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Originally Posted by aron
I guess the story we got sold was that WN got "perfected" under Miss Barber, and thus after that he didn't need to be under anyone's authority. He was only under God. WL, henceforth, sold himself as WN's sole deputy.
Conversely, the argument went that WN was under a vision, a hermeneutic, and WL likewise was under this vision. Again, therefore, they didn't need to be "under" anyone. They had a vision straight from the throne, and if you wanted to be right with God, so the story went, you had to be under Nee & Lee. The divine hierarchy went: Jesus Christ, then WN, then WL, then whomever WL chose at his right hand.
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This is about what I was told. Once a brother becomes someone of respect, there is little if no need to be "right" with your fellow brothers and sisters when it comes to matters needing reconciling. One elder might adopt the concept, "I don't have to apologize to nobody". That is because the concept exists the ONLY one you had to be right with was God. He was the only one you need to have
accountability and responsibility towards. Many times I have agreed with Ohio the system that exists in the recovery has produced spiritual bullies out of decent brothers. Hypothetically if you are one who has authority over me, you can mistreat me in a variety of ways and I am expected as a brother in Christ to take the cross.