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Originally Posted by aron
Now, it may seem ungrateful, and disrespectful, to equate Watchman Nee's teachings with Satan. Surely the Mr. Nee was a dear brother, the latchet of whose shoes I may be unworthy to unloose, to quote John the Baptist. True.
But what was the basis of Mr. Nee's understanding of the church? Was he not looking through the lens of a corrupt history? Was not his understanding warped by centuries of "church tradition"? Or was his understanding of the word he translated "church" the same as the understanding of those first century believers, whose "church life" he sought to emulate? I daresay no.
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He was strongly influenced by the exclusive Brethren, but in the preface of his book
TNCCL, which btw rebukes the church practices developed under WL, he stated his greatest fear that someone would take his fellowship and use it legalistically.
WL on several occasions seemed more concerned about facing WN in the after life than the Lord Himself, knowing that what he produced was exactly what WN warned about.