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what it means to be brokenAugust 1, 2008 This book deals with an area of true Christianity that is not easy to deal with. For those who really seek to know the Lord this book talks about the need for him to break the outer man (our flesh) in order for the inner man (our Spirit) to come forth. This is a nicer way of discussing when we go through a period of our flesh being crusified. This book is not an easy read as it is one of those books that makes you take a look at yourself that will most likely make you shrink back in your chair. I would not recommend this book for anyone that has just been saved, this is pretty heavy stuff. After 7 years I am just now getting to where I can handle Watchman Nee's writings. While he is very good at giving what true Christianity needs, his work is very deep and at times seems a little harsh. Makes me wonder what works the Lord needed to do in him that he wrote these books.A good one for someone early in their walk is his title Sit, Walk, StandChanged Into His Likeness Sit, Walk, Stand
Read at least OnceJuly 11, 2008 I read this book about 1971 when I was attending an evangelical Christian college. I purchased a copy about eight years ago to give to a Christian woman whom I thought would benefit from it. I was not too surprised that she returned it without reading it from cover to cover. Some of the concepts were probably just too hard for her to understand.
This book is probably not for just Christians. Others who go through trials and tribulations can equally engage the Spirit of the Divine through the crucible of human suffering, both their own and that of those around them. It is what makes us human.
Eye opening beginning...July 26, 2007 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Nee classifies the spirit as the Inner Man, the soul as the Outer Man and the body as the Outermost Man. The spirit is God's dwelling place. Our human nature, good or bad is in our soul. The goal is to have the spirit govern the soul. The soul must be broken, won and mastered by the spirit.
Some Scripture he cites: Luke 21:19 In your patience ye shall win your souls.
1 Peter 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:
1 Peter 1:9 receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of [your] souls.
Romans 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Ephesians 3:16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
2 Corinthians 416 Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. (I always rightly or wrongly thought the outward man is the body, but he is referring to the human nature decaying as the spirit is strengthened.) All The American Standard Version which he uses.
Later on he takes some liberty in translating a couple verses in Hebrews.
The beginning was somewhat eye opening and I was looking forward to the book.
However the book is repetitive to an extreme. He constantly reiterates how the outward man must be broken for the spirit to be able to work in various ways.
He also believes there is a point where there is a sudden breaking and then the spirit is free as long as we abide by the Spirit. This is reminiscent of a "second anointing" and also reminds me of books like Absolute Surrender by Murray (I know that will offend a lot of people) and others. Although Nee says that it can be a sudden break followed by a gradual one or gradual followed by sudden, on pg 73 he says the problem can be solved. I would prefer to think of this as a life-long process with the spiritual battle going on constantly.
Although God uses everything for the good (Romans 8:28) I'm not sure I subscribe to the theory that God Himself directly sends every calamity our way as he says.
This is the first book by Nee that I have read. I learned some things but thought these concepts could be explained more succinctly. Despite this I'm looking forward to reading his three most popular works.
A book to re-read!July 5, 2007 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
An amazing book if you want to grow to spiritual maturity. Others have described the book better that I could ever do.
I read a lot of books. This book is different in one very amazing way. I first read it at age 17. And at age 46, I've read it about 20 times. Every time, I remember reading these things but they don't mean what I thought they meant the last time I read it. Very much like my life the challenges are similar but the lessons learned are new.
It's also the one book I keep giving away.
The Release of the SpiritApril 6, 2007 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Another great piece of work by Watchman Nee revealed and imparted by the Holy Spirit! Nee has a simple and yet effective way of touching the deep area of our soul with his writing. A must read for all that want a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ.
