Ministry Digest, Vol. 03, No. 12

Witness Lee

Dec 2021 · Ministry Digest Book 3 · 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 11 through 14 of The Recovery of the Church according to the Pattern on the Mountain, which are in volume 1 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1950–1951. This section includes topics related to the salvation of God, following the Lord according to the inner man, and four laws. The second line--Words for New Believers--contains chapters 41 through 44 of Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, Volume 4, which are in volume 4 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1932–1949. These chapters cover topics related to being in Adam and in Christ, the two natures of the believers, three kinds of life and four laws, and union with Christ. The third line--Maturing in Life--contains chapters 17 through 20 of The Kingdom, which are in volume 2 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1972. These chapters speak of transformation as it relates to a seed in the parable of the ten virgins, its development in the Epistles, and its harvest in the book of Revelation. It also contains a chapter related to being baptized into the Triune God. The fourth line--The High Peak of the Divine Revelation--continues with chapters 34 through 37 of God's New Testament Economy, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1984. This section contains four chapters on the New Jerusalem that cover the basic elements of its structure; its triune entrance; its wall, foundation, and street; and its dimensions, temple, and light.

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.