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Originally Posted by Terry

What Witness Lee Said
What Brother Lee said in the Chinese-speaking conference was his observation and realization before the Lord that the churches receiving his
ministry had at times failed in the past to live up to that standard: We have much to learn concerning receiving people according to God and
according to His Son. Because of our negligence in this matter in the past, we have offended the Body of Christ and many brothers and sisters in the Lord. For this reason, I had a deep repentance before the Lord. Brothers and sisters, I hope that we can see our past mistakes by getting into this message through pray-reading, studying, reciting, and prophesying. Of course, sectarianism in the denominations is wrong; it is something very much condemned by God. Nevertheless, those who are genuinely saved in the
denominations are children of God and have been received by God. Hence, we also should receive them, but we would never participate in the division in which they are. (The Experience of God's Organic Salvation Equaling Reigning in Life, p. 69

I'm not sure why Terry posted this originally, but this article was placed online at the ConcernedBrothers.com site in the heyday of letter writing leading up to the Whistler Quarantine. Direct communications between the parties had broken down, and both sides took their arguments public, soliciting and rallying like-minded leaders around the globe.

The author, Sober Mind, obviously partial to Titus Chu and his cause, attempts to set the record straight about what WL's final repentance was all about. I have read it before, and I have read it again. Supposedly this should add credence to Titus Chu as the true follower of WL, faithful to the spirit and the letter of his ministry. Sober Mind's improvements do little to help the situation.

If Lee is genuinely repenting for not receiving, i.e. how he treated, outside Christians, then why should he be remorseful on behalf of the churches? We got all these pitiful attitudes directly from him, and now he needs to repent for us? Lee himself passed on to us his disgusting and disdaining attitudes towards all Christianity for decades. If the LC's had shortcomings in "receiving people," Lee should have owned all responsibility himself.

That's like the neighbor who continually cusses in front of his kids since the day they were born, and then one day apologizes in front of the family for his own children's poor "communication skills."

If Lee was really convicted about his attitude towards Christians, why not issue a directive to his team of editors to go back and modify all his books? Why not author a public letter of apology? Why not yank all those videos from the archives, and have a "burning?"

This has always been my complaint. If the Lord bothers WL, convicting him of past failures, why is it that all the condemnation was subsequently heaped upon the LC's. The churches did all they could to follow his ministry, and in the end they are all blamed for "not living up to the standard." WL always blamed others when things went bad.

I'll let a recent quote by aron finish my post, since he can say this so much better than I can ...

The only one who "must" do something here is Lee. Why is he imposing himself on the Body of Christ? Who is this guy? Why did I allow myself to be tricked into elevating this man way above the flock, where his "musts" and "need tos" and "shoulds" and "have tos" became my daily marching orders? What kind of religious twaddle did I buy into?