Ministry Digest, Vol. 03, No. 12

Book excerpt: 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.