Angel of Light Ministers in the LC

[UntoHim]

Thanks for your participation Truth, your point of view is sorely needed around this place.

Actually one thing I really appreciate about James is that he is pretty straight forward...not a lot of "interpretation" is needed. The context is very clear at the end of James 3 - the context is hypocrisy, which is why I quoted the two verses before the one that says "Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water?"

I did not say, nor would I ever say, that Witness Lee's entire ministry was invalid just because of his behavior. I hope you can understand that there is some kind of middle ground between the two extremes - of Lee being the one minister with the one ministry of the age and the other that he was some maniacal cult leader. After about 37 years of close association (both in and out of the LC Movement) I know for a fact that neither one of these two extremes are accurate.

To say that Witness Lee’s “interpretation that James was a little off the New Testament track” is a gross understatement. Here is an exact quote: "Today's Christianity, just like James, is devoid of divine revelation. James was a sincere, god-fearing man, but was lacking spiritual discernment and revelation.""The Uniqueness of the Lord's Recovery" HWMR It is this kind of asinine and absurd statement that has gotten Witness Lee in trouble, and it also explains why many of his followers seem to treat his words as equal to or even above the Word of God.

Anyway, getting back to the passage I quoted from James, I think the point is that hypocrisy can “pollute” one’s ministry, and we know for a fact that Witness Lee’s hypocrisy extends as far back as his earlier days in Taiwan, probably even before. And what makes matters worse is that his ministry is the only “fountain” in the Local Church/LSM Movement, and the Blended Brothers have made sure that it remains as the only fountain.

I don’t think using the example of the failures of any of the Old Testament figures is applicable. The standard is much higher today. God has given us more, and he expects more from us, especially Christian leadership. Just ask Jim Bakker, just ask Jimmy Swaggart, just ask Ted Haggard. And it was not just sin that brought them down – it was HYPOCRISY. Their ministries were very helpful to many people, but their ministries were also polluted by their sin AND by their hypocrisy.