Spiritual Authority by Watchman Nee

[awareness]

Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah

Human society requires delegated authority. The human body also has "delegated authority". That is not the error.

The error is that the hand has to obey the eye. That is absurd, the hand obeys the head. The eye serves the head, but in the end the head makes the decision.

If the Lord speaks through a member, as he did with Ananias, Acts 9:10, then that person has acted as a deputy authority, in the same way that the hand of the Body acts on behalf of the head. Today we have robotic hands that can actually be hooked directly up to the brain and act at the discretion of the Brain.

If I have a computer problem and you know the fix, you are my authority. Tomorrow if you have a computer problem and I know the fix, I'm your authority. If I lose my keys and my son knows where they are, he's my authority.

Where's my need to be under Nee and Lee?

Where's my need to be under the Rome Catholic church or the local church?

I once thought I needed to be under Lee and the local church, but I weren't right in the head back then. That was misplaced trust and authority. I wouldn't respect Chairman Mao Tse-tung's authority either ... except for the gun.