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.
WATCHMAN NEEWe 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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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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Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.
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I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.
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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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God not only wants to break the outer man…He wants our spirit and our soul…our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.
WATCHMAN NEEGod not only wants to break the outer man…He wants our spirit and our soul…our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.
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God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.
WATCHMAN NEEGod will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
WATCHMAN NEEBaptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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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.
WATCHMAN NEEOur 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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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
WATCHMAN NEESpiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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The 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.
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.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
WATCHMAN NEEGod is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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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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The sight of any trouble strikes terror into the heart of those who do not have faith, but those who trust Him say, ‘Here comes my food.!
WATCHMAN NEEThe sight of any trouble strikes terror into the heart of those who do not have faith, but those who trust Him say, ‘Here comes my food.!
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
WATCHMAN NEEThe ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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