Whom Shall I Send? by Watchman Nee

Author:Watchman Nee
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Religion, Christian Life, General
ISBN: 9780935008456
Publisher: CLC Publications
Published: 1979-07-14T22:00:00+00:00

Serving God in the Spirit

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In conclusion, let us recognize two very essential points: the first being that all who wish to learn to live in the spirit before God must learn to accept the dealing of the cross. For the cross will deal with our natural life, that is to say, our natural mind and emotion. If our natural mind and emotion are not dealt with we can hardly live in the spirit. Let us remember that when we are confronted by that thing which touches us in our mind, the first word we utter will probably be “How unreasonable!”—for we are persons who are inclined to reason. And whoever reasons lives in his thought, and whoever lives in his thought lives also in emotional impulse. But the one who lives in the spirit dares not argue according to his own opinion nor does he dare to speak according to his own emotional feeling. The one who is controlled by the Spirit of God is one who has experienced the dealing of the cross.

The second essential point is the cleansing of the precious blood.

If you learn to live in the consciousness of the spirit, you must always rely on the cleansing of the precious blood. To the extent that you rely upon its cleansing, to that extent shall there be divine light in your walk. If you have a great amount of uncleanness still unwashed by the precious blood, you will be opaque and dark. Only its cleansing will make you shine.

These two elements—the dealing of the cross and the cleansing of the precious blood—must be learned and experienced by all who expect to serve God. The reason why some Christians fail to live in the spirit is mainly due to the fact that their thought and emotion have not been dealt with and their uncleanness has not been washed by the precious blood. Consequently, they live their Christian life foolishly and have not allowed God to turn them to the spirit. Only by accepting the dealing of the cross and the cleansing of the precious blood may any of us see how much he has lived in thought and not turned to the spirit.

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Whom Shall I Send?

Some may say, “I do not have any inward feeling”—to which it may be replied that if anyone makes such a statement it is probably due to the fact that he has not been born again. Were he really born again, his spirit would have been quickened by God’s Spirit and he would thus have some inward feeling. Or else it is possible that he is born again but he is sick inwardly, for some inwardly sick people may lose their inner feeling. Such a person needs to accept the dealing of the cross and the cleansing of the precious blood.

Whoever lives in the spirit is one who is accepted by God. May God be gracious to us and lead us that we may live in the spirit and be among those who serve Him in the spirit.

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