As God’s child advances spiritually he shall discover that the Lord’s time is as important as the Lord’s will. Do not rashly beget an Ishmael lest he become the greatest enemy to Isaac.
Watchman Nee (Church Leader, 1903 – 1972)
The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
Watchman Nee (Church Leader, 1903 – 1972)
Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
Watchman Nee (Church Leader, 1903 – 1972)
Everyone who believes in God must have His revelation in His spirit, or else what he believes is not God but mere human wisdom, ideals or words. Such faith cannot endure the test.
Watchman Nee (Church Leader, 1903 – 1972)
To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual. Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict. It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
Watchman Nee (Church Leader, 1903 – 1972)
The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture. In a church all the members are active. He [God] appointed some to take oversight of the work so that it might be carried on efficiently. It was never His thought that the majority of the believers should devote themselves exclusively to secular affairs and leave church matters to a group of spiritual specialists.
Watchman Nee (Church Leader, 1903 – 1972)
With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
Watchman Nee (Church Leader, 1903 – 1972)
Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life. They must exercise faith in believing God’s estimation of their natural life and must wait patiently for the Holy Spirit to reveal in them what the Bible says of them. Only in this manner will they be led in the way of deliverance.
Watchman Nee (Church Leader, 1903 – 1972)
Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
Watchman Nee (Church Leader, 1903 – 1972)
Often the children of God cannot rise up to answer the Lord’s call to service simply because, though their physical condition is good, their feelings are low, cold, and reluctant. Or even when their emotions are quite high, passionate, and willing, they find themselves unable to serve the Lord because now the body reacts lazily. The disciples found themselves in precisely that situation in the Garden of Gethsemane: “the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak”
Watchman Nee (Church Leader, 1903 – 1972)