Collected Works of Watchman Nee, The (Set 3) Vol. 49: Messages for Building Up New Believers (2)

Chapters: 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

I. The meaning of witnessing
II. Examples of witnessing
A. Going into the city to tell others
B. Going home to tell others
C. Proclaiming in the Synagogue
D. One on one
III. The importance of witnessing
A. Being a great joy
B. Learning to be wise
C. Begetting life
D. Experiencing the misery of eternal separation

Leading men to Christ _ch.19
Household salvation _ch.r20

I. God's promise of salvation being to the household
II. Examples from the Bible
A. In the Old Testament
1. The whole house entering the ark
2. The whole house being circumcised
3. A Passover lamb for each household
4. The priesthood being for the household
5. Household salvation
6. The household being blessed
7. Rejoicing with the household
B. In the New Testament
1. The house of Zaccheus
2. The household of a Nobleman
3. The household of Cornelius
4. The household of Lydia
5. The household of the jailer
6. The household of Crispus
7. The promise of Pentecost being given to you and your children
8. Peace to a house
9. The household of Stephanas
10. The household of Onesiphorus
III. The household being also the unit of God's punishment
A. Pharaoh and his house
B. The house of Abimelech
C. The house of David
D. The house of Jeroboam
E. The house of Baasha
F. The house of Ahab
G. The households of Dathan and Abiram
IV. The need for the head of the household to make a declaration
V. Examples in England
VI. The need to bring the whole household to the Lord

If anyone sins _ch.21

I. Sinning after being saved
II. The Lord having borne all our sins
III. The type of the ashes of the red heifer
IV. The need for confession
V. An advocate with the Father

Confession and recompense _ch.22

I. A conscience void of offense
II. The trespass offering in Leviticus 6
A. Some sins that are trespasses against man
B. How to return
III. The teaching of Matthew 5
IV. A few practical considerations

Forgiveness and restoration _ch.23

I. Forgiving one's brother
A. Being required to forgive
B. God's measure
C. God's expectation
D. God's discipline
II. Restoring the brother
A. Telling the person
B. The reason for telling
C. The proper attitude in telling others
D. Telling others
E. Finally telling the church

Believers' reactions _ch.24

I. Christian reactions being different from those of unbelievers
II. The Lord's teaching on the mount
III. It being imperative to deal with our reactions
IV. Three different kinds of reactions
V. A Christian being delivered from humiliation, possessions, and the will
VI. The primary lesson of the cross being to stop all reasonings
VII. Christians not being those who do right or good things, but those who are transcendent
VIII. Problems with believers' reactions
IX. Grace in God's children
X. Being enlarged through our reactions
XI. Christian victory being a transcendent victory
XII. Our reaction being for the increase of the Lord's work
XIII. Standing fast on our Christian standing
XIV. Two things concerning this life's reaction

Deliverance _ch.25

I. Sin being a law
II. Man's will being unable to overcome the law of sin
III. The law of the Spirit of life freeing us from the law of sin

Our life _ch.26

I. Christ our life
II. For to me, to live is Christ
III. I have been crucified with Christ
IV. Living by the faith of the Son of God

Seeking God's will _ch.27

I. The need to obey God's will
II. How to know God's will
A. Arrangements in the environment
B. The leading of the Holy Spirit
C. The teachings of the Scripture
III. The confirmation of the church and other factors
IV. Those who are qualified to know God's will

Managing one's finances _ch.28

I. Managing according to God's principles
II. God's provision being conditional
III. Give, and it will be given
IV. Two testimonies concerning financial stewardship
A. Handley moule's story
B. Learning the first lesson of giving
V. The Christian way of financial management
A. Sowing with one's money
B. Offering to God
C. Scattering money
D. Giving all for God
E. The promise of supply
VI. Letting go of our money

Occupation _ch.29

I. The God-ordained occupations according to the Scripture
A. In the Old Testament age
B. In the New Testament age
II. The principle of occupations
A. Receiving from nature — increasing abundance
B. Manufacturing — adding value
C. Working for wages
D. What the Bible disapproves of — trading
III. Choosing from three different kinds of occupations
IV. Avoiding pure commerce
V. Pure commerce being different from production
VI. The occupations which are pleasing to God
VII. The way to go on

Marriage _ch.30

I. Marriage being holy
II. Basic elements of a marriage
A. Rendering mutual help
B. Preventing sin
C. Inheriting grace together
III. The question of virginity
A. The benefits of keeping one's virginity
B. The type of person who can keep his virginity
C. Virginity being related to the kingdom of the heavens and to rapture
IV. Marriage partners
A. The Old Testament commandments
B. In the New Testament
V. If married to an unbeliever
A. If he wants to go away
B. If he does not care, the Lord will save him
VI. What to do if engaged to an unbeliever
A. It being best for the unbelieving side to take the initiative in breaking the engagement
B. Not annulling any agreement arbitrarily
C. Negotiating the terms beforehand
VII. If one needs to be married yet cannot find a believer
VIII. What to do with one's concubine*
A. The Bible never demanding that concubines be sent away
B. Her duty of marriage not being diminished
C. Such a one not to be an elder
D. The best arrangement — the concubine being saved and deciding to separate voluntarily
IX. Divorce
A. What God has joined together, man should not separate
B. One being allowed to separate only when the oneness is broken
X. Widows
XI. On committing sin

Choosing a mate _ch.31
Husband and wife _ch.32

I. Spending time to learn to be a husband or a wife
II. Closing one's eyes to the other party's weaknesses
III. Learning to accommodate
IV. Learning to appreciate the virtues of the other person
V. Being polite
A. Words
B. Dress
C. Conduct
D. Voice
VI. Allowing love to grow
VII. Not being selfish
VIII. Allowing the other party the freedom to keep secrets and have private possessions
IX. The way to solve family problems
A. Any settlement needing to be fair
B. Holding conferences between husbands and wives
X. The need for confession and forgiveness
XI. Consent of both parties in seeking help from the church
XII. Living together before the Lord
XIII. The proper church life being maintained through a proper family life

Parents _ch.33

I. The responsibilities of parents
A. Sanctifying oneself for the sake of the children
1. The Lord sanctifying himself for the sake of the disciples
2. Not walking in a loose way
3. Acting according to standards
4. The sense of being entrusted
B. The need to walk with God
C. Both parents being of one mind
D. Respecting the rights of children
1. Parents do not have unlimited authority
2. Children are not the means by which parents vent their wrath
3. Do not become a cross to your children
E. Not provoking children to anger
1. Not exercising authority excessively
2. Showing proper appreciation
F. Being accurate with words
1. Not making empty promises
2. Orders needing to be carried out
3. Correcting exaggerated words
G. Nurturing children in the discipline and admonition of the Lord
1. Helping children to have proper aspirations
2. Not encouraging the pride of children
3. Teaching children to accept defeat and to learn humility
4. Teaching children to choose
5. Teaching children to manage things
H. Leading the children to the knowledge of the Lord
1. Meetings that are on the level of the children
2. Encouraging and attracting
3. Meeting once in the morning and once in the evening
4. Paying attention to their repentance
I. The atmosphere in the family being love
J. The matter of punishment
1. Being afraid of beating the children
2. Beating being necessary
3. Beating justly
4. Pointing out to the children their fault
5. Beating being a serious thing
II. Great children coming out of great parents

Friends _ch.34

I. The Bible not emphasizing friendship
II. Friendship being the most important relationship in the world
III. God's command being for us to terminate our worldly friendship
A. Friendship of the world being enmity with God
B. Not being dissimilarly yoked with an unbeliever
1. Being dissimilarly yoked with the world not being a blessing but a suffering
2. Five questions on not being dissimilarly yoked
C. Evil companionships corrupting good morals
D. Neither walking, standing, nor sitting
IV. Replacing friends with brothers in the church
V. The meaning of friendship in the church
A. Friendship being something that goes beyond normal relationships
B. The emphasis in the church being the brother relationship

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