It looked spiritual. It sounded right. But it came from the wrong source.

In this third episode of Knowing the Self, Alex continues through Watchman Nee’s The Messenger of the Cross and opens up three unflinching truths about the self-life—especially when it hides beneath ministry, gifting, and Christian activity.

This is the most dangerous version of self: the one that prays, leads, and teaches—but still draws from independence. And the Father lets it play out. Until it fails.

📘 Drawing from this cutting section of the book, and with insights from Tozer and Stanford, we uncover:

1⃣ “He wants to see such work go deeper and deeper until we believers are completely delivered from the dominion of self. What a pity that Christians should ruin the work of God.”

2⃣ “He is to learn to trust in God completely. But how difficult this lesson is! To know one’s self is to be deprived of glory; to deny one’s self is to make oneself suffer.”

3⃣ “They will realize how undependable they are when their works do not produce true and lasting fruit.”

🧭 Ask Yourself:

→ What have I built that still carried self at the center?

→ Am I measuring success by fruit—or by source?

→ Where has my gifting outpaced the breaking of self?

📘 Free PDF of The Messenger of the Cross: https://issacharpropheticcity.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/the-messenger-of-the-cross.pdf

📘 Listener’s Guide Here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing

📘 Toxic Love by Malcolm Smith: https://amzn.eu/d/3MyQTmz