Ministry Digest, Vol. 04, No. 06

Book excerpt: In this issue we will continue four lines of ministry. The first line--The History of the Lord's Recovery--contains chapters 35 through 38 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 fellowship concerning how to meet, visitation, building a large meeting hall, and the future of the church. The second line--Words for New Believers--contains chapters 51 through 53 of Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, Volume 6, which are in volume 4 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1932–1949. These chapters cover the subjects of the church, angels, and the devil. The third line--Maturing in Life--contains chapters 41 through 44 of The Kingdom, which are in volume 2 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1972. These chapters cover the Lord's dealing with the Gentiles and the Jews at His coming back, the Lord's judgment of the Gentiles after the war at Armageddon, the growth and harvest of the reality of the kingdom, and the growth and harvest of the appearance of the kingdom. The fourth line--The High Peak of the Divine Revelation--continues with chapters 14 through 17 of Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans, which are in volume 1 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1994–1997. These chapters cover the Spirit of life, the human spirit of the believers, and the most marvelous, excellent, mysterious, and all-inclusive transformations of the eternal and Triune God in His becoming a man.