Authors: Watchman Nee
Victory is actually a miracle: it is God performing a
miracle in our lives. And the secret of such victory lies in facing up to the
fact that we cannot and then acknowledging that God himself can and thus allow
Him to work in us. Since we
are
unable,
let us not try to
be
able or change “unable”
to “able.” Let us let go, for it all depends on God. It is a total
substitution. Just as we are saved by faith at the beginning of our walk with
the Lord, so now we only need to continue to believe. When I first got saved, I
did not know what overcoming was. Later on, God opened my eyes to see that I
was not able, that only God through Christ in us was able. Henceforth, I have
walked in living faith towards God and He has brought me through.
May God open our eyes in causing us to see the way of His
complete salvation: that we truly must set ourselves aside, accept by faith God’s
every word, so that His word might be experienced continually in our
lives.
May God bless His
word.
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Note:
Message given on 3 August 1937.
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Note: Message given on 4 August 1937.
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Note: Message given on 6 August 1937.
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Please note that the ASV has a marginal footnote that indicates: Greek:
received.—Translator
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Note: Message given on 7 August 1937.
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Note: Message given on 8 August 1937, probably in the morning.
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Note: Message given on 8 August 1937, probably in the evening.
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Note: Message given on 9 August 1937.
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Note: Message given on 10 August 1937.
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Note: This message was given on 11 August 1937.