Transcription of The Normal Christian Life
1 The Normal Christian LifebyWatchman NeeAbout The Normal Christian life by Watchman NeeThe Normal Christian LifeTitle: :Nee, Watchman (1903-1972)Author(s):Publisher:Copyright Angus Kinnear 1961. Used by permission of KingswayPublications, Eastbourne, :Heiko J. Unold (Markup)Contributor(s) Call no:Practical theologyLC Subjects:Practical religion. The Christian lifeTable of Contentsp. iiAbout This Book..p. 1 The Normal Christian life ..p. 2 Preface to the First Edition..p. 3 Preface to the British Edition..p. 4 Table of Contents..p. 5 The Blood of Christ..p. 5 Our Dual Problem: Sins and Sin..p. 6 God's Dual Remedy: The Blood and the Cross..p. 6 The Problem Of Our Sins..p. 7 The Blood Is Primarily For God..p.
2 8 God Is Satisfied..p. 9 The Blood And The Believer's Access..p. 11 Overcoming The Accuser..p. 14 The Cross of Christ..p. 14 Some Further Distinctions..p. 16 Man's State By Nature..p. 17As In Adam So In Christ..p. 18 The Divine Way of Deliverance..p. 20 His Death and Resurrection Representative and Inclusive..p. 22 The Path of Progress: Knowing..p. 22 Our Death With Christ A Historic Fact..p. 24 The First Step: Knowing ..p. 25 Divine Revelation Essential To Knowledge..p. 27 The Cross Goes To The Root Of Our Problem..p. 28 The Path of Progress: Reckoning..p. 29 The Second Step: Even So ..p. 30 The Reckoning Of Faith..p. 31 Temptation And Failure, The Challenge To Faith..p. 35 Abiding In Him..p. 39 The Divide of the Cross.
3 P. 39 Two Creations..p. 41 Burial Means An End..p. 43 Resurrection Unto Newness Of life ..p. 45 Presenting Ourselves to God..p. 45 The Third Step: Present ..iiiWatchman NeeThe Normal Christian Lifep. 46 Separated Unto The Lord..p. 47 Servant Or Slave?..p. 49 The Eternal Purpose..p. 49 Firstborn Among Many Brethren..p. 50 The Grain Of Wheat..p. 51 The Choice That Confronted Adam..p. 52 Adam's Choice The Reason For The Cross..p. 53He That Hath The Son Hath The life ..p. 54 They Are All Of One..p. 56 The Holy Spirit..p. 56 The Spirit Outpoured..p. 59 Faith Is Again The Key..p. 61 The Diversity Of The Experience..p. 63 The Spirit Indwelling..p. 64 The Treasure In The Vessel..p. 66 The Absolute Lordship Of Christ.
4 P. 69 The Meaning and Value of Romans Seven..p. 69 The Flesh And Man's Breakdown..p. 70 What The Law Teaches..p. 72 Christ The End Of The Law..p. 75 Our End Is God's Beginning..p. 77I Thank God!..p. 80 The Path of Progress: Walking In The Spirit..p. 80 The Flesh And The Spirit..p. 82 Christ Our life ..p. 84 The Law Of This Spirit Of life ..p. 86 The Manifestation Of The Law Of life ..p. 89 The Fourth Step: After The Spirit ..p. 92 One Body in Christ..p. 92A Gate And A Path..p. 94 The Fourfold Work Of Christ In His Cross..p. 95 The Love Of Christ..p. 97 One Living Sacrifice..p. 100 More Than Conquerors Through Him..p. 101 The Cross and the Soul life ..p. 101 The True Nature Of The Fall.
5 P. 102 The Root Question: The Human Soul..p. 104 Natural Energy In The Work Of God..p. 106 The Light Of God And Knowledge..p. 111 The Path of Progress: Bearing the Cross..ivWatchman NeeThe Normal Christian Lifep. 111 The Basis Of All True Ministry..p. 113 The Subjective Working Of The Cross..p. 117 The Cross And Fruitfulness..p. 118A Dark Night -- A Resurrection Morn..p. 122 The Goal of the Gospel..p. 122 Waste..p. 125 Ministering To His Pleasure..p. 126 Anointing Him Beforehand..p. 128 Fragrance..p. 131 Indexes..p. 131 Index of Scripture References..vWatchman NeeThe Normal Christian LifeviWatchman NeeThe Normal Christian LifeThe Normal Christian LifeWatchman Nee It is no longer I .. but Christ Copyright Angus Kinnear 1961.
6 Used by permission of Kingsway Publications, Eastbourne, NeeThe Normal Christian LifePREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITIONThe author of these studies, Mr. Watchman Nee (Nee To-sheng) of Foochow, a true bondservantof Jesus Christ, placed a great many of us in his debt when, on a visit to Europe in 1938 and 1939,he set forth so lucidly in his ministry to many groups of young workers and others the foundationprinciples of the Christian life and of the addresses forming the material from which this book has been compiled havealready been published independently and have been the means of blessing to many. Others, coveringsimilar but wider ground, have existed for long in manuscript or note form. It is with the convictionthat their message merits a wider circulation at the present time that I have undertaken the editingof the available material to form this larger deprived of personal contact or communication with the author, I have myself to takefull responsibility for the work of editing.
7 This has involved the bringing together of matter froma number of sources to form a logical sequence within the framework provided by two of the originalseries of studies. Due to the wide variety of this material, including verbatim records of spokenEnglish addresses, private notes of Bible readings and personal conversations, and a few translationsfrom the Chinese, liberties, perforce, have had to be taken with the literary arrangement not, ofcourse, with the doctrine making the hand of the editor more evident that I would have the privilege of close personal contact with Mr. Nee during 1938, and the help and criticismof others who enjoyed his ministry or who have worked with him, and who knew him better thanI, have combined, in the few places where interpretation was necessary, to make faithfulness to histhought the more on this book has been a searching experience.
8 It goes out now wiht the prayer that itsstrong emphasis upon the greatness of Christ and upon the finality and sufficiency of His workmay be used of God to bring His children to a place of greater spiritual effectiveness and thus ofincreasing value to I. KinnearBangalore, India19572 Watchman NeeThe Normal Christian LifePREFACE TO THE BRITISH EDITIONA new edition has made possible further revision and occasional slight expansion of the textwith the aid of fresh source material. An index is now reader is again reminded that the author s message in this collected form had its origin asspoken ministry. It is therefore not wholly systematic. On none of the subjects dealt with is it to beregarded as exhaustive. It should be approached prayerfully not as a treatise, but as a livingmessage to the I.
9 Kinnear19583 Watchman NeeThe Normal Christian LifeTable of ContentsChapter 1: The Blood of ChristChapter 2: The Cross of ChristChapter 3: The Path of Progress: KnowingChapter 4: The Path of Progress: ReckoningChapter 5: The Divide of the CrossChapter 6: The Path of Progress: Presenting Ourselves to GodChapter 7: The Eternal PurposeChapter 8: The Holy SpiritChapter 9: The Meaning and Value of Romans SevenChapter 10: The Path of Progress: Walking in the SpiritChapter 11: One Body in ChristChapter 12: The Cross and the Soul LifeChapter 13: The Path of Progress: Bearing the CrossChapter 14: The Goal of the GospelScripture quotations are from the Revised Version unless otherwise NeeThe Normal Christian LifeChapter 1: The Blood of ChristWhat is the Normal Christian life ?
10 We do well at the outset to ponder this question. The objectof these studies is to show that it is something very different from the life of the average a consideration of the written Word of God of the Sermon on the Mount forexample should lead us to ask whether such a life has ever in act been lived upon the earth, saveonly by the Son of God Himself. But in that last saving clause lies immediately the answer to Apostle Paul gives us his own definition of the Christian life in Galations 2:20. It is nolonger I, but Christ . Here he is not stating something special or peculiar a high level ofChristianity. He is, we believe, presenting God s Normal for a Christian , which can be summarizedin the words: I live no longer, but Christ lives His life in makes it quite clear in His Word that He has only one answer to every human need HisSon, Jesus Christ.
