Watchman Nee, a faithful servant of Christ Jesus, was consecrated to the Lord even before birth. Desiring a son, his mother had prayed to the Lord, "If I have a boy, I will present him to you." Soon afterward, in 1903, Watchman Nee was born in Foochow, China of second-generation Christian parents. He was not only keenly intelligent but also an exceptional student, always ranking first in his class as well as in the entire school from grade school through college. From his youth Watchman Nee was acquainted with the gospel, but he also had the deep realization and conviction that if he received Jesus as his Lord for salvation, he must serve Him absolutely. In 1920, at the age of seventeen, he was saved with this view of lifelong service to the Lord.

Watchman Nee attended no theological schools or Bible institutes, yet he acquired an exceptional knowledge concerning God's purpose, Christ, the Spirit, and the church through his study of the Bible as well as the writings of spiritual men and women. During his early ministry, he spent one-third of his income on books by Christian authors such as D.M. Panton, Robert Govett, G.H. Pember, Jessie Penn-Lewis, T. Austin-Sparks, John Nelson Darby, William Kelly, and C.H. Mackintosh. He was brilliantly gifted in his ability to select, comprehend, discern, and memorize appropriate material. Watchman Nee gleaned all the good, scriptural points from his collection of over 3,000 of the best Christian books, including nearly all the classical Christian writings from the first century on. In addition to the spiritual knowledge he gained, he received much spiritual edification and perfection early in his Christian life from Margaret E. Barber, a former Anglican missionary...>>more

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