Watchman Nee considered himself to be a watchman raised up to sound out a warning call in the dark night: most appropriate for the dark day of Halloween.
It is Done
by Watchman Nee
Christianity begins not with a big do but with a big done. We begin our Christian life by depending not upon our own doing but upon what Christ has done. Until you realize this, you are no Christian; for to say “I can do nothing to save myself; but by his grace God has done everything for me in Christ, -is to take the first step of faith.
“Our old man was crucified with him that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin” (Rom. 6:6, NIV)
That is not an exhortation to struggle. That is history: our history, -written in Christ before we were born. Do you believe this? It is true!
Our crucifixion with Christ is a glorious historic fact. Our deliverance from sin is based, not on what we can do, nor even on what God is going to do for us, BUT on what he has already done in Christ. When that fact dawns upon us and we rest back upon it, then we have found the secret of a holy life.
When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” (John 19:30)
Prayer – Lord, grant us grace to walk in the truth and the light of this message. Amen
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