Faith and Experience
Faith and Experience3
Victory Over the World
By Watchman Nee0JHN 16:331CO 1:21CO 6:111CO 6:191CO 8:121JN 5:4Watchman Nee emphasizes that victory over the world is rooted in the accomplished work of Christ, who has already overcome the world. He explains that while God's facts are established by His works, our faith is essential to appropriate these truths in our lives. The experience of victory is not achieved through human effort but through acknowledging and claiming the grace God has provided. Nee illustrates this with the example of the Corinthian church, which, despite being sanctified in Christ, failed to live out that reality due to a lack of faith. Ultimately, the Holy Spirit plays a crucial role in transforming God's facts into personal experiences for believers.
Knowing the Incomprehensible
By A.W. Tozer0JHN 17:5JHN 17:24A.W. Tozer emphasizes the incomprehensibility of God and critiques the contemporary understanding of Him as weak and limited, akin to ancient deities. He questions how Christians can truly know God if He is beyond human comprehension, yet offers hope through the revelation of God in Jesus Christ. Tozer asserts that through faith and love, believers can experience God's presence and glory, which transcends human understanding. He encourages the faithful to seek a deeper relationship with God, who reveals Himself not through reason but through the heart's desire for Him. Ultimately, Tozer reminds us that while God is infinite and unknowable, He invites us to experience His glory through Christ.
Dying With the Lord
By Watchman Nee2ROM 4:4ROM 6:2ROM 6:6ROM 6:112CO 5:14GAL 2:20GAL 6:14PHP 3:10Watchman Nee emphasizes the significance of understanding our identification with Christ's death, asserting that believers have already died with Him on the cross. He explains that this truth is a divine fact, and rather than striving to crucify ourselves, we should apply this reality through faith, recognizing our death in Christ. Baptism serves as a public acknowledgment of this truth, and by reckoning ourselves dead to sin, we can experience the transformative power of Christ's death in our lives. Nee highlights the Apostle Paul's experience as a model for believers, illustrating that true dying with the Lord comes through faith and acceptance of this fact. Ultimately, he calls believers to embrace this truth to live victoriously in Christ.