"Watchman Nee stated that emotion is the most formidable enemy to the life of a spiritual Christian and that he who lives by emotion lives without principle. He was expressing the apostle Paul's teaching that we cannot be spiritual - that is,walking in spirit- and led by emotions. We all have emotions. They will not go away, and we must deal with them because we cannot trust them. Emotions change frequently and often without a moment's notice. They are fickle. Emotions are one of our greatest enemies because, Satan uses our emotions against us to keep us from walking in the Spirit. The mind is the battlefield, where the war is waged between the spirit and the soul. I have read that when emotion pulsates, the mind becomes deceived, and conscience is denied its standard of judgment."
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