Ministry Digest, Vol. 05, No. 06

Witness Lee

Jun 2023 · Living Stream Ministry

About this ebook

In this issue we will continue four lines of ministry. The first line--The History of the Lord's Recovery--contains chapters 12 and 13 of The Training and the Practice of the Vital Groups, which are in volume 2 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1993. These chapters cover the labor of love and our having entered through the narrow gate and walking on the constricted way. This line then continues with chapters 1 and 2 of a new book, The History of the Church and the Local Churches, which are in volume 1 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1973–1974. These chapters cover the history of the church.The second line--Words for New Believers--contains chapters 2 through 5 of The Basic Revelation in the Holy Scriptures, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1983. These chapters cover Christ's redemption, the Spirit's application, the believers, and the church.The third line--Maturing in Life--contains chapters 39 through 42 of Perfecting Training, which are in volume 1 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1980. These chapters cover keeping the mind remaining on the spirit, staying in the mingled spirit, six questions concerning Romans 8:10, and the deeper experience of our body being dead and our spirit being life.The fourth line--The High Peak of the Divine Revelation--contains chapters 3 through 6 of The Triune God's Revelation and His Move, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1994–1997. These chapters cover the sequence of the arrangement of the Bible, the way to receive revelation from the holy Word and see vision through revelation, and illustrations of receiving revelation from the holy Word and seeing vision through revelation.

About the author

Born in 1905 in northern China, Witness Lee was raised in a Christian family and educated in English-speaking schools. At the age of 19 he believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and consecrated himself to preach the gospel. Early in his service, Witness Lee met Watchman Nee and began to labor together with him. In 1949 Witness Lee was sent by Watchman Nee to Taiwan to ensure that the things delivered to them by the Lord would be preserved. In 1962 Witness Lee came to the United States and began to minister here. He ministered in weekly conferences, delivering several thousand spoken messages until 1997. He gave his last public conference in February 1997 at the age of 91. His major work, Life-Study of the Bible, comprises over 25,000 pages of commentary on every book of the Bible from the perspective of the believers' enjoyment and experience of God's divine life in Christ through the Spirit.