The Holy Spirit and Reality [Paperback]

Watchman Nee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2001

In The Holy Spirit and Reality Watchman Nee speaks of the believers' need to advance from outward practices to a genuine, spiritual living that is centered on knowing and experiencing the Holy Spirit.

Product Details

• Paperback: 53 pages
• Publisher: Living Stream Ministry (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736306285
• ISBN-13: 978-0736306287
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Watchman Nee (1903-1972) is remembered for his leadership of an indigenous church movement in China, as well as for his books, which continue to enrich Christians throughout the world. Beginning in the 1930s, Nee helped establish local churches in China that were independent of foreign missionary organizations and were used to bring many into the Kingdom of God. From these roots sprang many of the house churches that continued to meet after Western missionaries were forced to leave the country during the Cultural Revolution. Arrested in 1952 and found guilty of a large number of false charges, Watchman Nee was imprisoned until his death in 1972.

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars And the Truth shall set you Free, January 20, 2007

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This review is from: The Holy Spirit and Reality (Paperback)

The most fascinating thing about this book is the writers interplay of the word "truth" and "reality" and the depth it reveals in familiar Christian terms and rituals such as Babtism, The Church,Worship, The Blood of Jesus, Humility, Prayer, Crucifixion and others.He makes the point that too many miss out on the spiritual realities behind them and convincingly outlines how to enter into that reality.
The sub-chapter "Supply and Reality" can be especially helpful in placing the individual christians role in the body of christ in the right perspective.
In the appendix was an amazing insight with examples from both the Old and New Testament into what he calls "obsession" which he defines as "what one thinks and does is totally wrong and yet one thinks that they are very right".Some of the areas of obsession given are sickness,fear,speculations, other peoples words,imagined sin and many others.After explaining the causes, the writer goes on to explain how God's light can provide the deliverance needed.

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not for just for Anyone!, September 26, 2005

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James A. Lucas "JBEZ" (Wilmington, Delaware) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Holy Spirit and Reality (Paperback)

Anyone who is just doing casual reading, will be lost after the first page. Anyone whose heart is desiring to know more about God will discover more about themselves. Although the book only 53 pages, it will create infinite hours of meditation which leads to revelation!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Holy Spirit and Reality, May 15, 2008

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Rose Mary Nisly "bookworm" - See all my reviews
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Pretty short. Refreshing and deep: talks about the difference between a person who says they have faith, or love, or whatever, and says all the right words, but something doesn't seem right and a person who doesn't say the right words, or does, or says nothing at all, and yet you sense that quality... A page or two discusses how the body of Christ actually works...

An apendix discusses what I would call lies we believe and believe so much we think they are true. The word he uses for that is "obsessions".