In the newly released article, “A Christian’s Attitude Toward Reforming Society,” the following paragraph includes quotes from Nee:
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What, then, should be our attitude and practice today? Brother Nee counseled the saints to render help to others but not to get swept up in social action movements. These movements, no matter what their orientation, are like tides that carry people away from God’s purpose. Involvement in them compromises the testimony of the church’s heavenly calling (Heb. 3:1; see Messages (3), 916-917). This is consistent with the pattern of the Lord Jesus and of the New Testament apostles, especially Paul. Just as the Lord Jesus never sought to reform the corrupt social system of the Roman Empire, neither did the apostles. Of the apostle Paul, Brother Nee commented, “Never once did he try to change the social order. He came only to solve man’s spiritual needs and settle the spiritual problems of the church” (179-180). Thus, Paul charged the Philippians to “be blameless and guileless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world” (Phil. 2:15).
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And here, in one paragraph, they set aside the entire command to “justice” and try to steer their flock away from such things. The say that it carries “people away from God’s purpose.” Earlier in the article they declare that . . .
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[t]his does not mean that the Lord is indifferent to the evils of human social systems and institutions. He will solve all the problems of human society—when He comes again to establish His kingdom.
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So what was Jesus saying in Mar 9, verses 36 & 37 when he declared that
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Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.
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This means that as long as we are doing it “in His name,” it is the opening of oneself to both Christ and the Father. It would seem that this is most important in this are as it ushers in a present fellowship with the Father and the Son. And anyone who is refusing to take such actions because they think it is carrying them away from God’s purpose is actually denying God’s purpose and not inviting the Father and the Son.