Spiritual Authority

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Summary: A VALUEABLE RESOURCE FOR SPIRITUAL LEADERS!
Review: "Spiritual Authority" should be required reading for all Christian disciples. If you read it expect for your toes to be stepped--well actually probably stomped would be a better word--a few times. This book teaches that God is God. We are His. To reject His authority in our lives is a sin. God works through delegated authorities on earth.

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Summary: Outstanding book
Review: "Spiritual Authority" should be required reading for all Christian disciples. If you read it expect for your toes to be stepped--well actually probably stomped would be a better word--a few times. This book teaches that God is God. We are His. To reject His authority in our lives is a sin. God works through delegated authorities on earth.

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Summary: A Seductive but dangerous view of Spiritual Submission
Review: Christians should submit to one another. The basic premise of Watchman Nee takes a look at Spirituality Authority that turns this truth on it's head. Using a very confucian like paradigm, Nee argues for the elevation of some christians above others. This book is popular among many in the shepherding movement, and many christian scholars, like myself, find it a book that shows how easily a truth like submission can be twisted.

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Summary: Captures New Testament Understanding of Authority
Review: In a culture where authority is "out" and rebellion is "in" this book speaks volumes. Nee clearly presents the idea that everything is about submission to God's authority. He also clearly reveals that submission to God is manifested by our obeying goverment and church leadership. As a result this book will be a challenge to the average American Christian. Good! No doubt some can see this as some kind of extreme form of domination but that has more to do with who is reading it than the author's purpose. It can also be a difficult read as it was taken from notes from students who attended lectures by Nee on this subject. It is also of interest that Nee would eventually be jailed by the communists and die in captivity in China. There is a need to identify at what point a Christian should refuse obedience (not rebel... I read the book) to the governing authorities. Much of Chinese Christianity today is underground. I wonder how Nee would feel about that now? Anyway, this book is one of the most important books I have ever read in terms of my Christain experience.

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Summary: Looking for God's will & direction?
Review: Spiritual Authority is a fantastic book. The concept of God's authority being manifested in the world was eye opening and spiritually convicting. The book takes portions of the bible and breaks them open to reveal many truths that are not readily apparant, however once discovered, are easily confirmed throughout the Bible. This book should be the basic training manual after the Bible for beginning to know God and how He works in this world. I can't recommend it highly enough.

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Summary: Looking for God's will & direction?
Review: Spiritual Authority is a fantastic book. The concept of God's authority being manifested in the world was eye opening and spiritually convicting. The book takes portions of the bible and breaks them open to reveal many truths that are not readily apparant, however once discovered, are easily confirmed throughout the Bible. This book should be the basic training manual after the Bible for beginning to know God and how He works in this world. I can't recommend it highly enough.

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Summary: AMEN OUCH!
Review: This book is straight to the point and does not pull any punches. Anyone who reads this book and wants to see themselves and their faults will definitely find them. I had to put this book down for a while before continuing to read it because it hit me too hard and right where I live. I have been forever enlightened and enriched by reading this book. It is all about Gods' order and chain of command. Enjoy it. One love in Christ Jesus.

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Summary: AMEN OUCH!
Review: This book is straight to the point and does not pull any punches. Anyone who reads this book and wants to see themselves and their faults will definitely find them. I had to put this book down for a while before continuing to read it because it hit me too hard and right where I live. I have been forever enlightened and enriched by reading this book. It is all about Gods' order and chain of command. Enjoy it. One love in Christ Jesus.

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Summary: I great lesson on what AUTHORITY really means!!!
Review: To me, this is the best book brother Nee has ever written. It teaches submission to all authority, according to the Bible, and not according to submission in today's society. All authority is from God (Romans 13:1), and so obedience to the authorities around us is obedience to the Lord. I think this is very important to us today. Brother Nee does a great job of taking us through many old and new testament examples of obedience and disobedience to authority. This book made me realize how disobedient I was to God by not being fully submissive to the authorities in my life.

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Summary: Nee the Elder
Review: Watchman Nee is, to me, a perfect example of a person with no "Christian" culture. Living in China, when he read the Bible, he had no premeditated bias, and his insights are astounding. This book focuses on God's authority, his delegated authority, and why it is crucially important, for your own sake, to recognize His authority wherever it lies. It is a book for anyone who wants an extremely mature, humbled walk with God in a depth you can only now imagine. On a side note, don't plan on reading this in a weekend. The information contained within is so deep and profound I found myself stopping after every two paragraphs and meditating on what Nee said for a week. Next to the Bible, it is one of my two favorite books, (the other one being Neil T. Anderson's "Victory Over the Darkness"). Jesus' revelation be with you.