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Growing in the Divine Life for a Rich Entrance into the Eternal Kingdom 83

Watchman Nee based on the book, “Watchman Nee: A Seer of the Divine
Revelation”. Every year, I read that book once. It seems like every time I read
that book I see something a little bit more. I see that the biography of Watchman
Nee was written by Witness Lee to give us insight to what kind of a person
Brother Nee is. Watchman Nee is a very particular person. I do not understand
why he had to suffer so much for the Lord, and yet you did not hear any
murmurings from him. We know some of the people that were with him in the
jail house and they said that Brother Nee never complained about the injustice
that he was receiving. In 1972, after 20 years of imprisonment, Brother Nee
went to be with the Lord. I was visiting Brother Lee at that time, and that was
one of the rare occasions that I saw Brother Lee weeping. He was reading
the letter that was left under Brother Nee’s pillow. The letter was retrieved
by a person who was supposed to pick Brother Nee up, and quickly took the
letter and gave it to Brother Lee. And in that letter, Brother Nee said that he
maintained his joy and Brother Lee was so comforted. Brother Lee was saying
that even with so much injustice, so much suffering, Brother Nee maintained
his endurance. This told Brother Lee that Brother Nee went on with the Lord.
Even if he was in the jail house for all these years, he has been growing in life.
We believe that he has gained a rich entrance into the eternal kingdom.
When we come to all these things, I hope they will touch us very much.
What we have here is not just doctrine. I hope that the Lord would speak to
us, to give us this aspiration to develop all this so that we can reach maturity.
If we are burdened and are willing to be one with the Lord, the Lord can do
this in us. We could actually enter into the kingdom of the Son of His love. On
the one hand, we need to know that we still have some time. Time is given to
us because of the mercy of the Lord. We still have some time to develop this.
But on the other hand, we also need to realize that we have no time to waste.
We have the time to develop, but we do not have the time to waste. Time is of
the essence. We need to pray to the Lord that He would enable us to redeem
our time so that we can grow day by day unto maturity. I hope we can all do
this. As Brother Ron shared in the beginning, this training should touch our
life. It should not just increase our knowledge. It should touch our daily life
so that we would walk another way, the way that is unto maturity to bring our
Lord back.
Godliness Being a Living That Is Like God and That Expresses God

Godliness is a living that is like God and that expresses God.