The Glory of His Life by Watchman Nee

Author:Watchman Nee
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780935008180
Publisher: CLC Publications
Published: 1976-05-31T22:00:00+00:00

Christ Is Made Our Righteousness

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years. For our righteousness before God is not our works, but Christ.

Unless one has received revelation—seeing Christ as his

righteousness—he cannot draw nigh to God with boldness. If he sees that his righteousness is a person who is Christ, he can come without fear. Hence we must never forget that when we approach God, our righteousness is not our works, it is not a thing; it is a person, even Christ.

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3 Christ Is Made Our Sanctification

We now come to a further point in our discussion

together. To say that my righteousness before God is

not my works does not suggest that I need not be

careful of my conduct or works while living on earth.

My problem of righteousness before God is indeed

solved, but how about my conduct and my living? Here must you and I see that God has not only made Christ my righteousness but has also made Him my sanctification. This sanctification is not a thing, nor a condition, but again, it is a person—even Christ.

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Some Christians entertain a kind of mental ideal about

sanctification. They envisage sanctification to be Christ helping us, then transforming us into holiness. Formerly we were unholy, now through the help which Christ gives us we become holy. 1

Corinthians 1.30, however, tells us that God has made Christ our sanctification. We do not rely on our own strength to be holy, nor do we count on the help of Christ to be holy, we trust Christ himself to be our holiness. Our sanctification is the person of Christ, not the help of Christ.

Some Christians think that Christ gives us strength to be holy.

Hence they pray to the Lord for strength. They reckon that by receiving strength they will be holy. However, the word of God never says we can be holy, nor does it say Christ gives us strength to be holy. It plainly tells us that God has made Christ our

sanctification. Our sanctification is a Gift, our sanctification is a Person; our sanctification is not the result of some God-given strength. If we do not see with our spiritual eyes, we will not know what immense difference exists here. This is something our brain can never comprehend. Had there been no revelation, and even if our 60

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brain could somehow grasp it, it would still be of little use. We must ask God to show us that Christ has not come to help us to be holy, nor does He give us strength to be holy, but He himself becomes our holiness.

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With respect to this subject of sanctification, many believers understand it in two regards: one is called the power of sanctification and the other is called the fruit of sanctification. What they mean is that one must possess the power of sanctification in order to produce the fruit thereof. According to this concept, where will Christ be—is He on the power side or is He on the fruit side? The way 1

Corinthians 1.30 presents it is totally contrary to man’s concept.

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