Section 9
Nee and asked him why Romans 8:15 and 16 say that crying, "Abba, Father," is a witness that we are the children of God. Brother Nee immedi ately asked this young brother if he was married. When he replied that he was, Brother Nee said, "When you first visited your wife's parents after you were married, what did you call your fatherin-law?" The young brother answered, "In a very reluctant way I called him Papa." Then Brother Nee inquired, "When you are calling your own father, do you address him in such a reluctant way?" The brother said, "Certainly not. When I call upon my father, it is so sweet." When Brother Nee asked him why he called his wife's father Papa reluctantly, he said, "Because he is not my father." Then Brother Nee said, "That's right. He's not your father. So it's really difficult to call him Papa. God is not your father-in-law; He is your Father, your Father in life." Because God is our Father in life, it is so sweet to call upon Him, saying, "Abba, Father." When you sense this sweet ness, you know that you are His child and that He truly is your Father in life.
Christ came as the Son of God in the Fa ther's name (John 5:43) and worked in the Father's name (10:25). "In the Father's name" means in the reality of the Father. As the Son is one with