Quote:
Originally Posted by bearbear
"Around 1982, some believers asked Wang Ming Dao how to evaluate Watchman Nee and whether or not we should judge people, etc. Wang's answer at that time was: If there is a fraud who has cheated several people, should we not announce that he is a fraud? It should be proclaimed, announcing the name of this person and how he deceives people, so that others would not be deceived by him. There is a saying in Chinese: you should hide bad deeds and you should proclaim good deeds. This saying has some merit and some flaws. If a person happens to stumble into a sin, we don't need to make it public, hoping that he will repent. But if someone is always committing a sin and always harming others, we need to make public his crimes and his name. If God allows, maybe one day I will talk concerning Watchman Nee."
Translated by my wife from page 156 of "Watchman Nee in the Eyes of Wang Mingdao"
https://repository.globethics.net/.....hing_Feng_15.1...
For more on Wang Ming Dao see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Ming-Dao
My opinion: Wang Ming Dao was a man of God who preached holiness and taught there were false and true believers only allowing baptism when there was evidence of true conversion beyond professing Jesus as Lord. This is the opposite of Watchman Nee's ministry which stressed the inner life and was silent about repentance from sin and considered carnal believers to be true believers who only had to face 1000 years of outer darkness.
If Lily Hsu's testimony is accurate which seems to be confirmed by Wang Ming Dao, consider the saying:
Luke 7:35 "Yet wisdom is justified by all her children" |
Hello there,
Can someone tell me in a nutshell what this whole thing is about? I think this pastor Wang's name rings a bell in my mind. Some years ago, I met a sister online who told me she's taking care of or knows someone who knows Watchman Nee. I've lost contact with her but she said pastor Wang is very old already and cannot speak much. She told me this as I asked her whether it is possible to speak with pastor Wang. So, I asked her to help me ask pastor Wang a question. I asked him what he thought of the LR and if I remembered correctly, the message I got back was to foster my relationship with God and not depend on a church movement for my faith. Something like that.
God bless.
I'm not sure if the name is pastor Wang. He could be someone who used to work with Watchman Nee or Witness Lee, I honestly can't remember. Anyway, it can't be pastor Wang as I contacted this sister not more than 10 years ago so, which would be 2013 and pastor Wang died in 1991 so it must have been another pastor. The main thing is I remember his reply.