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Originally Posted by OBW
Without referring to any particular teaching or writing of Nee, I have come to realize that Nee generally had an idea where he wanted to go when he started into any particular analysis of scripture. His command or rhetorical devices was put to good use causing the hearer/reader to miss where he misdirected us to accept things as according to the Bible where they were not. And as someone else has pointed out, he often used stories to make his point. So it is not the scripture that supports his positions, but a good-sounding story.
I do not conclude that it was always (if at all) because of an evil desire to gather followers or lead anyone astray. He probably believed what he taught. But it was too often not really from the Bible.
Even when I somewhat recently read one of the more spiritual (as opposed to doctrinal) writings — Sit Walk Stand — it seems that the overlay and what he made out of it was not derived from Ephesians, but forced onto it. There was even the background for Lee's eventual teaching on doing nothing until you had enough "dispensing" that it just happened. (You have to just sit until you are so inundated with God's dispensing that you need not try to be righteous, you just are. In the mean time, unrighteousness is just acceptable — and covered by grace.) Nee didn't say it outright, but did infer it if you pay attention. (Lee actually said it in so many words.)
But since most readers are not paying attention, they are captured by the apparent spirituality of the writing.
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You hit an important point here: “misleading”. In James 3:1 says “Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.” Why give teachers judgement with greater strictness? My understanding is because their teachings have greater impact on Christians. If someone’s teachings mislead Christian readers to a way deviate from Bible—God’s commandments that is equivalent to teach them to sin against God.