The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee

Step 1: Revelation or “Knowing” (Romans 6:6) When Jesus resurrected, he became “the second man,” initiating new race of men that will never die. Jesus was “the last Adam” who absorbed Adam’s sin nature and took it to death. The Lord included me in his death which allows me to identify myself in Him. Since we came into Adam’s race by birth, the only way out must be by death.

Trying to fix our outward behavior only reveals how deep-seated our sin truly is.Ĭhrist’s blood can’t remove us from Adam’s race. If I behave like a Nee I am a Nee, but if I don’t behave like a Nee I’m still a Nee. We’re born with indwelling sin no matter how we behave. The flesh is too bad to be cleansed-it must be crucified altogether. The reason we are forgiven isn’t because God overlooks what we’ve done, but because He sees Christ’s blood. Jesus took our place on the cross to secure our forgiveness from sins, and the Holy Spirit takes our place within to secure our victory over sin. God forgives our individual sins through the blood of Christ, and He delivers us from our indwelling sin through the cross of Christ. Man has 2 problems: Sins (our individual deeds) and sin (our indwelling nature). With a book as profound as this, repeated listening and reading is required.Watchman Nee’s The Normal Christian Life summary: notes, quotes, & highlights The Blood of Christ The audio brings out nuances that are sometimes missed in reading. When put together, the learning experience is just that more profound. The eyes are one sense, the ears another. Listening to a book is another medium for absorbing its content, another sense. What does Paul Michael bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book? We all desperately need more of the cross in our lives, a deeper surrender to it and a thorough consecration to Jesus Christ. But in the later chapters he thoroughly describes life in the Spirit with a clarity of writing style and depth of spirituality that has made him one of the great spiritual teachers of the twentieth century. Watchman Nee's emphasis on the blood of the cross for forgiveness and the power of the cross for transformation within, is the heart of this study of the first eight chapters of Romans. Reading the book while listening is yet another way to absorb the material more deeply. I bought the audio version after reading the print version, because this book is so awesome spiritually and I wanted to apply its insights more deeply into my inner spirit. Would you consider the audio edition of The Normal Christian Life to be better than the print version?

The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee