- First of all I would like to say something about Light of
Truth Ministries of Jim Moran. He warns against Witness Lee's
Movement (and rightly so because it is a cult) and also against
Watchman Nee (which Nee does not deserve in any way). Witness
Lee was a former co-worker of Watchman Nee. I have contacted
Jim a few times in the past about his incorrect views regarding
Watchman Nee, but he never responded to my e-mails, untill recently,
after I signed his guestbook. He now has my site listed on his
site as "Local Church" related, but I have not even
ONE article of Witness Lee on my site, I only mention his name!
I think this is a very low thing to do. I even strongly disagree
with Lee's radical vision. Jim Moran puts Nee on the same level
as Lee, and this is due to a complete misunderstanding of Nee.
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- The whole issue revolves around certain aspects about the
"locality of the church." Lee over-emphasized the locality
of the church in a way Nee did not. If you are interested in
how Nee really thought about the locality of the church, visit
this site that shows how Nee thought about the locality of the
church. You will find that this differs greatly from Lee's teaching
on church locality. Lee also came up with so-called "pray-reading,"
which turns out to be nothing else than "chanting God's
Word without using ones mind." Well, I can't find this in
any of the 70 books by Watchman Nee. You can read more articles
by Watchman Nee here: Watchman Nee.
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- Jim also speaks on his site about a person who has read over
40 books by Nee. This person claims that Nee in his book Spiritual
Authority sets himself up as the sole authority in the church
and that his "disciples" have to obey him blindly.
Well, I have about 70 books of Nee and have translated some into
Dutch, inluding Spiritual Authority. They will be published by
a Dutch publishing company called Novapres, somewhere in the
first half of 2001. Anyway, I would like this person to point
out to me where in that book Nee puts himself forth as the sole
authority to be obeyed in blind ignorance! I just can't seem
to find it, LOL.
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- After consulting with Dennis McCallum, who wrote a long article
on Watchman Nee the House Church Movement in China, to whom Jim
Moran also does not respond, I came to the conclusion that Jim
Moran is only interested in spreading his own views, without
actually trying to find out what is really true. Actually, it
is hilarious to hear that they view Nee as some kind of dictator.
Remember that this great man of God was put into a Chinese labourcamp
for 20 years, and even there, while suffering greatly, he continued
to testify of his Redeemer. It is said that in the end they cut
his tongue out. His own words were these: "I myself do not
know where I will be one year from now. If God does not keep
me, I may not even follow Him next year."
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- This shows that he had absolutely no trust in himself, in
his own flesh. Some critics claimed he had his own disciples.
But Nee said that only Jesus should have disciples. If other
people viewed it that way he said, than that's their business.
The fact that some members of the Little Flock almost worshipped
Nee, and even imitated the way he prayed, was something that
disstressed him very much. It shows the childishness of some
believers in the movement. So please my readers, don't be fooled
by Jim Moran. Understand that Lee took some teachings of Nee
and practised these teachings in a way Nee never would have approved
of.
- [Source: http://hermes.spaceports.com/~eddy4god/Pictures.htm
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