[Jo S]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

what mistake had Nee made?

He mistook Satan's so-called deep secrets for God's truth.
Nee introduced mystic/gnostic leaven into his belief system and it leaved the whole of his faith.

Spiritual adultery is a serious offense to God, not to mention very hurtful to Him. I had to repent of it once and it was a painful experience that I'd rather not repeat. I know what it looks like when I see it.

Originally Posted by UntoHim

#2 Created and maintained (at the very least) the appearance of evil. We now know from Dr. Lily Hsu, in her book My Unforgettable Memories: Watchman Nee and Shanghai Local Church that Nee's infidelities went far, far beyond just the "appearance" of immorality. There is a very comprehensive thread on this forum covering the things revolving around the revelations in this book.

Here is the thread
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Interesting thread. I hadn't read it until now. What I found especially interesting is the martyr status Nee holds within the Lord's Recovery. I suspect it's one of the main legends propagated by his followers that keeps the movement going today.

I also have a theory relating to this;

If anyone's following US politics, they'd know President Trump's overarching agenda is to restore America to it's former glory. The only thing in the way of that are the big bad liberal democrats. In putting himself in the position of a restorationist, every attack against him is viewed as an attack against American liberty which in turn adds to a martyr complex. And it's this image as a true patriot and martyr that provides him ongoing support from his base.

The theory is that this is the same phenomenon taking place within the two factions of the Local Churches (LSM vs GLA).

Lee and LSM represent the liberals and GLA represent the ultra conservative restorationists. It's why I believe the martyr image is so crucial to GLA's ongoing conflict against LSM. It's also why GLA exhalts Nee but essentially pulled a damnatio memoriae on Witness Lee which leads me to believe Titus isn't shooting for Lee's legacy, he has his sights set on Nee's with the ultimate goal of restoring the Lord's Recovery to it's former glory.

It's all politics masquerading as religion, just like Nee's imprisonment and martyrdom was it seems. The Lord looks down and laughs. Anyway, those are my thoughts for the day.