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    Sit, Walk, Stand: The Process of Christian Maturity
    Sit, Walk, Stand: The Process of Christian Maturity
    Sit, Walk, Stand: The Process of Christian Maturity
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    Sit, Walk, Stand: The Process of Christian Maturity

    By Watchman Nee

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    • Christian Life

    • Christianity

    • Spiritual Growth

    • Holy Spirit

    • Evangelism

    • Spiritual Battle

    • Self-Discovery

    • Redemption

    • Prodigal Son

    • Divine Intervention

    • Spiritual Journey

    • Power of Faith

    • Transformation

    • Revelation

    • Inner Struggle

    • Resting in Christ

    • Christian Conduct

    • Spiritual Truths

    • God's Commitment

    • Ephesians

    About this ebook

    An inspiring look at Ephesians, opening our eyes to the process of Christian living and maturity in three words: sit - our position with Christ, walk - our life in the world, and stand - our attitude toward the enemy. New study guide included.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCLC Publications
    Release dateJan 1, 2015
    ISBN9781619580275
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    Watchman Nee

    Watchaman Nee se convirtió al cristianismo en China a la edad de diecisiete años y comenzó a escribir en el mismo año. A través de casi treinta años de ministerio se evidenció como un don único del Señor para su iglesia en ese tiempo. En 1952 fue hecho prisionero por su fe y permaneció en prisión hasta su muerte en 1972. Sus palabras permanecen como una fuente de abundante revelación espiritual para los cristianos de todo el mundo.

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      Sit, Walk, Stand - Watchman Nee

      Sit, Walk, Stand

      Published by CLC Publications

      U.S.A.

      P.O. Box 1449, Fort Washington, PA 19034

      GREAT BRITAIN

      51 The Dean, Alresford, Hants, SO24 9BJ

      ISBN 13 (trade paper): 978-0-87508-973-7

      ISBN 13 (e-book): 978-1-61958-027-5

      © 1957 by Angus I. Kinnear. Previously published in 1957 by Gospel Literature Service, Bombay India.

      American edition published 1977 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, IL 60188, by permission of Kingsway Publications Ltd., Eastbourne, Sussex, England.

      Trade Paper Edition © 2009 by CLC Ministries International with permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

      Sit, Walk, Stand Study Guide

      Copyright © 2009 by CLC Ministries International

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

      Scripture quotations are from the American Standard Version, 1901.

      Italicized words in Scripture quotes are the emphasis of the author.

      This edition 2012

      Contents

      Preface to the Fourth Edition

      Introduction

      1. Sit

      2. Walk

      3. Stand

      Endnotes

      Study Guide

      About this Study Guide

      Lesson 1: Introduction

      Lesson 2: Chapter 1. Sit

      Lesson 3: Chapter 2. Walk

      Lesson 4: Chapter 3. Stand

      Preface to the Fourth Edition

      COMPILED from the spoken ministry of Mr. Watchman Nee (Nee To-sheng) of Foochow and first published in Bombay, Sit, Walk, Stand continues to stir the hearts of readers with its arousing message. Although through successive editions the book has been slightly expanded, all the source material dates from a single period—the spacious days of evangelistic witness in China just prior to the Japanese war, when the author and his fellow Christians enjoyed a liberty in the service of God that is rare today. A message which expresses at once their triumphant assurance in the finished work of Christ and their humble sense of the high qualities called for in His servants has a fresh relevance for us now, when Christian work everywhere is on trial. May God give us grace not only to heed its challenge, but to find ways, while there is time, of applying its lessons in our own sphere of opportunity.

      Angus I. Kinnear

      London, 1962

      Introduction

      If the life of a Christian is to be pleasing to God, it must be properly adjusted to Him in all things. Too often we place the emphasis in our own lives upon the application of this principle to some single detail of our behavior or of our work for Him. Often we fail therefore to appreciate either the extent of the adjustment called for or, at times even, the point from which it should begin.

      But God measures everything, from start to finish, by the perfections of His Son. Scripture clearly affirms that it is God’s good pleasure to sum up all things in Christ, . . . in whom also we were made a heritage (Eph. 1:9–11). It is my earnest prayer that, in the discussion that follows, our eyes may be opened afresh to see that it is only by placing our entire emphasis there that we can hope to realize the divine purpose for us, which is that we should be unto the praise of his glory (1:12).

      We shall take as a background to our thoughts the epistle of Paul to the Ephesians.

      Like so many of the apostle’s letters, this epistle falls naturally into two sections: a doctrinal and a practical. The doctrinal section (Eph. 1–3) is concerned mainly with the great facts of the redemption which God has wrought for us in Christ. The practical section (Eph. 4–6) then goes on to present us with the demands, in terms of Christian conduct and zeal, that God is making upon us in the light of that redemption. The two halves are closely related, but it will be seen that the emphasis in each is different.

      Then, further, the second and more obviously practical half of the letter may again conveniently be subdivided according to its subject matter into a first long section from verses 4:1 to 6:9 and a second, much shorter section from verse 6:10 to the end. The first part deals with our life in the midst of the world; the second with our conflict with the devil.

      Thus, we have, in all, three subdivisions of the epistle to the Ephesians, setting forth the believer’s position in Christ (1:1–3:21), his life in the world (4:1–6:9) and his attitude to the Enemy (6:10–24). We may summarize as follows:

      EPHESIANS

      A. Doctrinal (Chapters 1 to 3)

      1. Our Position in Christ (1:1–3:21)

      B. Practical (Chapters 4 to 6)

      2. Our Life in the World (4:1–6:9)

      3. Our Attitude to the Enemy (6:10–24)

      Of all Paul’s epistles, it is in Ephesians that we find the highest spiritual truths concerning the Christian life. The letter abounds with spiritual riches, and yet at the same time it is intensely practical. The first half of the letter reveals our life in Christ to be one of union with Him in the highest heavens. The second half shows us in very practical terms how such a heavenly life is to be lived by us down here on the earth. We do not here propose to study the letter in detail. We shall, however, touch on a few principles lying at its heart. For this purpose we shall select one keyword in each of the above three sections to express what we believe to be its central or governing idea.

      In the first section of the letter, we note the word sit (2:6), which is the key to that section and the secret of a true Christian experience. God has made us to sit with Christ in the heavenly places, and every Christian must begin his spiritual life from that place of rest. In the second part we select the word walk (4:1) as expressive of our life in the world, which is its subject. We are challenged there to display in our Christian walk conduct that is in keeping with our high calling. And finally, in the third part we find the key to our attitude toward the Enemy contained in the one word stand (6:11), expressive of our place of triumph at the end. Thus, we have:

      KEY WORDS IN EPHESIANS

      1. Our Position in Christ—SIT (2:6)

      2. Our Life in the World—WALK (4:1)

      3. Our Attitude to the Enemy—STAND (6:11)

      The life of the believer always presents these three aspects—to God, to man and to the Satanic powers. To be useful in God’s hand, a man must be properly adjusted with respect to all three: his position, his life and his warfare. He falls short of God’s requirements if he underestimates the importance of any one of them, for each is a sphere in which God would express the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved (1:6).

      We will take, then, these three words—Sit, Walk, Stand—as guides to the teaching of the epistle and as the text for its

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