Inspirational Quotes by Watchman Nee
“There is no doubt that we love the Lord and are seeking Him, but our loving and seeking the Lord is with a complicated heart.”
“The divine revelation was also through the experience of being an army that shared in God’s fighting against His enemies, as in their fighting against the Egyptians and the Amalekites.”
“Feeding on Christ and living by Him should not be an occasional practice. Rather, it should be the way we live twenty-four hours a day.”
“When the Lord Jesus died, all creation and the sins committed by the creation were terminated together.”
“Instead of being great, the Lord wanted to be small in order to be food for us.”
“Isaiah 32:2 speaks of the Lord as “the shadow of a massive rock in a wasted land.” When we are weary [wasted], we can rest under the shadow cast by this rock and be refreshed.”
“No one should destroy the gracious work of Christ on the saints. No one should destroy those on whom we have been working for their building up.”
“Remember that those who built the tabernacle had experienced a change of diet and had begun to be reconstituted with the element of manna. Only such people can build God’s dwelling place. In fact, after being reconstituted, they themselves are the dwelling place of God.”
“The unlimited Christ gives the immeasurable Spirit in order to produce a universal increase.”
“It is not to improve or reform oneself nor to forsake the evil and turn to the good, as people generally believe.”
“The energizing element of Christ is a supply, a factor, for us to live Christ.”
“Every natural man is a man who “dies in a tent” [Num. 19:14]; his physical body is a tent, and the one who is in the tent is dead.”
“Resurrection denotes something which has been put to death and which is alive again.”
“By drinking the Spirit, the bride becomes one with the Spirit....If we drink of the living water day by day, the Body of Christ will be built up, and the bride of Christ will be prepared.”
“But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall by no means thirst forever; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life.”
“Éx. 33:11 Y hablaba Jehová a Moisés cara a cara, como habla cualquiera a su compañero... Nm. 12:7-8 ...Mi siervo Moisés ... es fiel en toda Mi casa. Cara a cara hablo con él, claramente y no con enigmas; y él contempla la figura de Jehová...”
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Watchman Nee (1903 - 1972)
Was a church leader and Christian teacher who worked in China during the first half of the 20th century. In 1922, he initiated church meetings in Fuzhou that may be considered the beginning of the local churches. During his 30 years of ministry, Nee published many books expounding the Bible, including The Normal Christian Life and The Normal Christian Church Life. He established churches throughout China and held many conferences to train Bible students and church workers.Following the Communist Revolution, Nee was persecuted for his faith. He spent the last 20 years of his life in prison. Nee was honored by Christianity Today magazine as one of The 100 Most Influential Christians of the Twentieth Century.
Watchman Nee was a Chinese Christian author and church leader during the early 20th Century. He spent the last 20 years of his life in prison and was severely persecuted by the Communists in China. Together with Wangzai, Zhou-An Lee, Shang-Jie Song, and others, Nee founded the The Church Assembly Hall, later which would be also known as the "Local churches."
Watchman Nee became a Christian in 1920 at age 17 and began writing in the same year. In 1921, he met the British missionary M. E. Barber, who was a great influence on him. Through Miss Barber, Nee was introduced to many of the Christian writings which were to have a profound influence on him and his teachings. Nee attended no theological schools or Bible institutes. His knowledge was acquired through studying the Bible and reading various Christian spiritual books. During his 30 years of ministry, beginning in 1922, Nee traveled throughout China planting churches among the rural communities and holding Christian conferences and trainings in Shanghai. In 1952 he was imprisoned for his faith; he remained in prison until his death in 1972.
Watchman Nee became a Christian in mainland China in 1920 at the age of seventeen and began writing in the same year.
Throughout the nearly thirty years of his ministry, Watchman Nee was clearly manifested as a unique gift from the Lord to His Body for His move in this age.
In 1952 he was imprisoned for his faith; he remained in prison until his death in 1972. His words remain an abundant source of spiritual revelation and supply to Christians throughout the world.