Body of Christ a Reality by Watchman Nee

Author:Watchman Nee
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780935008135
Publisher: Christian Literature Crusade
Published: 1978-02-14T22:00:00+00:00

The Function and Harmony of the Members

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needs to do nothing but spread a little mud—that which is incompatible with the life of God in us—and we as a body shall disintegrate. Neither opinions nor strifes are necessary, merely the spreading of a little mud in us is enough. We continue to break bread and drink the cup, but we may be divided nonetheless.

The body of Christ is basically not a doctrine, neither is it a kind of arrangement, but it essentially is life. What is the church? The church is not just a doctrine according to the Scriptures; neither is it just a method according to the Scriptures; but basically it is a life, even the manifestation of the life of Christ. Oneness is not grounded in anything else but in life. Satan needs only to mix some impurities into us and into others secretly; so that though among us all there is not the slightest clamor of opinions or the slightest indication of strife, nevertheless, unknowingly the body is already undergoing disintegration. May the Lord have mercy on us by the filtering out of all impurities from us. O Lord, by the cross and the Holy Spirit, do filter us out!

How we all need to inquire as to what place does our own inclination and desires have in us: What place does our own goal have in us? What place does our own work have in us? Or do we let the life of Christ occupy the absolute position in us? Oh how we all need to return to God! We do not need outward revival. We have but one need, which is, to turn inwardly to God and let Him cleanse us and purify us with the cross and the Holy Spirit. By the filtering of the cross and the Holy Spirit, we hope and pray we may be cleansed from all the impurities which Satan has mixed into us. May the Lord have mercy upon us so that we may not put our confidence in ourselves, for even that sense in us of being right may be used by Satan to work the work of disintegration. We should learn to come to God for enlightening, we should learn to go among brothers and sisters for correction. We must be willing to pay any cost and accept the dealing of the cross in order that we may truly manifest our functions as members in the church.

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The Body of Christ

Do we not continually say we love the Lord? Do we not say we have consecrated ourselves to Him? Then we must not preserve ourselves, neither should we be afraid of paying any cost; but we should allow the Lord to cleanse us from all the impurities which are incompatible so that the life of Christ may be expressed through us and that we may manifest in our life our various functions as body members as well as live out the testimony of the body of Christ.

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