Was going to reply privately . . . however, there’s enough silliness in enough responses . . . I’ll go ahead and comment publically.
Peter and I merely reported out what Holy Spirit had informed us of. Holy Spirit did whatever Holy Spirit chose to do.
It’s amazing the cheek of assumptions hereon from folks who have never been close to such phenomena and who were thousands of miles from the situation and have not clue one about the particulars.
I will also note that the of the other folks in the situation—the 11 team members in Taiwan as well as myself and the fellow who replaced him and his wife . . . were all utterly convinced about what God had chosen to do and were in great AWE OF GOD.
In all likelihood, had God not chosen that option, the mission team would have been decimated. One very bright and called fellow was even in danger of losing out on his relationship with God. 3 of the 5 couples were in danger of leaving the mission field entirely.
One marriage was potentially at serious risk.
One missionary father/husband was suicidal.
On top of that, there were 20 or more kids at risk.
The team really loved each other and the Lord tremendously. There were some problems that they couldn’t solve on their own. The arrogance on the part of the supervising committee and chairman persistently had made things worse for YEARS—TIME AFTER TIME.
I just know that Holy Spirit rose up within me in the face of the fellow’s arrogant bluster and warned him as I did. He chose to ignore the warning in the weeks following.
I expect to meet the fellow in Heaven.
BTW, It COULD have been a Methodist Or Presbyterian group. I don’t always keep such petty details straight.
He did not.
Matthew 12:31-2
It was probably Presbyterian