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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Quotes from WN:
...In the church there have been many spiritual giants who have brought about many spiritual things. ... Saints like Martin Luther, Madame Guyon, John Nelson Darby, Evan Roberts, and Mrs. Penn-Lewis all left us with some spiritual wealth. .... Yet today even if we should succeed in being a Martin Luther, a Madame Guyon, a Darby, a Roberts, or a Mrs. Penn-Lewis, we would still be a failure because we would not have seen the central point-the flow of the Spirit. (The Collected Works of Watchman Nee, vol. 55)
...I believe that the age of giants is over in the church life. Perhaps in the next generation, the so-called "giants" that we have now will disappear altogether. Today is the end time for giants. ... (The Collected Works of Watchman Nee, vol. 6)
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Quite duplicitous coming from the man who would later say that you would always know who was the most spiritual person in the room and defer to him.
Nee was a master of understatement. He "suggested" and "believed a lot, making it sound less extreme. But if you understood how strongly he believed it, you would realize that his was a belief in the top-f-the-heap position of one person — himself. Just like Lee who was to come later in Taiwan and America, he spoke of himself indirectly but the impact and intent of his words was very direct. He was the MOTA that preceded Lee.
And I expect that one or more of the blendeds will eventually latch onto this ruse and become the current and final MOTA. It worked for Nee when he said it was already over. Then for Lee who was after Nee.