A Call to the Young People in the Lord’s Recovery to be Nazarites

To forsake gimmicks and pursue life

We call on all of the young people in the Lord’s recovery to come back to the narrow way of life. In particular, we urge them to forsake the way of gimmicks and to build up life practices such as having a daily time to open themselves for the infusion of the Lord’s life in prayer and in the Word.

We encourage them to enter into a life of bearing fruit through shepherding according to God by taking prayer, the Spirit, and the Word through the exercise of a living faith that joins them to the Triune God as the unique way to gain the increase for the church.

We pray that they would be preserved in the practice of the genuine oneness of the Body of Christ on the proper ground in fellowship with all of the churches throughout the earth.

To be separated to God as Nazarites

Today there is a great need for some to be separated unto God as Nazarites for the accomplishment of His purpose. The Nazarite vow is a consecration of separation to God from four things-worldly enjoyment, self-glory, natural affection, and spiritual deadness (Num. 6:1-8).

A Nazarite must be absolutely in subjection to the headship of Christ (1 Cor. 11:3; Eph. 1:22; Col. 1:18) and to every deputy authority established by God (Rom. 13:1-2; Eph. 6:1; Heb. 13:17; 1 Pet. 5:5). The Nazarite vow is a voluntary offering, meaning that a man has to take the initiative to consecrate himself to God to be a Nazarite.

The prophet Samuel was such a Nazarite ( 1 Sam. 1:11). He lived to God purely and faithfully. He did not oppose those who were in authority over him, neither did he partake in the degradation of God’s elect. Today the young people in the Lord’s recovery should follow this pattern.

The Path Ahead

Today the Lord’s recovery is a glorious consummation of over 80 years of ministry by Brother Nee and Brother Lee, based on the proper Christian teaching that has gone before.

The practice of the church life has progressed by the Lord’s mercy to be closer than we have ever been to the accomplishment of the building up of the Body of Christ by “each one part” (Eph. 4:16). The way of living a normal Christian life as a God-man is clearer than at any time in the history of the church.

We believe the Lord’s return is imminent. To meet the Lord as the glorious inheritors of His recovery work in this age is the proper portion of the young people in the Lord’s recovery. Do not let this inheritance be taken from you!

As Paul charged Timothy to closely follow the pattern Paul established in teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, and many other virtues (2 Tim. 3:10), we also remind you that the Lord raised up our Brothers Watchman Nee and Witness Lee as patterns for us to imitate in the present age.

Having seen the overcoming life of Christ manifested in their living and in the issue of their manner of life, we should all imitate the pattern of their living in faith (Heb. 13:7; 1 Cor. 4:16; 11:1; Phil. 3:17; 1 Thes. 1:5-6; 2 Thes. 3:7).

This is from, A call to the young people in the Lord’s recovery to be Nazarites via, A Faithful Word.