Elias opened the cover. The name Watchman Nee was printed in elegant, simple type. He began to read, and the noise of the city outside—the sirens, the grinding gears, the shouting—simply faded away.
Watchman Nee was exceptionally gifted, ranking first in his class from elementary school through college. After a dynamic conversion at age seventeen, he abandoned all worldly ambitions to become a "watchman" for the church in China. Despite chronic illness, poverty, and eventually twenty years of imprisonment, he produced a massive body of work that continues to influence millions. His final testimony, found under his prison pillow after his death, simply read: "Christ is the Son of God who died for the redemption of sinners and resurrected after three days... I die because of my belief in Christ" . Core Pillars of Spiritual Power Elias opened the cover
: A key insight in his work is that believers often lack power not because of a lack of provision, but a lack of vision to see what they already possess in Christ. Watchman Nee was exceptionally gifted, ranking first in