Authority and Submission 2nd Edition

Watchman Nee is so original in his presentation and reflections on the Bible and the Christian life in general. This book really challenged me to accept certain patterns of authority and guidance which the church often neglects to teach. This is one of those books that I highlighted many a paragraph!

This book is excellent. It is just what I needed. It has made me rethink many things, from how I talk about my President and other elected officials to the way I act toward my church, to the way I drive. Submission is the key to a full christian life and it permeates all areas. Mr. Nee shows that in a great, effective way. This book is best read with it in one hand and with a Bible in the other hand. If all Christians could practice the message given here, the church would be much more effective. It humbled me in many areas. So simple but yet so deep.

Watchman Nee has a knack for being able to make things that are very deep, very practical. In this book he lays bare the whole concept of authority as it applies not only to Christians but to the whole world at large.This is not 'light' reading. I had to stop every couple of pages and digest what he was saying and apply it to my life. But I have never read a book that dares to deal with this subject in such a bold, clear, and uncompromising manner!Please read it.

I am convinced that if Watchman Nee were alive, and he was allowed to preach in our churches, he would not be invited to come back. His message is God-centered, and God-glorifying, unlike the Christian hedonism we see that is so much of our popular culture. Bro. Nee uses very simple language, and numerous examples from the scriptures to drive home to the Christian that in order to be a subject of the Kingdom of God, you have to be submitted to the principles that the Kingdom operates by. This is a far cry from the do-as-you-please attitude that the majority of so-called Christians have. If this book makes anything clear, it is that it is possible to do God a service, without it being His will. Did not Jesus Himself say that "Not everyone that saith 'Lord, Lord' shall enter into the Kingdom, but he that doeth the will of my Father?" Read this book prayerfully and allow the Holy Ghost to convict your heart, and cleanse you from all manner of rebellion. For to obey is better than sacrifice.

This book is the only one (I've read) that so thoroughly reveals and explains God's authority, God's kingdom, and God's throne, which constitute His administration in the universe. The book clearly shows the very basic principle that God uses to regain His kingdom on the earth. God's kingdom means the domain of His authority. To submit to the authority is to submit to God Himself, because God's authority is actually God Himself. Satan's principal is to rebel and uplift himself above others, which leads to unrighteousness and lawlessness. God's principal is to humble and submit to the authority (Romans 13:1), which leads to righteousness, peace, joy in the Holy Spirit, which is the reality of God's kingdom. Before Lord Jesus' second coming, "the lawlessness will be multiplied (Mathew 24:12)". This book is a must for Christ's believers to overcome this crooked and perverted generation, to consummate the last age of lawlessness, and to bring about His kingdom.