[Freedom]

Originally Posted by aron

Witness Lee told the Shanghai elders, "It is a matter of receiving your being", and "You derived your being from him", meaning Watchman Nee. What 'being' is this they derived? Human or divine? Clearly human, i.e. status and position. Watchman Nee here is not "Our Father who art in heaven", but instead an earthly analog. Fallen and sinful, but clearly necessary for the Little Flock to go on.

When I think about it, it seems WL was playing upon the elders’ gratitude towards Nee. Obviously, they appreciated him, but they were also willing to cease their dealings with him. WL basically instilled a sense of guilt in to each one of them, and succeeded in getting them to once again line up behind Nee. He did it very deceptively.