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Crucial Words of Leading in the Lord's Recovery, Book 1: The Vision and Definite Steps for the Practice of the New Way

Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
This book is a translation of messages given by Brother Witness Lee in Taipei to the elders and co-workers from Taiwan on March 14 through June 1, 1986. This book is the first in a series entitled Crucial Words of Leading in the Lord’s Recovery. Chapters 1, 2, and 3 have been published as The Vision of the Age.
Vision in God’s economy    ch.1
The need for vision among the serving ones
What is a vision?
God’s visions through an outline of the Old Testament
From Adam to Samuel
The way of reckoning in the age of the judges
Serving God according to the vision of the age
Moving under a vision and following those who have the vision
God’s visions through an outline of the New Testament
The service of Peter and His companions
The service of Paul and His companions
Serving by following the leadership of those who have the vision
The example of Aquila and Priscilla
The case of Apollos
The pattern of Timothy and Titus
Serving according to those who have the vision being to serve under the vision
To serve under the vision meaning to serve according to the revelation of the Bible
The completion of the divine revelation
The example of the Lord Jesus
The example of the apostles
Studying and serving according to the revelation of the Bible
The Lord’s recovery being under the vision of the divine revelation
Serving according to the vision that the Lord has given us today
The vision of a serving one    ch.2
Reviewing the Old Testament visions
Adam’s first vision
Adam’s second vision
Abel’s vision
Enosh’s vision
Enoch’s vision
Noah’s vision
The visions from Abraham to Joseph
From Moses to David
The prophets
The conclusion of the Old Testament
The visions in the New Testament
The vision of John the Baptist
The vision of the Lord Jesus and the competition from John the Baptist
The vision of the followers of the Lord Jesus
Peter’s vision
Paul’s vision
Factors of frustrations
The problem of Judaism
The problem of the church in Jerusalem
The problem of Barnabas
The problem of James
The problem of Apollos
The vision of the apostle John — the ultimate consummation of God’s visions
Serving God according to the complete vision
Closely following the completed vision of this age
The genuine one accord
The present vision and practice in the Lord’s recovery    ch.3
The healthy teaching
The background of the first Epistle to Timothy
Paul’s burden
Being entangled in James’s snare
God’s sovereign rescue for the sake of His New Testament economy
Paul’s concern for the church in Ephesus
The background of the second Epistle to Timothy
The present vision and practice
The problem created by the ministry of spirituality in the west
Inviting the ministry of spirituality from the west
The problem brought about by the practice
Defending the ground of the church
Our vision needing to match the age
The case of James
The case of Barnabas
The case of Apollos
The churches’ decline through forsaking the apostles’ teaching
The ultimate consummation of the divine revelation
The basis of the one accord
The present vision of the Lord’s recovery
The problem and danger of a vision not matching the age
Answering the Lord’s call and following the present vision to be the overcomers
The present practice in the Lord’s recovery — preaching the gospel, nourishing the new ones, teaching the truth, and building up the church
The present need — being in one accord and being faithful in coordination
Some definite steps to carry out the present practice in the Lord’s recovery    ch.4
One accord for the practice of the new way
Practical steps to implement the present practice
The slowness of the process of changing the system
The benefits of changing the system
The new system taking care of every aspect of the church life
The small group meetings and the truth lessons
Putting into practice the new system in an absolute way
A question and answer
The practice of changing the system    ch.5
The reason for changing the system
Christianity killing the organic function of the believers
The early practice in Taiwan
The result of adopting the custom of the nations
The difficulty in changing the system
Examining our changing of the system
Keeping the big meetings
The importance of the small group meetings
Some specific practices in changing the system
Not focusing on the façade
The elders taking the lead to promote the small groups
Encouraging the members of the small groups to function organically
The small groups being the life pulse in the propagation of the church
Recovering the dormant saints
Preparing life messages
The way of propagation
The importance of the one accord
A further word on teaching
The small group being the life pulse of the church life
Every member of the small group being a “core member”
Every saint having a small group meeting at home every week
Opening every home resulting in a revival of the church
The practice of the home meetings    ch.6
Practical steps for the home meetings
Delivering meetings to the homes
Subdividing the groups to produce increase
Being absolute and serious in practicing the new way
Serving faithfully and diligently
The benefit of practicing the new way
Being steadfast in practicing the home meetings
A specific testimony
Main points that require our attention in practice
A scriptural practice
The content of the home meetings
Question and answer
Learning the real way to work — working without preaching
Practicing according to the scriptures and advancing according to time and circumstances
The importance of changing the system
The changing of the system in contrast to religion    ch.7
Being delivered from the degradation of Christianity
The producing of religion
The need within man for God
The creation of culture replacing man’s need for God
Religion being the crystallization of human culture
What is the Lord’s recovery
God’s word being the track
The work of the Lord’s recovery versus degraded Christianity
The Lord’s recovery taking the downward trend
Crucial points related to changing the system
Removing human hands and trusting in the Lord’s gracious hand
Control limiting growth
Refusal to let go resulting in religion
Absolutely delivered from any kind of control
Not Replacing but Encouraging
Controlling factors in the church
Not for uniformity but for vitality
Praying for the Lord to do the work, rather than stretching out our own hands to do the work
The Lord’s word being the main ingredient in the home meetings
The home meeting needing to stir up man’s spirit
Not coercing but begetting, nourishing, teaching, and building
changing the system first involving a change of concept
Crucial aspects of the home meetings    ch.8
Crucial points requiring our attention in the home meetings — nutrition and hygiene
Comforting the discouraged ones and encouraging the weak ones
The co-workers and elders taking the lead to exercise faith and not be discouraged
The benefits of meeting in the homes
Not being discouraged, not losing heart, but being strengthened to work for the Lord
The proper way to preach the gospel
Devoting our full time to the work of the Lord’s recovery
Dropping our old concepts and caring only for fruit and not for appearances
Having an aggressive, bold, and daring spirit
Laboring faithfully and dispensing food at the proper time
Believing in the Lord’s timing
Learning to speak by seizing the opportunity
A practice for the increase and spread of the church life
Definite steps for the practice of the new way    ch.9
Making the church life a part of our daily life
The practical steps to carry out the home meetings
The only way being to labor diligently
Laboring with God to work on the home meetings
The pattern of the missionaries
Learning basic lessons through the home meetings
A few points concerning our practice
Concerning the care of the full-time serving ones
Bringing the church to the homes and bringing the saints into the truth    ch.10
The new way being the Lord’s leading in His recovery today
The foundation of the church being the home meetings
Having much and adequate prayer
Practicing the home meetings and training the saints
Bringing the meetings to the homes
Truth lessons
The responsibility of the elders
A final word
How to use the spiritual publications and how to teach    ch.11
The practice and progress of the new way
The need to carry out the small group meetings and the home meetings simultaneously
Bringing the meetings to the homes
Using the Lord’s word to teach one another in the home meetings
Carefully selecting the reading material
How to use the reading material
Truth lessons
Directing everyone to the main points in the reading
Asking questions
Focusing on main points, not on dates
Conclusion
The proper practice in the Lord’s recovery    ch.12
The history of the practice of the new way
The life pulse in the practice of the new way — the home
Learning to meet in the homes
Helping every attendant to function
Learning to use proper material
Preparing before going to the home meetings
Truth lessons
Exercising the spirit
Applying some techniques
The benefits of building up the church in the homes
Truth lessons
A five-year plan for the gospelization of Taiwan
Fellowship regarding the building of the big meeting hall
Requiring strong faith and adequate prayer
Cooperating with the Lord’s move to gospelize the whole earth
The practice of the new way being a spiritual warfare    ch.13
Needing adequate and thorough prayer to withstand the strategy of the enemy
A few matters requiring our prayer
Prayer being the secret to accomplish God’s work
Prayer
A few announcements
The building up of the church being a service of warfare    ch.14
The central line of God’s economy
The need for spiritual warfare for the divine building
The typology of God’s building in the Old Testament and its relationship to the warfare
Warfare for God’s building in the New Testament
Our warfare today
The basic strategy of the new system being the removal of the clergy-laity system
Fighting every step of the way
A personal testimony
A fighting service
The need for full-timers
How to meet    ch.15
Taking care of a meeting — being beside ourselves
Being delivered from the deadening influence of Christianity
Examples of preaching the gospel in a crazy way
The condition and need for being crazy
Living and walking by the spirit
Truth lessons
The sharing at the end of the meeting
A few points requiring personal attention
The need for a change
The burden and practice for the bringing in of a glorious future    ch.16
A review and a preview
The burden and practice to realize this glorious future
Building up the home meetings
Succeeding in the truth-teaching meetings
Actively visiting the communities and the campuses
Focusing on the campus work
Building up the elders’ meeting
Matching God’s work with our material supply
Spreading the Lord’s testimony
A word of exhortation
A prayer
A summary of the fellowship concerning our practice related to changing the system    ch.17
Fellowship concerning the change of the system
The first crucial element in the change — building up the home meetings
The second crucial element in the change — teaching
The third crucial element in the change — having the Lord’s word as the center of the meetings
Delivering the gospel, the truth, and the meetings to the homes
Evangelizing Taiwan
The financial need
Practical steps in implementing the new way (1)    ch.18
A five-year schedule for gospelizing Taiwan
Deviations and shortages in the understanding of biblical truths
Scheduling in the Bible
Details of our schedule and budget
How to practically implement such a plan
Practical steps in implementing the new way (2)    ch.19
Concerning the full-time training
Changing the appearance of the meeting halls
Additional points regarding the training
Concerning expenses for the training
Fellowship regarding the meeting hall in Linkou
Three crucial matters

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