Watchman Nee Quotes

Overcoming sin, blessed though it surely is, is but the bare minimum of a believers experience. There is nothing astonishing in it. Not to overcome sin is what ought to astonish us.

For God to reveal His Son in us is not the result of research or searching; it is entirely a matter of mercy and revelation. It is an inward seeing, an inner knowing.

Since this life is God's and cannot die, it follows that everyone born anew into possessing this life is said to have eternal life.

Do not be impatient for impatience is of the flesh. Do not try different methods because they are useful solely in helping the flesh. We must distrust the flesh entirely.

With fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk according to the spirit.

God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.

If one's conscience is willing to confess whatever sins have been committed, including the sin of unbelief, it will be sorrowful in a godly way, earnestly desiring the mercy of God.

From the evening I was saved, I began to live a new life, for the life of the eternal God had entered into me.

The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have consigned it to death.

Long-lasting victory can never be separated from a long-lasting stand on the foundation of the cross.

Baptism is faith in action.

Eternal life means more than mere future blessing to be enjoyed by believers; it is equally a kind of spiritual ability.

The burden imparted by God is lifted once we have prayed, but the heaviness from the enemy cannot be raised unless we fight and resist in prayer.

The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture.

Irrespective of how we physiologically are made, even possessing special weaknesses, we can overcome our sins through the Lord.

Knowing the truth concerning the deep workings of the evil spirit helps the individual not only to overcome sins but to eliminate unnecessary afflictions as well.

Were our spirits hardy we would be able to meet the most disturbing situation with peace and rest.

A spiritual Christian should welcome any burden which the Lord brings his way.

Faith in Christ makes one a regenerated believer; obedience to the Holy Spirit makes him a spiritual believer.

Therefore, brethren, pray until God gives us revelation so that "knowing this" in our spirit we may truly confess "that our old man has been crucified with him."

Every true work is not done to the poor. Every true work is done to Me.

Frequently the burden or concern in the spirit is for prayer.

So we can say, reverently, that God never gave us the Law to keep: he gave us the Law to break! He well knew that we could not keep it.

Do we not realize that the basic condition for a spiritual walk is to fear our self and its wisdom and to rely absolutely upon the Spirit?

Henceforth we are dead to everything pertaining to ourselves and alive to His Spirit alone. This requires our exercising faith.

How dangerous a master human emotion is!

Only as they cease to seek anything by themselves and only as they take the position of the teachable shall they be taught by the Spirit truth which they are able to digest.

If you perform your part, God will fulfill His. And once you put off specifically, you should just as thoroughly believe that God will renew your mind, despite the fact you know not how.

The knowledge of Christ which is produced by man's own cleverness and wisdom is not a rock that can stand firm.

How many of us dare not use our time or money or talents as we would, because we realise they are the Lord's, not ours?

[Jesus] said, “Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill.…For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners” (Matt. 9:10-13). Jesus opened up God’s heart to men.

Lord, I am willing to break MY heart that I might satisfy THY heart.

Man's thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. God's thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God's purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.

We all have the same Christ dwelling within, but revelation of some new need will lead us spontaneously to trust Him to live out His life in in that particular.

We think in terms of apostolic journeys. God dares to put His greatest ambassadors in chains.

The author sees Joseph of Genesis as a type of Christ's Pentecostal power. He who was thought dead has been raised in power, and the power is evident in the chariot he sends for his own.

Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee That we his evil power may bind His prisoners to free.