Double Standards

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Freedom

It would seem Witness Lee was exempt from 1 Tim 3:4-5. His family was a huge shortcoming. I do realize that he had no way of controlling his adult children, but he really should have kept them far away from his ministry, not give them jobs and allow so many LCers to experience things like the temper of Philip.

Anyone can have "challenging" kids, including Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and even Witness Lee's purported O.T. example of the "acting god" -- Samuel. In fact, if you read his story, the reason Israel cried out for a King was due in part because of his bad kids. Parenting is never easy, and we should pray for one another's families.

God, however, judged old Eli because he allowed his kids to damage God's people and God's house. Lee did the same. The parallels are uncanny. Read the story surrounding Hannah while remembering all of Lee and Sons' failed businesses fleecing the church.

Where Witness Lee took things a step further was his treatment of internal whistleblowers. All of those LC leaders who dared to speak their conscience on behalf of God's people were libeled and slandered. For a ministry which had spent a lifetime litigating outsiders, they surely knew what they were doing. They based their actions on the fact that all other Christians would obey I Corinthians chapter 6, but them.