12/12/2016 The Normal Christian Faith By Watchman Nee Pdf - The best free software for yourRead NowWatchman Nee, a popular Higher Life, Deeper Life, or Keswick devotional writer, author of The Normal Christian Life, The Spiritual Man, etc, was a cultist.Watchman Nee became a Christian in 1920 at age 17 and began writing in the same year. In 1952 he was imprisoned for his faith. Probably the best known book of Watchman Nee's is The Normal Christian Life. Watchman Nee, The Normal Christian Life. The Normal Christian Life is Watchman Nee's bestselling, classic exploration of what this Christian life is meant to be.
Free Text Sermons - Sermon Index. A sermon to children.'There were also with Him other little ships'. Some of the little things we do in our meetings with you are imitations of Christ's ways. Sometimes we are told to look up to the 'heavenly pl .. All of them profess to believe that the Holy Spirit may convert souls at any age, and that conversion cannot take place too soon; while yet they do not look for the conversion of children with t .. You will follow me into another region, to a spot where angels are gathered together in quiet, happy converse. They are all ' ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them wh .. This psalm teaches us adoration. Adoration is not thanksgiving; it is silent wonder. I once saw a striking instance of .. We can draw a great deal of instruction from Christ's silence. Silence as to things we would like to know ab .. Of old God's silence was meant to lead men to fear. No wonder he sent to ask the Master if there was any explanation of this. Is this like the Messiah?' .. We, in our day, are ready to excuse ourselves for slowness to believe in the Lord Jesus by saying, 'How much easier it would have been, had we seen Him in .. The Personality of Antichrist. Christians are called to tread nowhere with greater circumspection than when dealing with unfulfilled prophecy, and it is owing to want of due caution here that so many a humble inquirer has been left, amidst the confusion that is within and ridicule with .. The Time of His Appearing. Reference has been made to the declaration in 2 Thessalonians 2 that the day of Christ should not come until . Also to Matthew 2. His Characteristics and Duration. The very name of Antichrist implies a denial of Christ having come in the flesh as well as an assumption of His place and dignity; and so exactly does this description apply, that to deny Christ in any measure or shape is held to indicate the working of t .. His Destruction and Its Consequences. In saying so much of Antichrist, it was impossible not to anticipate to a certain extent, what ought in proper order to have fallen under this division of the subject. It was necessary to allude to some of its circumstances in establishing his personality .. There may undoubtedly be a risk not alone of neglecting, b .. Hence his deep interest in the Colossians. The Lord does not ask His people to give up their .. This is a passage about which very little has been written. Commentators seem to pass it by as something very mysterious. But if the Holy Spirit be with us we wi .. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the .. Jethro is his official title, meaning his highness, or 'his excellency.' So this man was at once a priest of God .. There are a great many cases of useful persons whose names are hid. Sometimes God puts honour upon them before the church; sometimes He says, 'never mind .. Let them study these words. It tells us we are very weak, for we need to be kept; but, .. Faith has regard to what the Lord has done .. Go on quietly resting in the grace of Jesus, for His grace is like a full well which you may draw from and yet no way exhaust. Sit beside this well, and when .. Do you think letters ever passed between the families of Moses and Jethro? Would not Moses or his son Gershom write occasionally to their friends in Midian, and tell of the wilderness .. You know we can go on busily with work, and all the more busily, when enjoying the sunshine round us. It is even thus with us in our .. But I suppose you were yourself taken altogether unawares. This comfort, however, you have, sure and full, viz., that E. It was well written every way, and makes me think you are already greatly the better of being away from home, breathing your native air. Reading a little of C .. This is a week of many interruptions of course, people calling about the Communion, etc. The stream of life glides on, and we are on its banks. It will take many turns and windings, an .. I was so interested that I just told all over at my prayer- meeting, with a few remarks as I went along. You see the Master has not cast you aside. She is safe in any case in 'the everlasting arms'. During all her time of trial and pain, the same Holy Spirit who upheld and com .. You have been getting much to gladden you, even in .. James Bonar, Hampstead (1)GLASGOW, 2. May 1. 88. 9. And let me say specially to Mary that the sweet fragrance of both words and flowers is filling my study to- day, and from time to time sending .. Maclagan (Gives some interesting details about his time as a missionary with R. S. Candlish)(1)5th March, 1. Purves) to be missionary in St. David Dickson, his brother- in- law (1)ABERNYTE, Saturday, 3rd August 1. I thought you had got better accounts of your dear boy. But if the Lord is indeed threatening to let him continue with you only for a short time, be assured that .. Lewis Grant, his nephew, Kirkcaldy (1)GLASGOW, 1. January 1. 88. 0. I had written an hour ago to Uncle William, whose letter expressed anxious alarm, but we were not prepared for your announcement, for Willie's note of .. Robert Noble, Clapham (1)GLASGOW, 1. Dec. Last week George Jackson, (an elder in Finniston Church for many years) who to the last was alw .. Robert Young Edinburgh (1)AFTER MRS. BONAR'S DEATH. GLASGOW, 1. Oct. All went well till the afternoon of Friday. Wikinson at the Mildmay Mission to the Jews (1)GLASGOW, November 8th 1. MY DEAR MR. WILKINSON. Last night I was present with Mr. Baron at a most interesting meeting of Jews, fifteen in number, and could at once see that the stagnant waters had been stirred by Mr. I am very thankful .. William Bonar his brother (1)COLLACE, Tuesday Morning. By means of it you may 'walk about Zion and tell the towers thereof,' just as you do at .. William Dickson Edinburgh (5)COLLACE, Oct. It is Ruth 1: 2. 1: 'The Almighty hath afflicted me.' The word 'Almighty' is John Bunyan's word 'Shaddai,' th .. Grant his sister- in- law, on the death of her husband, the Rev. Grant of Cavers (1)ON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, THE REV. Horatius Bonar his sister- in- law (2)GLASGOW, 2. Oct. It requires something to raise me before I can at present take up the pen. The bewilderment is passing away. James Bonar, his daughter- in- law (1)GLASGOW, 2. Decr. Manson (1)GLASGOW, 1. March 1. 85. 8. I am glad you are to be near Crieff ; we may see .. Milne on the death of her father (1)ON THE DEATH OF HER FATHER. We felt for you in your bereavement, for a father is altogeth .. Watchman Nee. The great Chinese writer and preacher Watchman Nee was for many in the West a symbol of Christian steadfastness under the pressure of totalitarian government. From the day in 1. Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior during the visit of a Chinese evangelist to his native city of Foochow, Nee To- sheng gave himself without reserve to God for work among his own people. Over the years he became widely known in China as a gifted preacher of the Gospel and an original expositor of the Word, whose ministry bore remarkable fruit in individuals and in many groups of spiritually virile Christians. The body of Christ is not just a nice doctrine or teaching - it is a necessary reality. It is our sole option to practice the reality or to quench and ultimately abandon the Spirit who gives us new life from above. In his own words, Nee prefaces this book. The book is not intended for anyone and everyone. It is for those who feel their responsibility in the Lord's service. But more than this, it is for such as honestly and truly mean business for God, for those whose hearts are open, who have no padlocked mind or prejudices. The book may test one's sincerity and honesty to no small degree, but I believe the Lord has shown something which is of importance to the whole body of Christ. One of the prayers I have offered in connection with this book is that the Lord should keep it from those who oppose and would use it as a chart for attack and also from those who agree and would use it as a manual for service. I dread the latter far more than the former. But since I can't put everything on the web, I'm putting in the chapter which God is currently working on in me. It is a highly valuable resource for any believer who wants to examine, in depth, the foundational truths of our salvation. This little book is an important milestone in any believer's life who wants to walk by the Spirit and not by the flesh. Shortly after Watchman Nee was saved, he began to love the Lord and was intensely burdened to preach the gospel to his schoolmates and countrymen in season and out of season. Through his preaching nearly all his schoolmates were led to the Lord, and a revival was brought into his school and spread extensively to the people of his hometown in 1. Hundreds were saved and had their lives changed. Watchman Nee did not attend a theological school or Bible institute. Most of what he learned concerning Christ, the things of the Spirit, and church history was acquired through studying the Bible and reading the books of spiritual men. Watchman Nee was not only an excellent student of the Bible; he was also a studious reader of spiritual books. He was brilliantly gifted in being able to select, comprehend, discern, and memorize appropriate material. He could easily grasp the points of a book at a glance. Because of overwork and lack of adequate physical care, Watchman Nee became sick with tuberculosis of the lungs in 1. It became so serious that rumors were spread that he had died. During this time of illness, he was greatly exercised to trust in God for his existence, and God faithfully cared for him. God graciously healed him of tuberculosis, but sovereignly left him with angina pectoris. He could have died at any moment. This spontaneously ushered him into a full trust in the Lord for his existence. Moment by moment he existed by faith in God, and all through the years God sustained him with His gracious care and resurrection life until he died. Through such physical hardship, he experienced and enjoyed God much more than would have been possible if he had not had such an entangling and exhausting disease. The kind of divine healing Watchman Nee experienced was not merely a miraculous act of God; it was the working out of the resurrection life through the procedure of grace by the exercise of living faith in the faithful Word of God for edification and growth of life. It was not merely a miracle of divine power; it was absolutely a matter of grace and of the divine life. Whenever Watchman Nee was asked a question, his answer was always practical, to the point, clear, full of anointing, and filled with light. His manner was very normal and open, and he was easy to approach. He had a great capacity and a broad heart. In spiritual matters, he climbed to the heights and touched the depths. Concerning God's principle and purpose, he was very rich in understanding and experience. He always left a very sweet impression, yet one did not lose the sense of respect. His attitude was gentle and meek, and his words were full of anointing. In conversation with him, there was no sense of distance but a sense of being watered and supplied. The impression left by his words and manner are unforgettable. Watchman Nee saw that the important thing regarding our work is not its quantity but its quality. The real work is the outflow of life. In February of 1. Watchman Nee made the decision to remain in Shanghai because of his burden for the churches, the co- workers, and the Lord's testimony on the mainland. On the one hand, he fully trusted in the Lord's sovereignty; on the other hand, he realized the risk and was prepared to be sacrificed for the Lord's testimony. In the spring of 1. He was, however, never released. During his imprisonment, only his wife was allowed an occasional visit; She passed away on November 7, 1. His wife's death was a great sorrow, and it cut him off from any contact with the outside. Not long after her death, on May 3. Watchman Nee also came to the end of his pilgrimage on this earth and rested with Christ, whom he served at the cost of his life. He left a piece of paper under his pillow, which had several lines of big words written in a shaking hand. This is the greatest truth in the universe. I die because of my belief in Christ. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God's arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering. Since I was to walk in the Lord's way, I would only rely upon Him to support me. In the years 1. 92. China lived in sole reliance on the Lord. Yet when I looked to the Lord, He said to me, 'If you cannot live by faith, you cannot work for Me.' I knew that I needed living work and living faith to serve a living God. God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once. The counterpart of that website is the Triune God which looks at the Trinity. Summaries of some of Nee`s books can also be found at www. This index and the texts on this page originally appeared on a website called flash. The two biographies originally appeared at www.
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