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Raptor · 07-02-2020, 02:34 AM

Nee:
"In order for us to learn to be an authority, we must also learn to set ourselves apart from the brothers and sisters. We need to refrain from many things which we otherwise could do or say. We should be separated in our speech and in our emotion. We cannot be too loose or easy-going. Sparrows fly in company, but the eagles fly alone. If we can only fly low and not suffer the loneliness of flying high, we are not qualified to be an authority. In order to be an authority, we have to be restricted and must separate ourselves.2

Jesus: Matthew 20:25-28
You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them. It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

It seems that Nee's description of an authority, an eagle, fits the "ruler of the Gentiles" flying high, alone and above the sparrows, superior and lording it over the sparrows, exercising authority over them. And the Lord´s description of someone great is of another sparrow, but one that flies low, even lower than the other sparrows, serving them and slaving for them, together with them, not alone.

07-02-2020, 02:34 AM	#105
Raptor Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 414	Re: Quote from today's Witness/Watchman Wednesday Nee: "In order for us to learn to be an authority, we must also learn to set ourselves apart from the brothers and sisters. We need to refrain from many things which we otherwise could do or say. We should be separated in our speech and in our emotion. We cannot be too loose or easy-going. Sparrows fly in company, but the eagles fly alone. If we can only fly low and not suffer the loneliness of flying high, we are not qualified to be an authority. In order to be an authority, we have to be restricted and must separate ourselves.2 Jesus: Matthew 20:25-28 You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them. It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” It seems that Nee's description of an authority, an eagle, fits the "ruler of the Gentiles" flying high, alone and above the sparrows, superior and lording it over the sparrows, exercising authority over them. And the Lord´s description of someone great is of another sparrow, but one that flies low, even lower than the other sparrows, serving them and slaving for them, together with them, not alone.