PART II - TRUTH

I. INTRODUCTION

The scope of truth messages ranges from the fundamental, orthodox Christian faith to the highest peak of the divine revelation. Lessons incorporate the most recent truth revealed through the Lord’s present, up-to-date ministry.

II. LESSONS

A. The Ten Great Critical “Ones”

The Ten Great Critical “Ones” is the theology of the Lord’s recovery, and is one of the items of our family treasures. One Bible, one God, one Christ, one Spirit, and one life are the five factors resulting in the five issues - one salvation, one kind of living, one testimony, one Body, and one consummation. The proper knowledge of the ten great critical “ones” leads us to know who we are and where we should go. These messages are crucial for the elders and co-workers to know and apply, and for the saints to understand and practice.

B. Eight (8) Great Truths

This subject gives the trainees the eight great basic truths. First is the Bible, second is Triune God, third is Christ, fourth is the Spirit, fifth is the Believers, sixth is the Church, seventh is the Kingdom, and eight is the New Jerusalem. The book “The Basic Revelation in the Holy Scriptures” by Witness Lee is used as reference.

C. Seven Churches

This subject takes the “Orthodoxy of the Church” as main reference, consisting of nine messages given by Brother Watchman Nee in 1945 at Chungking.

The messages in this book are full of enlightenment, covering the two main matters returning to the orthodoxy of the church and taking the ground of locality, which is the unique ground of genuine oneness.

D. Beliefs and Practices of the Local Churches

This subject is given to the trainees using the booklet “The Beliefs and Practices of the Local Churches.”

This book contains the following items: our belief; our standing; our mission; concerning the recovery; concerning salvation; concerning the Christian life (regeneration, separation, consecration, loving the Lord, the word of God, prayer, the experience of Christ, a crucified life, nourishment, the growth in life, human living, the Spirit, transformation, and transfiguration); concerning the church life (a corporate life, the headship of Christ, fellowship, oneness, mutual care for one another, the conscience, meetings, and the function of all the members). The latter portion gives answers to some questions frequently asked about us and a word of testimony by a co-worker in the Lord’s recovery.

E. Gospel Truth

The subject provides training on the deeper truth of various gospel topics for new believers and gospel preachers to learn to deliver a vital, clear, dynamic gospel message that results in the salvation of the listeners. As reference, the “Gospel Outlines” by Brother Witness Lee is recommended for choosing the right topics with the crucial points for an effective gospel message. Part I of this book consists of sixty gospel messages taken from the Old Testament. Part II comprises one hundred fifty messages covering the New Testament subjects. Part III consists of an eight-part series of special topics for gospel preaching.

Besides the crucial points of the gospel, the trainees are guided in the art of using gospel cases, and real-life stories, to support the gospel message.

F. God’s Full Salvation

This book was written for us to see clearly what the Bible tells about God’s full salvation. It starts with salvation in God’s plan which covers God’s good pleasure, eternal purpose, economy, enemy, and salvation. Other topics are on God’s selection and predestination, the goal of God’s salvation and other objective aspects of His full salvation such as redemption, justification, and reconciliation. Subjective aspects of God’s salvation includes regeneration, sanctification, transformation, conformation up to glorification. The book has twenty-four messages all in all, the last lesson being the conclusion of the entire book.

G. The High Peak Truths

The messages released from 1994 to 1997 by Brother Witness Lee. The banners are memorized and sung. The goal is for the trainees to see God’s intention to have an incorporation of divinity with humanity, that all the believers of Christ would be incorporated into the Triune God as an incorporation to be an enlarged, divine-human incorporation which is the New Jerusalem.

H. The Triune God’s Revelation and His Move

The messages were given by Brother Witness Lee in Anaheim, California in 1995. This book releases a crystallization of the entire Bible. The Bible reveals God at its beginning and reveals the New Jerusalem at its end as the consummation of His move. It is the Triune God’s revelations and visions that motivate all the saints to be one with Him for His move to accomplish His New Testament economy on earth.

I. The Full Ministry of Christ

The book has six chapters that cover the topics on how to be a co-worker and an elder and how to fulfill the obligations of the co-workers and elders. The Ministry of Christ in His three divine and mystical stages - incarnation, inclusion, and intensification is covered in the first three chapters. The remaining three chapters discuss the things that a co-worker and an elder should beware of while fulfilling their obligations, and how to work with God to carry out His divine building in three aspects for the accomplishment of God’s eternal economy.

J. God’s Complete Salvation

God’s complete salvation includes five items on judicial redemption and eight items on organic salvation. The subject is given emphasis in being one of the high peak truths released in August 1996, to equip the saints with the complete salvation they are experiencing and appreciate in their day to day living. The subject is composed of ten sessions having testing before every item of God’s complete salvation. References are the following: The Organic Aspect of God’s Salvation, The Secret of God’s Organic Salvation, God’s Full Salvation, and Crystallization-Study of God’s Complete Salvation in the Book of Romans.