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Re: Consider this
Watchman Nee: The Normal Christian Life
Published in 1977 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Nee explains that everything we need is in Christ, and we already have it.
Even though it is a fact of life that we are crucified with Christ, and are already dead,
we can not "substantiate" it in our life except for by faith.
We struggle to overcome sin, but falter and wonder about our experience with God.
Nee says that if we abide in Christ we can overcome sin by faith.
"If we do not believe the facts of the Cross they still remain as real as ever, but they are valueless to us. It does not need faith to make these things real in themsleves, but faith can "substantiate" them and make them real in our experience." (Nee 75)
As a pentecostal, I want an experience in Christ. Instead of looking for an experience in Christ I should be just looking to Jesus. It's not about me and my experience, It's about abiding in Jesus, looking to Jesus, having faith in Jesus. I'm crucified with Christ, so that I am free from sin, and the life I now live I live by abiding in Jesus.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. ~Tolkien
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