History of the Church and the Local Churches, The

Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

This book is composed of messages given by Brother Witness Lee in Los Angeles, California, from February 20 through March 21, 1973.

The history of the church (1) _ch.1

God’s goal — the church
Three items that damage the church
Hierarchy brought into the church
The defending of the truth concerning Christ and the Divine Trinity
The divisions of Christianity
The Lord’s recovery
The formation of state churches
Our safeguard and balance being the vision of the church

The history of the church (2) _ch.2

No hierarchy in the church
No religion in the church
Christ abolishing all the ordinances for the creation of the one new man
Caring for the oneness of the Spirit and putting on the new man
Religion persecuting the church
Counting all things refuse to gain Christ
The revelation in Colossians 1—3
The church being completely apart from religion, philosophy, and hierarchy
The need for a vision of God’s goal — the church
Practicing the church life by being strong and rich in the Spirit

The history of the local churches (1) _ch.3

Reactions and divisions
The recovery of justification by faith with Martin Luther
The recovery of the experiences of the inner life with the mystics
The formation of private churches and free groups
The recovery of the initial stage of the church life in the oneness of the Holy Spirit with Zinzendorf and the Moravian brethren
The recovered church life with the Brethren
The Lord starting something new on virgin soil
Brother Nee’s salvation and calling

The history of the local churches (2) _ch.4

The Lord’s preparation of Brother Nee through Sister M. E. Barber
Revelations received from the Lord (1922-1973)
1. The assurance of salvation
2. The deviation of Christianity
3. The church
4. The denominations
5. The clergy-laity system
6. The universal priesthood
7. The presbytery
8. The proper baptism and the proper Lord’s table
9. Head covering and the laying on of hands
10. Living by faith in God
11. Divine healing
12. The death, the resurrection, the ascension, and the second coming of Christ
13. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit
14. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit
15. The tripartite man
16. Sanctification by faith
17. The inner life
18. The overcomers
19. The kingdom
20. The rapture
21. Spiritual warfare
22. The centrality and universality of Christ
23. The boundary of a local church
24. The overcoming life
25. The ground of a local church
26. The practicality of the church life
27. The Body of Christ
28. The authority of the church
29. Coordination
30. The preaching of the gospel by the church
31. Migration
32. The church being local, and the work being regional
33. The breaking of the outer man and the release of the spirit
34. Knowing and exercising the human spirit
35. The actual building up
36. Christ, the life-giving Spirit
37. Enjoying the Lord — eating and drinking the Lord
38. Pray-reading
39. Calling on the Lord
40. Breathing the Lord
41. The universal prophesying
42. The sevenfold intensified Spirit
43. Christ versus religion
44. The church as the new man
45. Christ as the person of the church
46. The abolishing of the ordinances
Christ and the church

The history of the local churches (3) _ch.5

The practice of the church life
The beginning of the church life in Brother Nee’s hometown
The spreading of the church life
A brief sketch oF Brother Nee’s work
Preaching the gospel to His classmates
Early publications
The beginning of the church life in Shanghai and Brother Nee’s contact with the Brethren
Overcomer conferences
Brother Nee’s work from 1935 to 1939
The most strategic work of Brother Nee’s entire life
The rebellion against Brother Nee
The recovery of Brother Nee’s ministry
Six-month training
Publishing books before the communist takeover

The history of the local churches (4) _ch.6

The spiritual lessons learned by Brother Nee through his sufferings
Learning to live a life of faith through poverty
Learning to depend on the Lord and live by the resurrection life through ill health
The spiritual lessons learned through persecution from Christianity
Learning to go outside the camp to bear the Lord’s reproach through being despised
Learning to deal with the flesh through being criticized
Learning to be pure in motive through being opposed
Learning not to vindicate ourselves through evil report from the opposers and persecutors
The Lord’s vindication
The focus of Brother Nee’s ministry — Christ as life for the church

The history of the local churches (5) _ch.7

Brother Nee’s sufferings from within the church
Being unjustly excommunicated
Suffering from dissenting ones
Suffering from others’ immaturity and incompetence
Suffering from others’ ambition for position
Suffering rebellion from those among us
Suffering defamation and evil report from opposers
The suffering related to his marriage
Having his ministry stopped for six years because of rebellion among the saints

The history of the local churches (6) _ch.8

Brother Nee’s ministry
The ministry produced by revelation and suffering
The difference between the gifts and the ministry
The two aspects of Brother Nee’s ministry — Christ and the church
The acceptance of Brother Nee’s ministry on Christ but the rejection of His ministry on the practicality of the church

The history of the local churches (7) _ch.9

The revelations, the sufferings, the ministry, the work, and the churches
Being rescued out of the present evil age
The four main revivals among us
The revival concerning the assurance of salvation
The revival concerning the overcoming life of Christ
The revival concerning the practicality of the church life
The biggest, most powerful, and most prevailing revival among us through the recovery of Brother Nee’s ministry
My realization of Brother Nee through my contact with him

The history of the local churches (8) _ch.10

The Lord’s recovery bringing us fully out of Babylon and fully back to being in the Spirit and in the Body
The help I received from Brother Nee through my personal contact with him
Helping me to know Christ as life
Helping me to know the initial history of the Lord’s recovery in China
Helping me to know the history of the church
Helping me to know the Bible in the way of life
Being brought into the work with Brother Nee through testing
Participating with Brother Nee in the one flow of the Lord’s work

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