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Crucial Words of Leading in the Lord's Recovery, Book 4: The Increase and Spread of the Church

Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
This book contains twelve messages given by Brother Witness Lee from January 14 through 19, 1985, when he was in Taiwan leading the churches to practice the God-ordained way. This series of messages was spoken in the church in Taipei in a conference with the general subject: The Increase and Spread of the Church.
Knowledge of truth and growth in life being for the increase and spread of the church    ch.1
Being the Lord’s witnesses
The subject of the Acts of the apostles — the propagation of the resurrected Christ
The propagation of the first man, Adam
The propagation of the second man, Christ
The early history of the church in Taipei
Reconsidering the pathway, future, and prospect of the Lord’s recovery
The first step — gospelizing and truthizing Taiwan
The second step — receiving a burden to spread abroad
The resurrected Christ wanting His witnesses to reach the uttermost part of the earth
Through the economical spirit whom the Lord poured out upon His Body in His ascension
Through the announcing of the gospel from house to house by the believers
Through the prayer and the ministry of the word by the apostles
Through the scattering and moving of the believers
Through the traveling and preaching of the evangelists
Through the preaching of the believers
Through the traveling and preaching of the apostles
Through the specific sending of the apostles for the work
Through signs and wonders
Through the preaching of the apostles
The believers’ knowledge of the truth and growth in life being for the increase and spread of the church, the Body of Christ
Keeping the apostles’ teachings
Depending on the word of God’s grace
Being taught and nurtured by the apostles’ Epistles
The church today needing to be adjusted
Emphasizing the church’s increase and spread while disregarding the believers’ knowledge of the truth and growth in life resulting in a great shortage
Emphasizing the believers’ knowledge of the truth and growth in life, while neglecting the church’s increase and spread, causing the Lord to be greatly restricted
Needing to be balanced
The means and base for the increase and spread of the church    ch.2
The increase and spread of the church being the increase and spread of Christ
The means of the church’s increase and spread in Acts
Evaluating the statistics of the church
Refocusing on our propagation
The base for the increase and spread of the church — establishing small group meetings
Small groups being able to retain people
Small groups being in the nature of home nurturing, whereas joint meetings being in the nature of school education
Small groups being the genuine base for the church’s increase and spread
Small groups — the meetings from house to house
Using statistics and having a plan for the increase and spread of the church
The increase of the church being according to law    ch.3
Making a plan based on actual resources
Redeeming the time
Including a schedule in a proper plan
God’s creation being according to a schedule
An illustration of bearing fruit according to a set time — the vine
Carrying out the law of fruit-bearing according to a set time
Studying to improve in order to have remaining fruit
Christ and the church being the universal vine as the organism of the Triune God, and the believers as branches in the vine being in an organic union with the Triune God
Abiding in the Son and being one spirit with the Lord to participate in His position and authority
Abiding in the Son to receive the Father’s nurturing and to enjoy the riches of His divine nature
Abiding in the Son to experience the Spirit of life as the realization of the Son and the life essence of the believers
The increase and spread of the church being related to the law of fruit-bearing
Not being miraculous in nature
Being according to the law of life
Abiding in the Lord as branches to absorb His life supply
Abiding in the Lord to absorb the supply of God the Father and the Holy Spirit
Abiding in the Lord to absorb the supply of God and the Spirit
Abiding in the Lord and living in the church for nurturing and protection
Bearing new fruit each month
A concluding word
Planning for the increase of the church    ch.4
Christ and the church being the universal vine as the organism of the Triune God, and the believers as branches in the vine being in an organic union with the Triune God
The increase and spread of the church being according to the law of fruit-bearing
Making a schedule according to a plan
Bearing fruit in its season
Forming small groups    ch.5
Our meetings being like our home life
Singing hymns not only loudly and clearly but also in a refined manner
Needing to exercise the spirit in the meeting
Forming small groups
The small groups being a gathering of neighborhood believers, not a unit of formal organization
Attending any small group for the sake of convenience, according to the Lord’s leading
Avoiding and rejecting natural preferences and fleshly choices
Not being a religious organization
Not emphasizing religious rituals
Providing for spiritual fellowship
Avoiding worldliness
Avoiding socializing
Being a small part of a local church, not an independent entity
The function of the small group    ch.6
A few matters regarding the formation of small groups
The function of the small group
The difference in function between joint meetings and small group gatherings
The nurturing function of the small group gatherings
The way to have the small group gatherings
Remaining steadfastly in the teaching of the apostles
Remaining steadfastly in the fellowship of the apostles
The breaking of bread and the prayers
Preaching the gospel and teaching the truth
The functioning of the members of a small group    ch.7
Reading the Bible in a living way in the meetings
Learning to exercise the spirit
Not designating leading ones in a small group so that everyone has a sense of responsibility
Faithfully and diligently coordinating with the Lord
Those who are advanced in truth and life needing to function to supply others
Having love and patience
Putting emphasis on personality and character and needing to be diligent and faithful
Everyone functioning and bearing the responsibility faithfully
Exercising wisdom and learning actively
Avoiding independent actions and absolutely keeping the principle of coordination in the Body
Functioning to supply others
Letting the Spirit of the Lord freely operate to release the Lord’s riches and fulfill His heart’s desire
Being burdened to shepherd, teach, and perfect the young or weak saints
The members of a small group needing to bear the responsibility of teaching and shepherding
Needing to lead every person in the group to be responsible to seek and recover the dormant saints
Opening our homes to preach the gospel to our relatives, friends, and neighbors
The content of the small group gatherings    ch.8
The focus of the small group gatherings
Retaining the existing saints
Recovering the dormant saints
Preaching the gospel
The content of the small group gatherings
Mutual fellowship
The flow of the divine life
Being gathered into the Lord’s name
Being enlightened and supplied through fellowship
Being according to the Spirit, not according to religious rituals
Singing hymns and praying
Supplying the word
Perfecting every believer
The relationship among gifts, offices, and church meetings    ch.9
Basic truths concerning the administration of the church
The economy of God having two aspects — life and administration
The authority of elders in the local churches
Concentrating to enter into the truth
God placing some in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers and then helps and administrations
Gifts functioning in the aspect of ministry for the supply of truth and life
Offices functioning in the aspect of administration for the overseeing and leading of a local church
Apostles being gifts for the universal church and appointing elders and deacons
Prophets and teachers being gifts to the local churches, releasing the revelation of God and supplying the mystery of the truth
There being only prophets and teachers in the meetings of a local church, not apostles, elders, or deacons
Elders and deacons attending the meetings of a local church, not as officers but as brothers
Gifts needing to endeavor to develop their spiritual capacity so that the church can increase and spread
Elders needing to endeavor to coordinate with the gifts for the propagation in their administration of general affairs
Elders needing to strictly oversee the move of the local churches, but not intentionally or unintentionally restricting the proper move and propagation of the gifts
A concluding word
The joint meetings of the church and the small group gatherings    ch.10
Meetings in the Bible
The type of the Israelites
Early New Testament church meetings
Joint meetings being in the nature of school education
Learning the truth in the twenty-seven books of the New Testament
Using the recovery version of the Bible and the life-studies
Small group gatherings being in the nature of home nurturing
The arrangement of educational and nurturing meetings
Joint meetings for education
Supplying life by releasing the truth
Teaching the truth by expounding the Scriptures
Small groups for nourishing
The bread-breaking meeting
Prayer meetings
Small group gatherings and preaching the gospel in the homes
Having a long-term view, being enlarged in capacity, and maintaining a suitable atmosphere for people to remain
Seeking and restoring the dormant saints    ch.11
Stirring up an atmosphere to restore the dormant saints
Stirring up an atmosphere in the Old Testament
Stirring up an atmosphere in the New Testament
Stirring up an atmosphere in the initial stage in Taipei
Distributing tracts, printing posters, and sending out teams
Stirring up an atmosphere to pursue the truth
Stirring up an atmosphere to seek out our brothers and sisters
A prayer for those who have not been meeting for a long time
Recovering the dormant saints
Thoroughly examining the information cards
Receiving the burden to go out and visit
Strengthening the testimony and praying desperately
The principle of visiting
Having a praying and learning Spirit
Avoiding inappropriate speaking
Having a joyful face
A testimony
Pastor Yu’s visits
The work of the Holy Spirit
Receiving the Lord’s calling and consecrating myself
Taking the Lord’s heart as our heart
Relying on the work of the Holy Spirit
Loving people with the Father’s love
Preaching the gospel in every home    ch.12
Believers in the Lord having a gospel-preaching life
The basis for the increase and spread of the church — the small group gatherings
The “defensive” function of small groups — upholding and restoring the saints
The “offensive” function of small groups — every home preaching the gospel
Having more moving power and the word the more we preach
New faces being the life pulse of small groups
Every brother and sister being a witness of the Lord
Starting from those around us
Preaching the gospel in every home being the most effective way to preach the gospel
Encouraging every brother and sister to open their homes for the preaching of the gospel
Leading the saints to preach the gospel in their homes
Preaching the gospel every other week
Freely hearing the gospel
First giving a personal testimony, then preaching the gospel
Coordinating with neighboring saints to preach the gospel
Following the Lord’s leading to have specific prayers
Giving out gospel literature and gospel tracts
Using Bible verses and hymns skillfully

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