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This book is intended as an aid to believers in developing a daily time of morning revival with the Lord in His word. At the same time, it provides a limited review of the International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones held in Gold Coast, Australia, on October 6-8, 2016. The general subject of the training was “Returning to the Orthodoxy of the Church.” Through intimate contact with the Lord in His word, the believers can be constituted with life and truth and thereby equipped to prophesy in the meetings of the church unto the building up of the Body of Christ.

In this booklet taken from Life-study of Romans, Witness Lee reviews the progressive revelation of God in the book of Romans, from creation to the Body of Christ, and gives a word on the importance of the churches as the practical expression of the Body of Christ.

Every human being has a need related to his or her condition. In his Gospel, John uses nine cases to represent the various conditions and needs of human beings in order to illustrate that Jesus Christ as life fully meets the need of man’s every case. In this booklet taken from Life-study of John, Witness Lee focuses on the sixth of these nine cases, the need of the thirsty. The Feast of Tabernacles was a time of satisfaction, but actually those there were still thirsty. Even when we have succeeded in our achievements, enjoyed our possessions, and rejoiced in the best circumstances, we will find that we still have a thirst. Something within us remains unsatisfied. Like the Israelites at the feast, our need is life’s quenching.

Luke 12:1-48 contains three warnings: the warning concerning religious hypocrisy (vv. 1-12), the warning concerning covetousness (vv. 13-34), and the warning to be watchful and faithful (vv. 35-48). In this booklet taken from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee presents the significance of these three warnings.

In the Lord’s recovery during the past five hundred years the church’s knowledge of the Lord and His truth has been continually progressing. This monumental and classical work by Brother Witness Lee builds upon and is a further development of all that the Lord has revealed to His church in the past centuries. It is filled with the revelation concerning the processed Triune God, the living Christ, the life-giving Spirit, the experience of life, and the definition and practice of the church. In this set Brother Lee has kept three basic principles that should rule and govern every believer in their interpretation, development, and expounding of the truths contained in the Scriptures. The first principle is that of the Triune God dispensing Himself into His chosen and redeemed people; the second principle is that we should interpret, develop, and expound the truths contained in the Bible with Christ for the church; and the third governing principle is Christ, the Spirit, life, and the church. No other study or exposition of the New Testament conveys the life nourishment or ushers the reader into the divine revelation of God’s holy Word according to His New Testament economy as this one does.

In Philippians 3:8 the apostle Paul says, “I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.” In this booklet compiled from Life-study of Philippians, Witness Lee considers the excellency of the knowledge of Christ, including the contrast between the law and Christ, the excellency of the person of Christ, the all-inclusiveness of Christ, and the excellent knowledge of Christ.

John 14:1-6 reveals the Lord Jesus going through death and coming in resurrection to bring the believers into the Father. In this booklet compiled from Life-study of John, Witness Lee considers the significance of these verses and shares with us the good news: “A place before and in God has been prepared for us. As long as we believe in the name of the Lord Jesus, we have a standing before God and in God…Hallelujah!” Because of the work of Christ, God can never reject us or cast us out. Our standing in God is firm.

Luke 5:1—6:11 is a record of five cases: the attracting of the occupied (5:1-11), the cleansing of the contaminated (5:12-16), the healing of the paralytic (5:17-26), the calling of the despised (5:27-39), and the breaking of the deformed sabbatical regulation for people’s satisfaction and liberation (6:1-11). In this booklet compiled from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee examines these cases and reveals that actually they are a picture of our own spiritual experience. “We all can testify that we were such persons. We have been attracted away from our occupations, and we have been cleansed, healed, uplifted, satisfied, and freed. This is the Man-Savior’s ministry in His human virtues with His divine attributes.”

The book of Numbers shows how God’s redeemed people were formed into His army and their journey in fighting for God so that God can gain the ground on earth to build up His kingdom with His habitation. In this Life-study of Numbers, Witness Lee shows how Christ is revealed in the formation of Israel into an army, in their journeying, and in their fighting. In particular, he helps the reader to enter into the central thought of Numbers--that Christ is the meaning of life, the testimony, the center of God’s people, and the Leader, the way, and the goal of their journey and fighting. The book of Deuteronomy, the concluding book of the Pentateuch, is Moses'' re-speaking of the law to the younger generation of Israelites who were not present when the Law was first given. Moses re-spoke the Law to these younger generation of Israelites in order to prepare them to enter into and take possession of the land promised to them by God. In the Life-study of Deuteronomy, Witness Lee shows that in this retraining by respeaking, Christ is the Instructor and Leader of the people of God that they may be able to enter into the heavenly territory and participate in His riches.

After the Lord Jesus presents God’s full salvation in Luke 15, He gives a parable in chapter 16, revealing that after we have been saved we need to serve God in His house as stewards. In this booklet compiled from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee fellowships concerning Luke 16 and the Lord’s speaking regarding being prudent and faithful.

Every human being has a need related to his or her condition. In his Gospel, John uses nine cases to represent the various conditions and needs of human beings in order to illustrate that Jesus Christ as life fully meets the need of man’s every case. In this booklet taken from Life-study of John, Witness Lee focuses on the eighth of these nine cases, the case of the blind man in John 9. When the Lord Jesus healed this man, He did so in a particular way, unveiling not only the need of the blind but also life’s sight.

This book is intended as an aid to believers in developing a daily time of morning revival with the Lord in His word. At the same time, it provides a limited review of the International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones held in Águas de Lindóia, Brazil on October 1-3, 2015. The general subject of the training was “The Crucial Points of the Major Items of the Lord’s Recovery Today.” Through intimate contact with the Lord in His word, the believers can be constituted with life and truth and thereby equipped to prophesy in the meetings of the church unto the building up of the Body of Christ.

In this booklet compiled from Life-study of John, Witness Lee fellowships concerning those who discovered that the Lord Jesus had been resurrected. John chapter 20 shows us what kind of person can receive not just the historical fact about the resurrection but the vision of resurrection as a reality today. “How can we have the revelation of the Lord’s resurrection? There is such a wonderful and mysterious fact as the Lord’s resurrection accomplished in this universe. But how can we know it? How can it be revealed to us? How can we have this vision? Only by loving the Lord and seeking Him.”

According to Colossians 2:2, the mystery of God is Christ, and Ephesians 3:4 tells us that the mystery of Christ is the church. Both Christ and the church are mysterious, and together they are the great mystery (Eph. 5:32). To understand this, we need to see who Christ is and what the church is, but we should not rely on traditional teachings. Instead, we should come to the pure Word of God. The Bible shows us many aspects of our wonderful Christ. He is the Word (John 1:1), the mighty God (Isa. 9:6), the Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45), and a man (1 Tim. 2:5), to name only a few. The Bible also gives us a clear revelation of the church—the Body of Christ, the new man, the building of God, God’s kingdom for His dominion, God’s family for His fatherhood, and a bride to match Christ.

In the Lord’s recovery during the past five hundred years the church’s knowledge of the Lord and His truth has been continually progressing. This monumental and classical work by Brother Witness Lee builds upon and is a further development of all that the Lord has revealed to His church in the past centuries. It is filled with the revelation concerning the processed Triune God, the living Christ, the life-giving Spirit, the experience of life, and the definition and practice of the church. In this set Brother Lee has kept three basic principles that should rule and govern every believer in their interpretation, development, and expounding of the truths contained in the Scriptures. The first principle is that of the Triune God dispensing Himself into His chosen and redeemed people; the second principle is that we should interpret, develop, and expound the truths contained in the Bible with Christ for the church; and the third governing principle is Christ, the Spirit, life, and the church. No other study or exposition of the New Testament conveys the life nourishment or ushers the reader into the divine revelation of God’s holy Word according to His New Testament economy as this one does.

This book is intended as an aid to believers in developing a daily time of morning revival with the Lord in His word. At the same time, it provides a limited review of the Thanksgiving weekend conference held in San Jose, California, November 24-27, 2016. The general subject of the conference was “The Direction of the Lord’s Move Today.” Through intimate contact with the Lord in His word, the believers can be constituted with life and truth and thereby equipped to prophesy in the meetings of the church unto the building up of the Body of Christ.