Dogmatic Constitution on the Church


Book Description

The central document of the Second Vatican Council, Lumen Gentium was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on November 21, 1964. This document is "the keystone" of the Councils whole Magisterium. It focuses on the whole Church as a communion of charity. With it, according to John Paul II, the Second Vatican Council wished to shed light on the Churchs reality: a wonderful but complex reality consisting of human and divine elements, visible and invisible.




The Holy Word for Morning Revival - The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ


Book Description

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 Toronto, Canada, on October 9-11, 2014. The general subject of the training was “The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ” 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.




The Holy Word for Morning Revival - The Topics for New Believers, Volume 1


Book Description

The moment we believe in the Lord, we should set apart the early morning for fellowshipping with God and for contacting Him. Song of Songs 7:12 shows us that the early morning is the best time to fellowship with the Lord. To fellowship means to open up our spirit and our mind to God and allow Him to enlighten us, speak to us, impress us, and touch us (Psa. 119:105, 147). During this time our hearts are drawn near to God, and we allow God to draw near to our hearts. This series of Holy Word for Morning Revival on Topics for New Believers is especially designed to help introduce newer believers to the basic principles of the Christian life, which should help them establish a solid foundation on which to build a Christian life and church life of living and loving the Lord Jesus for the building up of His Body.




The Ministry, Vol. 11, No. 09


Book Description

This issue of The Ministry contains the first nine messages given during the 2006 spring term of the full-time training in Anaheim, California. The general subject of this series of messages is "Knowing and Experiencing the Intrinsic Constitution of the Building of God." The building of God is the corporate expression of the processed and consummated Triune God in and through His chosen, redeemed, regenerated, renewed, sanctified, transformed, and glorified people. It is the corporate expression of the Triune God produced by the mingling of God and man and by the building of God into man and man into God. God's goal is to build up the Body of Christ to consummate the New Jerusalem, which is the consummate building of God. This glorious, consummate building has a number of outstanding characteristics. However, the highest characteristic of the building of God is that it is a personal building, that is, a person, the corporate God-man. When our Lord Jesus Christ came through incarnation to be a man, the God-man, He Himself was a building (John 1:14; 2:19, 21). The Lord Jesus Himself, as the mingling of God and man, was God's building in miniature. As an individual man, He was both the tabernacle and the temple. However, God's goal is to enlarge this individual building by multiplying Christ through death and resurrection and then working this Christ into our whole being until we are the same as He is in every way except in the Godhead. The result will be a corporate building, which is a corporate person--the bride of Christ and the wife of the Lamb. God's goal in the whole universe is to gain such a spiritual, organic, and personal building. Last of all, we include a report concerning a recent international blending conference in Accra, Ghana, West Africa.




The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1991-1992, volume 4


Book Description

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1991-1992, volume 4, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from August 19, 1992, through March 20, 1993. After the Memorial Day weekend conference at the end of May 1992, Brother Lee returned to Anaheim, California, and remained there until the beginning of September, at which time he visited Seattle, Washington, for a weekend conference. He then returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of the third week in November. During the last week in November he traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, for the Thanksgiving weekend conference, after which he returned to Anaheim and remained there until early September 1993. The contents of this volume are divided into eight sections, as follows: 1. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on August 19, 1992. These messages are included in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Fellowship with Full-time Trainees. 2. Thirteen messages given in Anaheim, California, on August 28, 1992, through March 20, 1993. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The History of God in His Union with Man and are included in this volume under the same title. 3. Six messages given in Seattle, Washington, on September 4 through 7, 1992. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Overcomers and are included in this volume under the same title. 4. A message given in Seattle, Washington, on September 7, 1992. This message is included in this volume under the title Becoming Overcomers to Consummate the New Jerusalem. 5. Seven messages given in Anaheim, California, on October 1 through November 5, 1992. These messages are included in this volume under the title Southern California Elders' and Co-workers' Meetings. 6. Six messages given in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 26 through 29, 1992. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Constitution and the Building Up of the Body of Christ and are included in this volume under the same title. 7. Two messages given in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 29, 1992. These messages were previously published in a book entitled One Body and One Spirit and are included in this volume under the same title. 8. A message given in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 29, 1992. This message is included in this volume under the title Rising Up to Labor for the Lord's Recovery.




The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1991-1992, volume 3


Book Description

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1991-1992, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from March 9, 1992, through April 19, 1993. Brother Lee ministered in Anaheim, California, from the beginning of 1992 until the end of the third week in May 1992. From there he traveled to Irving, Texas, for the Memorial Day weekend conference. He returned to Anaheim and remained there until the beginning of September, at which time he visited Seattle, Washington, for a weekend conference. He then returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of the third week in November. During the last week in November he traveled to in Atlanta, Georgia, for the Thanksgiving weekend conference, after which he returned to Anaheim and remained there until early September 1993. The contents of this volume are divided into eleven sections, as follows: 1. Thirteen messages given in Anaheim, California, on March 9 through September 22, 1992. These messages are included in this volume under the title Elders' and Co-workers' Meetings in Anaheim. 2. Twenty-eight messages given in Anaheim, California, on April 5 through November 22, 1992. These messages are included in this volume under the title Various Anaheim Meetings. 3. Three messages given in Anaheim, California, on May 15 and 16, 1992. These messages are included in this volume under the title Caring for the Church by Taking the God-ordained Way to Contact People. 4. Five messages given in Irving, Texas, on May 23 through 25, 1992. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Satanic Chaos in the Old Creation and the Divine Economy for the New Creation and are included in this volume under the same title. 5. A message given in Irving, Texas, on May 25, 1992. This message is included in this volume under the title The Overcomers, the Situation on the Earth Today, and the Present Need in Russia. 6. A message given in Irving, Texas, on May 26, 1992. This message is included in this volume under the title Overcoming to Conquer the Satanic Chaos in the Old Creation and Accomplish the Divine Economy for the New Creation. 7. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on June 20 and August 17, 1992. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Purpose and Content of the Full-time Training. 8. A message given in Anaheim, California, on July 4, 1992. This message is included in this volume under the title Being Refined and Purified and Practicing the God-ordained Way. 9. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on July 6 and 7, 1992. These messages are included in this volume under the title Knowing the Ground of the Oneness of the Church to Be the Testimony of the Church's Oneness. 10. A message given in Anaheim, California, on August 2, 1992. This message is included in this volume under the title All Saints Needing to Learn to Prophesy in the Meetings. 11. Twenty-five messages given in Anaheim, California, on August 18, 1992, through April 19, 1993. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Fellowship concerning the Urgent Need of the Vital Groups and are included in this volume under the same title.







Ministry Digest, Vol. 03, No. 05


Book Description

In this issue we will continue four lines of ministry. The first line--The History of the Lord's Recovery--contains chapters 18 through 21 of Fellowship concerning the Urgent Need of the Vital Groups, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1991–1992. These chapters cover mutual teaching in the group meetings by mutual asking and mutual answering, paying the price to learn the divine truths and practice the mutual teaching in the vital groups, the vision needed to carry out the vital groups, and how to contact and gain people. The second line--Words for New Believers--contains chapters 13 through 16 of Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, Volume 1, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1932–1949. These chapters cover topics related to release--freedom, salvation, the assurance of salvation, and the security of salvation. The third line--Maturing in Life--continues with chapters 7 and 8 of Reward and Punishment, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1955. These chapters cover obtaining the reward and maturing in life to be raptured and receive the reward. The line then continues with chapters 1 and 2 of a new book, The Future of the Church, which are in volume 2 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1955. These chapters cover the marriage dinner of the Lamb and the appearance of the kingdom of the heavens. The fourth line--The High Peak of the Divine Revelation--continues with chapters 6 through 9 of God's New Testament Economy, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1984. These chapters cover the Son's sending of the Spirit and the Son's ascension and the baptism in the Spirit.




The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1994-1997, volume 2


Book Description

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1994-1997, volume 2, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from November 4, 1994, through November 13, 1995. During the entire period of 1994 until his death in 1997, Brother Lee ministered in Anaheim, California. The contents of this volume are divided into thirteen sections, as follows: 1. Four messages given on November 4 through 6, 1994. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Revival of the God-man Living. 2. A message given on November 18, 1994. This message is included in this volume under the title Fellowship with Serving Saints in the Living Stream Ministry Office. 3. Five messages given on November 25 through 27, 1994. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Practical Way to Live a Life according to the High Peak of the Divine Revelation in the Holy Scriptures and are included in this volume under the same title. One of the messages was divided into two chapters. 4. A message given on December 31, 1994. This message was previously published, being included at the end of the softbound Life-study of 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther, and is included in this volume under the title The Eschatology of the Church according to the Divine Revelation of the Scriptures. 5. Four talks given on January 3, 1995. These talks are included in this volume under the title Talks with a Seeking One. 6. Two messages given on January 16 and November 13, 1995. These messages are included in this volume under the title Fellowship with Co-workers and Elders. 7. Three messages given on January 22, April 23, and September 13, 1995. These messages are included in this volume under the title Church Meetings in Anaheim. 8. Six messages given on February 3 through 5, 1995. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Issue of the Union of the Consummated Spirit of the Triune God and the Regenerated Spirit of the Believers and are included in this volume under the same title. 9. Two messages given on February 27 and 28, 1995. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Intrinsic Revelation of the Bible. 10. Five messages given on April 11 through 13, 1995. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Governing and Controlling Vision in the Bible and are included in this volume under the same title. 11. Six messages given on April 26 through June 7, 1995. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Crystallization-study of the Epistle of James and are included in this volume under the same title. One of the messages was divided into two chapters. 12. A message given on May 21, 1995. This message is included in this volume under the title Crucial Aspects of God's New Testament Economy Missed in Today's Christianity. 13. Six messages given on May 26 through 29, 1995. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The God-men and are included in this volume under the same title.