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Originally Posted by Evangelical

There are two ways to be divisive - one in practice, and one in attitude. Here Nee is addressing a divisive attitude, for the "we" i.e. those in the local church. But no where does he condone division in practice, and even himself defines the differences between a genuine local church and sects. When reading or quoting the words of anyone, it's important to see where they are coming from. Nee comes from the view that the local church is the genuine church. Nee was for the idea that the local church, one church per city is the genuine church, and everything he wrote is in that context. Similarly, if Nee was a Catholic, then anything he wrote about sectarianism and division would be with respect to the view that the Catholic church is the true church.

Yes, I understood all that very clearly.

My point was that the local churches fit Nee's description of those who have been/become divisive in attitude and scope. The fact that he uses the word "we" to refer to the local churches indicates that this very attitude is something that can happen in the LCs ("if we do xyz.....we are guilty") and should be guarded against. Lee/the brothers did not guard against that and instead, from what I have seen, exacerbated it.