The Complete Works Of Watchman Nee - Grace In Christianity May 2026
But then he read a passage that stopped his breath. Nee described a Christian trying to be humble. The man clenches his jaw, lowers his voice, and forces a smile. He calls this "victory." But inside, his pride is boiling. Nee wrote: “The effort to suppress the self is not the cross; it is civil war. Grace is not God helping you to be better. Grace is God agreeing to live His life through you instead of you trying to live yours for Him.”
He looked at his life. His prayer life was a frantic attempt to keep God from being angry. His service was a ladder he was climbing to reach a heaven that felt farther every year. He had turned the infinite ocean of grace into a tiny, leaky bucket of works. The Complete Works of Watchman Nee - Grace In Christianity
For a terrifying, holy moment, nothing happened. Then, a quiet voice—not audible, but as real as the floor beneath him—seemed to reply. Finally. But then he read a passage that stopped his breath
