History on Nee & The Little Flock

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Originally Posted by Ohio

Just as Nee did, Lee also ostensibly used a "program of evangelism" and the teaching of "absolute, almost unthinking, submission" to the ministry. The normal respect of the saints for their local elders was constantly being undermined to achieve these ends. Monies were also diverted by LSM to build huge venues to facilitate their ministry for "trainings."

Without the so-called "conspiracy to rebel" orchestrated by John Ingalls, John So, Bill Mallon, and so many other men of God, who together rose up to speak on behalf of the Lord and His people, Lee and his minions would have carried out these plans.

As I wrote elsewhere, everything is for The System. In this, the movement differs in little or no respect from The State for the communists. I call it "the hive" mentality: it is a very strong, biological drive in all social species. Just as reality is somewhat socially derived for us all (e.g. I speak English because my parents/peers did), so does our ideas of correct behavior. Whatever the group (or its mouthpiece) says is right, that is right.

In the legal system you will see truth, justice, and fairness allowed, even trumpeted, as long as they coincide with the interests of the hive. But if these ideals conflict with the perceived well-being of the hive, you will see quickly which prevails. In the church, we see "love your neighbor" get tossed aside, along with righteousness and obedience to God, in favor of the preservation of the hive, here represented ably by what Ohio refers to as "the ministry".

Thank God for the prophets, who speak the truth to power. Their job is to wake up the sleeping flock, who have naively trusted the comfort of the hive, and have had their faculties numbed.