Double Standards

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Ohio

Titus Chu had thousands of stories about the failures of other brothers. Having been in the Recovery since the early 50's, he had enough "material" to talk days on end.

Apart from Darby Exclusives, what other collection off believers in church history has that much "dirt" on one another? And their chief boast is the "oneness" of the believers? And their chief condemnation of other Christians is their divisions? And what outsiders know about them is not good works or good news, but lawsuits and quarantines?

Witness Lee constantly solicited festering rivalries among his underlings. He operated by what I call, "the law of first complaint." In other words, Lee would believe whoever brought him the "dirt" first, not wasting any time checking out the facts. Philip, his reprobate son, brought him lots of "dirt" on Titus Chu (even secretly recording their phone conversation) and other regional leaders, especially during the heyday of the "new way." Witness Lee believed it all because it was useful to him, yet Titus still respected him as his "spiritual father," all the while placing the blame on Philip and the other Blindeds who daily surrounded Lee.

In this way Witness Lee promoted a man-pleasing system. His minions were constantly pitted against each other, each striving to be the most "loved" by Lee himself, claiming to be the most absolute for his ministry. Obviously Benson Phillips won that war, and became next in line. Benson proved his unwavering loyalty to Lee by turning a blind eye to all the corruptions at LSM, including several female volunteers (think about those white house interns) who were molested by "junior," the "Office Manager." Since none were willing to contest Benson's role as heir, except for Titus, it was just a matter of time before he would need to be terminated.

For years I heard Witness Lee preach from the platform against man-pleasing, hiring family members, mishandling monies, selfish rivalries, unrighteousness, and other associated works of the flesh. Since he publicly opposed any and all fleshly works in the leadership so vigorously from the bully pulpit, all the regular rank and file followers believed that he lived by those same standards, never thinking that he was himself more guilty than any of the ones he constantly criticized.

[Freedom]

Originally Posted by Ohio

For years I heard Witness Lee preach from the platform against man-pleasing, hiring family members, mishandling monies, selfish rivalries, unrighteousness, and other associated works of the flesh. Since he publicly opposed any and all fleshly works in the leadership so vigorously from the bully pulpit, all the regular rank and file followers believed that he lived by those same standards, never thinking that he was himself more guilty than any of the ones he constantly criticized.

Maybe this was all WL's own psychological projection, projecting his own feelings or traits onto others. At any rate, what he spoke against is suspiciously similar to who he really was. Perhaps that is why members failed to see who Lee really was, and what the LC really was. He spoke so strongly against things that members would have never guessed that he, or the LC was exactly what was being spoken against.