Therefore now those who are in Christ are no longer “sinners” but “saints.” – chapter 2ģ. The old man died with Christ and the new man rises to new life in Christ. ![]() But when we are baptized into Christ’s death (born again) we are transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God’s Son. We are not sinners merely because we sin, but instead we sin because we are born sinners. Every person is born “in Adam” and as such has sin working within us as a principle that causes us to sin. The cross of Christ is God’s remedy for man’s sin – singular. The blood of Christ is God’s remedy for man’s sins – plural. When the communists took over in China Nee was imprisoned for his faith, where he remained for the next two decades until his death in 1972.)ġ. (For those who don’t know, Watchman Nee was a leader in the Chinese church during the first half of the 20th century. ![]() This was my second time through it and I got a lot more out of it this go-round. Its concepts are very dense so the book bears repeated readings. ![]() I’m taking a training class for lay counselors through my church, and as part of the class we were required to read The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee and then produce a summary of the book.
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