Ministry Digest, Vol. 05, No. 10

In this issue we will continue four lines of ministry. The first line--The History of the Lord's Recovery--contains chapters 5 through 8 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 how to carry out a successful contact with the sinners, the glory and joy of the believers in bearing fruit, being flexible in the way of reaching people in gospel preaching, and the unit of God's salvation.The second line--Words for New Believers--contains chapters 1 through 4 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 crucial elements of the Bible, then Christ, and then the Spirit.The third line--Maturing in Life--contains chapters 55 and 56 of Perfecting Training, which are in volume 1 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1980. These chapters cover the Triune God and our regenerated human spirit and the mysterious and abstract way of the leading of the Spirit. This line then continues with chapters 1 and 2 of a new book, Practical Lessons on the Experience of Life, which are in volume 4 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1964. These chapters cover the experience of regeneration.The fourth line--The High Peak of the Divine Revelation--contains chapter 7 of The Issue of the Dispensing of the Processed Trinity and the Transmitting of the Transcending Christ, which is in volume 2 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1993. This chapter is a concluding word to this book. This line then continues with chapters 1 through 3 of a new book, Crystallization-study of Song of Songs, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1994ñ1997. These chapters cover pursuing Christ for satisfaction, fellowshipping in the inner chambers of Christ, and being transformed and perfected in the church life.