Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Watchman Nee
When I was a young Christian, I was given a book on the life of Watchman Nee (Heros of Faith series). I read the book in 1-2 nights and cried tears of admiration through out my reading of the book. This was really someone who stood for God till the end. When the communist came in power, they rampantly came to crush the Christian movement. His disciples and wife all fled abroad, but he refused to leave. He was then the most eminent preacher in the whole of China. After his arrest, he was jailed and died in prison after 20 years of imprisonment.
From www.watchmannee.org
Watchman Nee became a Christian in mainland China in 1920 at the age of seventeen and began writing in the same year. Throughout the nearly thirty years of his ministry, Watchman Nee was clearly manifested as a unique gift from the Lord to His Body for His move in this age. In 1952 he was imprisoned for his faith; he remained in prison until his death in 1972. His words remain an abundant source of spiritual revelation and supply to Christians throughout the world.
I have read a few of his books and really they are real solid meat. They are some of the best books I have ever read. e.g The Spiritual Man.
To date I have never been to a church in China or met a Christian there as thus far all my acquaintance are rather cordial. There are supposedly 150 million Christians in China. The government is worried as there are only 70 million people in the Communist party.
I cannot but admire how the Christians there went through all the persecutions and endured, even till death. I recently met a young and very pretty girl whose parents were separated when she was 4 months old. Her grandma had to look after her in Chongqing, while her mum had to work hard labour in Dongguan to raise the family. Her late grandma used to bring her to an underground church and prayed for her everyday. They were very poor and barely got by.
Jsut before her final upper high school exams the grandma passed away (cancer) and though she passed but didn't do well enough to enter university. She then was whisked away by her cousin sister to Shanghai to study Japanese. But after a year she lost focus and quit, supposedly after an argument with the cousin. The lack of a father figure also left vacuums in her life.
She then went to work in another city in the sleazy entertainment industry. This was so until one day she met a good hearted person who sent her back to complete her studies. I believe it was the fervent prayers of her grandma that kept her within God's grace. All the prayers that her grandma had not been in vain , even though she had gone home to be with the Lord.
From www.watchmannee.org
Watchman Nee became a Christian in mainland China in 1920 at the age of seventeen and began writing in the same year. Throughout the nearly thirty years of his ministry, Watchman Nee was clearly manifested as a unique gift from the Lord to His Body for His move in this age. In 1952 he was imprisoned for his faith; he remained in prison until his death in 1972. His words remain an abundant source of spiritual revelation and supply to Christians throughout the world.
I have read a few of his books and really they are real solid meat. They are some of the best books I have ever read. e.g The Spiritual Man.
To date I have never been to a church in China or met a Christian there as thus far all my acquaintance are rather cordial. There are supposedly 150 million Christians in China. The government is worried as there are only 70 million people in the Communist party.
I cannot but admire how the Christians there went through all the persecutions and endured, even till death. I recently met a young and very pretty girl whose parents were separated when she was 4 months old. Her grandma had to look after her in Chongqing, while her mum had to work hard labour in Dongguan to raise the family. Her late grandma used to bring her to an underground church and prayed for her everyday. They were very poor and barely got by.
Jsut before her final upper high school exams the grandma passed away (cancer) and though she passed but didn't do well enough to enter university. She then was whisked away by her cousin sister to Shanghai to study Japanese. But after a year she lost focus and quit, supposedly after an argument with the cousin. The lack of a father figure also left vacuums in her life.
She then went to work in another city in the sleazy entertainment industry. This was so until one day she met a good hearted person who sent her back to complete her studies. I believe it was the fervent prayers of her grandma that kept her within God's grace. All the prayers that her grandma had not been in vain , even though she had gone home to be with the Lord.
