Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
WATCHMAN NEEThe Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built.
More Watchman Nee Quotes
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The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
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If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.
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We consider strong emotion or outward conduct as life. In reality, though, these are not life. We ought to realize that only the Lord is life. Christ is our life. And it is the Lord who lives out this life in us.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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As God’s child advances spiritually be 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.
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The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.
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We should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure.
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God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also…the difficulties that are in our way.
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He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord – including darkness, dryness, flatness – and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.
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