Experience of Life, The

Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

The content of this section is compiled from messages given by Brother Witness Lee during the Life Training conducted in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1953 and 1954.

The first stage — in Christ

Regeneration _ch.1
Regeneration being
The part in the experience of salvation that is a matter of life
The center of the experience of salvation
The beginning of the experience of life
The entering into us of God’s life
The birth of Christ within us
The beginning of the new man
The conditions of regeneration
The condition before regeneration
The condition during our experience of regeneration
The condition after regeneration

Clearance of the past _ch.2

The scriptural basis
The object of the clearance of the past
The basis of the clearance of the past
The degree of ending the past

The second stage — abiding in Christ _ch.3

Consecration
The basis of consecration — God’s purchase
The motive of consecration — God’s love
The meaning of consecration — to be a sacrifice
The purpose of consecration — to work for God
The result of consecration — to abandon our future
A concluding word

Dealing with sins _ch.4

The scriptural basis
The object of our dealing with sins
The basis of dealing with sins
The limit of our dealing with sins
The practice of dealing with sins
Dealing with sins by life

Dealing with the world _ch.5

Knowing the world
The difference between sin and the world
The formation of the world
The definition of the world
The development of the world
Dealing with the world
Scriptural basis
The objects of dealing with the world
The basis of dealing with the world
The extent of dealing with the world
The practice of dealing with the world

Dealing with the conscience _ch.6

The knowledge of dealing with the conscience
The origin of the conscience
The position and function of the conscience
The relationship of the conscience with the inward parts
Positionally
Functionally
The relationship of conscience with government
The feeling of the conscience
The origin of the feeling
The different kinds of feelings
Offense and condemnation in the conscience
The sensitiveness and weakness of the conscience and Satan’s accusation and attack
Leakage of the conscience
The feeling of the conscience and the growth of life
The feeling of the conscience and the enlightening of the Holy Spirit
The feeling of the conscience and spiritual knowledge
The feeling of the conscience and the supply of grace
The practice of dealing with the conscience
The scriptural basis
The object of dealing with the conscience
The basis of dealing with the conscience
The extent of dealing with the conscience
The standard of dealing with the conscience
Conclusion

Obeying the teaching of the anointing _ch.7

Knowing the will of God _ch.8
The third stage — Christ living in me

Dealing with the flesh _ch.9
Scriptural basis
The definition of the flesh
The corrupted body
The whole fallen man
The good aspect of man
The position of the flesh before God
God not mingling with the flesh
God and the flesh not existing together
God being determined to remove the flesh
The Bible’s conclusion of the flesh
The rightful position of the flesh
The relationship between the flesh and the old man
Dealing with the flesh
The objective fact
The subjective experience
The process of experiencing dealing with the flesh
Desiring a sinless life
Discovering the difficulties of the flesh
Seeing that our flesh has been crucified with Christ
Allowing the Holy Spirit to execute the death of Christ
The application of dealing with the flesh
In the fellowship of the Holy Spirit
Allowing the Holy Spirit to execute the death of Christ upon all our actions
Walking according to the law of the Spirit of life
Summary

Dealing with the self _ch.10

The differentiation of seven items
Dealing with the self
The objective fact
The subjective experience
The process of dealing with the self
Seeing that the old man has been crucified
Seeing that our opinions are one of the expressions of the old man
Applying the crucifixion of Christ to our opinions
Applying the experience of dealing with the self
In the fellowship of the Holy Spirit
Letting the Holy Spirit execute the crucifixion of Christ upon us
The relationship between Satan and self-opinion
The difference between dealing with the self and being magnanimous
A final word

Dealing with the natural constitution _ch.11

Accepting the discipline of the Holy Spirit _ch.12

Dealing with the spirit _ch.13

Scriptural basis
The definition of the spirit
The meaning of dealing with the spirit
The spirit itself not being defiled
The passage of the spirit being filthy
The scope of the passage of the spirit
Dealing with the spirit by dealing with its passage
The difference between dealing with the spirit and dealing with the conscience
The way of dealing with the spirit
Our initiative
The cross as the basis
The function of life
The standard of peace

Being filled with the Holy Spirit _ch.14

The characteristics of the work of the Holy Spirit in the two great periods, the Old Testament and the New Testament
In the Old Testament the Spirit of God coming upon man outwardly, whereas in the New Testament the Holy Spirit dwelling in man inwardly
In the Old Testament the Spirit of God being mainly for empowering, whereas in the New Testament the Holy Spirit having come mainly to be the life (nature)
In the Old Testament the Spirit of God being employed by man, whereas in the New Testament the Holy Spirit being the Lord in man
In the Old Testament the Spirit of God being of a single aspect, whereas in the New Testament the Holy Spirit being of a double aspect
The difference in experiencing the Holy Spirit outwardly and inwardly
The inward experience being first; the outward following
The Lord Jesus as the model
The experience of the apostles
Both the inward and the outward experienced at the same time
The way to be filled with the Holy Spirit
The accomplishment of the objective fact
The way to be filled with the Holy Spirit inwardly
Emptying ourselves
Believing
The way to be filled with the Holy Spirit outwardly
Being willing to be used by God
Believing

The fourth stage — Christ’s full growth in us

Knowing the Body _ch.15
God’s plan
God wanting to work Himself into man and make man like Himself
In God’s sight this group of people, which he purposed to be united with His Son and bear the image of His Son, being not a number of individuals but a united, corporate Body
God’s creation
God’s redemption
In Christ
In the Holy Spirit
In life
In fellowship
In experience
Proofs that we know the Body
Being unable to be individualistic
Discerning those not in the Body
Recognizing authority

Knowing the ascension _ch.16

The need of knowing the redemption of Christ
The need of knowing the position of our salvation
The need of knowing the spiritual functions
The need of knowing the position of warfare
The experience of ascension

Reigning _ch.17

The definition of reigning
The experience of reigning
Knowing our position
Desiring to reign

Spiritual warfare _ch.18

Scriptural basis
The kingdom of God versus the kingdom of Satan
All spiritual work being a warfare
The principles of spiritual warfare
Not using fleshly weapons
Keeping the position of ascension
Using spiritual weapons
Praying fighting prayers
Through the blood, the word of testimony, and not loving the soul-life
The results of spiritual warfare

Full of the stature of Christ _ch.19

In the Body
Being full of the life and nature of Christ
Sharing the same position with Christ
Reigning with Christ
Together with Christ, dealing with the enemy

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