Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection. Watchman Nee More Quotes by Watchman Nee More Quotes From Watchman Nee 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 majority church spiritual Genuine spiritual knowledge lies not in wonderful and mysterious thoughts but in actual spiritual experience through union of the believer's life with truth. Watchman Nee unions spiritual lying And it is through conflict that God induces the believer to seek and to grasp total triumph in Christ. Watchman Nee triumph conflict christ Overcoming sin, blessed though it surely is, is but the bare minimum of a believers experience. There is nothing astonishing in it. Not to overcome sin is what ought to astonish us. Watchman Nee sin blessed overcoming All we have-ourselves-to Him, and if that be all, that is enough. Watchman Nee discipleship ifs enough Long-lasting victory can never be separated from a long-lasting stand on the foundation of the cross. Watchman Nee foundation victory long Do not be impatient for impatience is of the flesh. Do not try different methods because they are useful solely in helping the flesh. We must distrust the flesh entirely. Watchman Nee different flesh trying One gains by losing self for others and not by hoarding for oneself. Watchman Nee hoarding gains self Baptism is faith in action. Watchman Nee faith-in-action baptism action Since this life is God's and cannot die, it follows that everyone born anew into possessing this life is said to have eternal life. Watchman Nee this-life born life-is The child of God should not be overanxious to make new gains; what he essentially requires is to keep what he already has, for not losing is itself a gain. The way to retain what he possesses is to engage it. Watchman Nee anxiety overcoming children The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have consigned it to death. Watchman Nee saint self attitude For God to reveal His Son in us is not the result of research or searching; it is entirely a matter of mercy and revelation. It is an inward seeing, an inner knowing. Watchman Nee inward knowing son The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God. Watchman Nee good-christian gods-will attitude To secure one's freedom the Christian must experience God's light which is God's truth. Watchman Nee secure light christian Never adopt an attitude of indifference, for if you do you will suffer for it. The weight will grow heavier and heavier. Watchman Nee weight suffering attitude The cares of this life emerge as very small items indeed along our daily path. Watchman Nee this-life care path We should try our best to pour out all the burdens in our spirit by prayer until all of them have left us. Watchman Nee spirit prayer trying A Christian ought to realize what the weights laid on his spirit are. If he encounters it in the morning and does not deal with it at once, he experiences defeat the whole day long. Watchman Nee christian morning long 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 christian exercise believe
