, Judaism was a degraded and corrupt system 2,000 years ago, and the temple had become a cesspool of commerce and politics, but God still honored Anna, who served in the temple night and day with fastings and petitions, looking for the redemption of Israel. (Luke 2.36-38)