Ministry Digest, Vol. 05, No. 11

Book excerpt: In this issue we will continue four lines of ministry. The first line--The History of the Lord's Recovery--contains chapters 9 through 12 of The Exercise and Practice of the God-ordained Way, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1989. These chapters cover the matters of much fruit and remaining fruit, learning to be human, having been chosen for the start of fruit-bearing and being discipled for bearing much fruit, and the practical preaching of the gospel. The second line--Words for New Believers--contains chapters 5 through 8 of The Four Crucial Elements of the Bible--Christ, the Spirit, Life, and the Church, which are in volume 1 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1984. These chapters cover the Spirit--the Holy Spirit, the Spirit with the human spirit, and life. The third line--Maturing in Life--contains chapters 3 through 6 of Practical Lessons on the Experience of Life, which are in volume 4 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1964. These chapters cover consecration, the fellowship of life, the inner sense of life, and the law of life. The fourth line--The High Peak of the Divine Revelation--contains chapters 4 through 7 of Crystallization-study of Song of Songs, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1994–1997. These chapters cover being satisfied with Christ mutually in the churches, being delivered from the self by the cross of Christ, being empowered and encouraged by the resurrection of Christ, and moving with God and being united with Christ.