crying. Yet the more he cried, the more I laughed. So he said, “Mr. Nee, I
am so miserable.” In reply I said: “Yes, you are miserable, but I am glad.” “I
am helpless,” he cried. “There can be nothing better,” I responded. “Mr. Nee, please
do not joke with me.”
I countered with the following words of explanation: “I said
to you that I am glad over this development because the Lord is able to heal
this kind of disease. Concerning other diseases some are able to cure
themselves and others get well through doctors, but such a disease as yours
only the Lord can cure. You shall know that the Lord will heal you. Yes, you
sense your bad temper, but I see that the Lord is greater than your temper. He
can heal you instantaneously.” “How can it be so easy?” he asked; “you have not
seen my temper. Had you seen it, you would realize that it is not so easy to
heal.” But I repeated to him: “Even if your temper were ten times worse, the
Lord is able to heal you at once.” I assured him of this again.
I now asked him to read Romans 8:2. Then I asked him what
this word of God says there. He replied that God has said that the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made us free from the law of sin and death. So I
asked him where the Holy Spirit made him free from the law of sin and death. He
answered, “In Christ.” I therefore said to him: “If you yourself are truly in
Christ, what does the Bible say here? It says that the Holy Spirit in Christ
sets you free from sin. In your case, what is the sin? It is your temper. The
Holy Spirit in Christ has set you free so that you are delivered. Why is it,
then, that you are still undelivered?” He answered, “Oh, today, I hope God will
set me free.” I continued by asking him: “Does the Bible tell you that the Holy
Spirit shall set you free? No, what
God says here is that the Holy Spirit in Christ Jesus made you free. What does the word ‘made’ mean? This verb ‘made’ is cast
in the past tense. It thus means that the deed being described has been
accomplished already in the past. Which is reliable, God’s word or your word?
Do you think God would lie?”
In response he said that he would never take God’s word
as being a lie. He believed in the word of the Bible. Yet he had not been delivered.
So I pointed my finger at him and told him that God would never be afraid of
his temper, even if it were ten times worse. I went on to say that the sin he
had committed this morning surpassed all the sins he had ever committed through
the years. “This morning,” I said to him, “you committed the greatest sin—the
sin of unbelief. There is no sin greater than that. You have the wicked sin of
unbelief in you. Ask God to remove this wicked sin of unbelief from you which
will enable you to believe.”
I then told him that I myself had to speak today. “I must
be quiet for awhile . So I must now go upstairs and I
shall leave the sitting room to you for you to remain here and ask God for
forgiveness and ask Him to remove this wicked heart of unbelief from you so
that you can be delivered. Then ask God to deliver you that you might believe
Romans 8:2.” Accordingly, I went upstairs and after half an hour I came down
and inquired how he was. He replied, “Mr. Nee, everything is now fine. I am
completely delivered. I am truly set free.” Praise God, he went back home
rejoicing.
This man’s faith which he had exercised that morning is
an example of living faith. This man himself could not rid himself of his bad
temper. That morning he truly believed and he was delivered. I was not to see
him again thereafter for almost two months. One day, however, I met him on a trolley
car and asked him how the matter was. He said, “Praise God, I am still free!”
Another six months passed. I then saw him again, and again I asked how he was.
He once more said, “Thank God, I am still delivered.” Two years later, I met
him in Hong Kong. I was able to remember him
am so miserable.” In reply I said: “Yes, you are miserable, but I am glad.” “I
am helpless,” he cried. “There can be nothing better,” I responded. “Mr. Nee, please
do not joke with me.”
I countered with the following words of explanation: “I said
to you that I am glad over this development because the Lord is able to heal
this kind of disease. Concerning other diseases some are able to cure
themselves and others get well through doctors, but such a disease as yours
only the Lord can cure. You shall know that the Lord will heal you. Yes, you
sense your bad temper, but I see that the Lord is greater than your temper. He
can heal you instantaneously.” “How can it be so easy?” he asked; “you have not
seen my temper. Had you seen it, you would realize that it is not so easy to
heal.” But I repeated to him: “Even if your temper were ten times worse, the
Lord is able to heal you at once.” I assured him of this again.
I now asked him to read Romans 8:2. Then I asked him what
this word of God says there. He replied that God has said that the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made us free from the law of sin and death. So I
asked him where the Holy Spirit made him free from the law of sin and death. He
answered, “In Christ.” I therefore said to him: “If you yourself are truly in
Christ, what does the Bible say here? It says that the Holy Spirit in Christ
sets you free from sin. In your case, what is the sin? It is your temper. The
Holy Spirit in Christ has set you free so that you are delivered. Why is it,
then, that you are still undelivered?” He answered, “Oh, today, I hope God will
set me free.” I continued by asking him: “Does the Bible tell you that the Holy
Spirit shall set you free? No, what
God says here is that the Holy Spirit in Christ Jesus made you free. What does the word ‘made’ mean? This verb ‘made’ is cast
in the past tense. It thus means that the deed being described has been
accomplished already in the past. Which is reliable, God’s word or your word?
Do you think God would lie?”
In response he said that he would never take God’s word
as being a lie. He believed in the word of the Bible. Yet he had not been delivered.
So I pointed my finger at him and told him that God would never be afraid of
his temper, even if it were ten times worse. I went on to say that the sin he
had committed this morning surpassed all the sins he had ever committed through
the years. “This morning,” I said to him, “you committed the greatest sin—the
sin of unbelief. There is no sin greater than that. You have the wicked sin of
unbelief in you. Ask God to remove this wicked sin of unbelief from you which
will enable you to believe.”
I then told him that I myself had to speak today. “I must
be quiet for awhile . So I must now go upstairs and I
shall leave the sitting room to you for you to remain here and ask God for
forgiveness and ask Him to remove this wicked heart of unbelief from you so
that you can be delivered. Then ask God to deliver you that you might believe
Romans 8:2.” Accordingly, I went upstairs and after half an hour I came down
and inquired how he was. He replied, “Mr. Nee, everything is now fine. I am
completely delivered. I am truly set free.” Praise God, he went back home
rejoicing.
This man’s faith which he had exercised that morning is
an example of living faith. This man himself could not rid himself of his bad
temper. That morning he truly believed and he was delivered. I was not to see
him again thereafter for almost two months. One day, however, I met him on a trolley
car and asked him how the matter was. He said, “Praise God, I am still free!”
Another six months passed. I then saw him again, and again I asked how he was.
He once more said, “Thank God, I am still delivered.” Two years later, I met
him in Hong Kong. I was able to remember him
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