The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture. Watchman Nee More Quotes by Watchman Nee More Quotes From Watchman Nee Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ, I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ, I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, "in Christ." Watchman Nee strengthfaithgod I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher. I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me. Watchman Nee wisdomreligiousgod Good is not always God's will, but God's will is always good. Watchman Nee gods-will Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better. Formerly I regarded it miserable business to be a Christian, but now I think differently. Once I thought certain things delightful, now I think them vile. Once I thought other things utterly worthless, now I think them most precious. That is a change of mind, and that is repentance. Watchman Nee christianmeanthinking To bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill your desire, yet you refrain from doing so. A person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do. Watchman Nee abledesiremean Not by gain our life is measured, But by what we've lost 'Tis scored; 'Tis not how much wine is drunken But how much has been outpoured. For the strength of love never standeth In the sacrifice we bear; He who has the greatest suffering Ever has the most to share. Watchman Nee sacrificewinelife God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ. Watchman Nee manifestationseekingchrist It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things, God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need. Watchman Nee doesonjesus A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield. Watchman Nee engagementchristianlife-is Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work. Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons. Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him. Watchman Nee prayerchristianmen The system of fathers of the world church, the clergy system of the state church, and the pastoral system of the independent churches are all the same in nature. They are all Nicolaitans. In the Bible there are only brothers. There is the gift of a pastor, but no system of pastors. The pastoral system is man's tradition. If the children of God are not willing to return to the position of that in the beginning, no matter what they do, it will not be right. Watchman Nee brotherfatherchildren The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor. Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord, just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness. Watchman Nee smellpainbroken The Law requires much, but offers no help in the carrying out of its requirements. The Lord Jesus requires just as much, yea even more (Matt. 5:21-48), but what he requires from us he himself carries out in us. The law makes demands and leaves us helpless to fulfill them; Christ makes demands, but he himself fulfills in us the very demands he makes. Watchman Nee demandlawjesus The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling. Watchman Nee differentoppositesfeelings There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course. Watchman Nee tragicend-of-lifeends If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God. Watchman Nee testscharacterneeds The 'flesh' is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified. Watchman Nee flesh Often Satan injects pride into the believer's spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God's work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers. Watchman Nee prideattitudefall Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection. Watchman Nee resurrectioneastercrosses We must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light. Watchman Nee shine-onreadingheart
