[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by WatchmanNee

"In spiritual things, self-analysis will not only fail to show us the reality, it will even create spiritual paralysis. Real seeing and understanding comes only from God's illumination. As light shines, we just naturally see. We therefore do not need to ask ourselves questions; all we need to do is to ask God to cause his word to shine in us ...."

This little snipped really illustrates one of the biggest dangers in the teachings and theology of Watchman Nee - That we need to disengage from healthy questioning and studious inquiring to the subjectivity of "real seeing and understanding from God's illumination". Of course there is nothing wrong with asking God "to cause his word to shine in us", but when it is done after intentionally discarding the safeguards and boundaries that have been provided by the wise council and sound admonition of the saints that have gone before us over the past two millennia, God's people can and have been lead astray.

And if taken too far, this all leads to a large lot of precious and sincere Christians chanting and singing aloud "Get out of your mind and get your spirit in gear". May God have mercy.
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