Life Study of the Bible
Weekdays from 8pm
This week’s highlight programme presents a concise overview of the four main sections in Romans as a concluding word. The sections of justification, sanctification in life, the Body of Christ, and local churches as practical expressions of the Body are opened up and an exhortation that we all would have a “complete” book of Romans in our teaching, practice and experience. The full archive of Life-studies on every book of the Bible is available anytime for free at amanatrust.org.uk/page/radio
On today’s Life-study of Romans programme a concluding word is given that presents a concise overview of the four main sections in Romans. The sections of justification, sanctification in life, the Body of Christ, and local churches as practical expressions of the Body are opened up and an exhortation that we all would have a “complete” book of Romans in our teaching, practice and experience.
Today we explore Romans 16, which reveals the ultimate consummation of the complete gospel of God in Romans. In Paul’s personal greetings and recommendations to the church in Rome we see a detailed picture of the practical church life. Witness Lee reviews the five instances where the church is specified, illustrating how we can practically function and serve in the local church. The full archive of Life-studies on every book of the Bible is available anytime for free at amanatrust.org.uk/page/radio
Join us for the second programme on transformation in receiving the believers. Witness Lee opens up practical guidelines of how to receive believers as a safeguard against division. The relationship between the practical church life and the exercise of God’s kingdom and receiving believers in the principle of love and according to Christ is also expounded.
The book of Romans consummates in the practical church life as local expressions of the Body of Christ. On today’s programme, Witness Lee explains how the proper receiving of believers detailed in Rom. 14 is critical for the proper realization of the Body life revealed in Rom. 12. We must pay our full attention to Paul’s very practical warning. The full archive of Life-studies on every book of the Bible is available anytime for free at amanatrust.org.uk/page/radio
In practicing the Body life, Paul exhorts us to present our bodies, be transformed by the renewing of the mind, and to be burning in spirit (Rom. 12:1-2, 11). On this programme, Witness Lee fellowships concerning living a life of the highest virtues, the connection between subject to authorities and transformation (13:1-7), and how to fight the spiritual warfare by putting on Christ (13:11-14).
Have you considered what are the gifts of grace spoken of in Rom. 12:4-8? Or, how the gifts of the Spirit in Rom. 12:4-8 differ from the gifts mentioned in 1 Cor. 12? Witness Lee provides a profound distinction of these two portions, and highlights the importance of gifts that are developed through the growth in life for the building up of the church.
Today’s Life-study of Romans brings us to Romans 12 and the beginning of a new section on transformation. We will see how the process of life that we experience through sanctification has a goal related to our practice of life – the Body life. What is the meaning of transformation? How is this related to God’s great will to gain a corporate Body to express Christ? Join us to find out.
Witness Lee expounds the economy in God’s selection presented in Rom. 11:1-32. Join us for a fresh exploration of God’s word as we consider a remnant reserved by God’s grace, how the nations are saved through Israel’s stumbling and Paul’s marvellous praise for His selection. The full archive of Life-studies on every book of the Bible is available anytime for free at amanatrust.org.uk/page/radio
In this second programme on God’s selection, our destiny we see that this is through Christ Himself (Rom. 10:4-21). This portion of the word unveils clearly the processes that Christ has passed through in incarnation, death and resurrection to be experienced by us and to carry out God’s purpose. We also see the way for the empty vessels to be filled up with God’s riches by calling on His name.
In this programme we will see how Gods selection is our destiny, and is altogether of God’s mercy and sovereignty. Witness Lee explores the riches in Roman 9, unfolding God’s adjustment to Paul’s prayer according to His economy. We will also see the definition of God’s mercy and how His mercy reaches further then God’s grace (Rom. 9:15-16). The full archive of Life-studies on every book of the Bible is available anytime for free at amanatrust.org.uk/page/radio
Our weekly highlight programme looks at the stage of glorification, as the goal of God’s complete salvation. Witness Lee opens up how glorification is for the full sonship as heirs of God (Rom. 8:14-27). The progression from children to sons to heirs through the growth in the divine life and the blessings of sonship, including the witnessing and leading of the Spirit are practically illustrated and applied.
What is the “good” that God is causing all things to work together for in Rom. 8:28-30? We will see that our understanding should not be according to our natural concept or centred on ourselves but defined by God’s revelation in the scriptures. We also consider the significance of all the verbs being in the past tense in Rom. 8:30, and of the eternal love of God being in Christ Jesus (8:39).
Our destiny as Christians is to become heirs of glory - those who are fully conformed to the image of God’s first-born Son! What does it mean that Christ might be the first-born Son among many brothers (Rom. 8:28-30)? Witness Lee expounds how Christ is the model and prototype for the mass production of the many sons of God, and how rapture is connected to the growth and maturity in the divine life.
If we are to progress from children of God to heirs of God there is a condition - we must pass through suffering. Listen to the second programme on heirs of glory from Rom. 8:17-27. Witness Lee continues to expound the marvellous blessings of sonship, including the first-fruits of the Spirit, the helping and interceding of the Spirit, and the full sonship. The full archive of Life-studies on every book of the Bible is available anytime for free at amanatrust.org.uk/page/radio