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  'YES' TO GOD, AND 'NO' TO THE DEVIL.
  by Watchman Nee
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the believer's need to submit to God and
resist the devil to maintain spiritual victory.

Topics: "Victory in Christ", "Spiritual Warfare"
Scripture References: John 10:10, Romans 8:37, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Galatians 5:1, Ephesians 2:6, Philippians 4:7, 2 Timothy 1:7, James 4:7, 1 Peter 5:8-9, 1 John 4:4

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Watchman Nee emphasizes the believer's need to firmly say 'Yes' to God
and 'No' to the devil, as outlined in James 4:7. He explains that
believers are positioned in victory with Christ and must persistently
assert their choice to walk with God while resisting the adversary's
attacks. Nee warns that the enemy can disguise himself as light, leading
believers to unwittingly give their 'Yes' to deception, which grants the
adversary power over them. The key to overcoming these challenges lies
in maintaining a simple attitude of submission to God and resistance to
the devil. Ultimately, the fight is to uphold this attitude of victory
and keep focused on God.

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In relation to all these four aspects of the adversary's workings, there
is one strong central position which the believer must hold toward them
all. We have it tersely described in James iv, 7. "SUBMIT YOURSELVES TO
GOD, RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE;" which briefly means, say "Yes"
to God, and "No" to the devil. "Joined to the Lord one spirit" your
place is with Christ on the throne "far above all principality and
power," and this position of victory you must hold persistently by the
power of the Holy Ghost, whilst in regard to the approaches and attacks
of Satan, you will, as the deciding factor, persistently assert your
choice to walk with God. From the POSITION OF VICTORY you are to be
awake to what Satan seeks to do to your circumference in all his various
disguises, and from your centre-position to say in your will just "Yes"
or "No"--i.e., "Yes" to God, "No" to the devil.

Granted your spirit in union with Christ, how can you be free from the
bondage of the enemy in your circumference; that is to say, in mind or
body? The spirit is in union with Christ in victory, but the enemy can
attack the MIND with depression, and with dullness, or inflame the
imagination, and the body, with its nerves and muscles, in fact, all
that is in the circumference.

If the believer understands his true position in Christ, and maintains a
simple attitude, of (1) submission to all that is of God, and (2)
resistance to all that comes from the adversary, these attacks do cease.
The "fight" is to maintain the attitude of victory in Christ; and to
keep the helm of the ship set towards God; the "resistance" is a refusal
to yield to Satan at all costs--THEN HE DOES FLEE.

But suppose the adversary appears as "light," and gets the "Yes" of the
will under disguise? Alas, it is Yes, even though the believer gave the
"yes" under deception, and it gives the adversary power over the
believer TO THE EXTENT OF THE "YES" WHICH THE DECEIVER OBTAINED BY
FRAUD.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/watchman-nee/yes-to-god-and-no-to-the-devil/
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