Life Study of the Bible

Today in the Life-study of 1 Peter, Witness Lee continues in 1 Peter: 1:5-9. We will see how the full salvation of the Triune God is composed of three stages – an initial stage, a progressing stage, and a completing stage and how God’s governmental dealings are used for our perfecting.

The sprinkling of the blood of Jesus brings us into the full enjoyment of God’s New Testament economy. Today, Witness Lee covers 1 Pet. 1:3-5 concerning our regeneration and divine inheritance. This divine inheritance is not merely something related to the future – but rather is our portion today which we can enjoy moment by moment in our spirit.

What are the two levels of wisdom revealed in the New Testament? James presents wisdom (James. 1:5) from the human level by emphasizing Christian perfection whereas Paul presents wisdom from the spiritual level (1 Cor. 1:30) by focusing on Christ, who is the centre of God’s economy. Christians need both levels of wisdom to be proper and complete.

What does it mean for all scripture to be God breathed (2 Tim. 3:16)? A practical understanding of this helps to explain seemingly confusing portions in James writings, which were recorded by God’s inspiration for a particular purpose. Witness Lee focuses on behaving in wisdom in chapter 3:13-18, and contrasts James concept of wisdom with the apostle Pauls.

Witness Lee opens up Acts 21:17-26 which provides crucial context in understanding James point of view. Here we see how James emphasis on the law of Moses reveals his lack of clarity concerning God’s New Testament economy.

Today’s Life-study focuses on James 1:19-27. Witness Lee expounds our need after regeneration to continually receive the implanted Word that is able to nourish, transform and ultimately save our souls.

We need to be perfected in our daily Christian walk and conduct, but it is also possible to be godly and pious but lacking a clear vision of God’s economy. Witness Lee highlights the balance and warning provided by James, and considers practical points in James 1:12-18 on enduring trials and resisting temptations through the divine life imparted by the word of the truth.

Witness Lee focuses on two very critical inward experiences of the divine life that are essential for our Christian living. Instead of living merely according to teachings, miracles or improved behaviour we should live by the sense of the divine life with its nature, and the teaching of the anointing according to the wonderful indwelling person of Christ.

To accomplish God’s central thought, Christ was made as a model, a prototype. Witness Lee opens up how our need is not outward correction but rather for the First-born Son as the model to saturate and spread within the inner being of His sons to bring them to maturity.

Today on Life-study of the Bible Witness Lee focuses on the law of life in Heb. 8:10, as it relates to the central thought of the entire Bible. By working Himself into man as the inner law of life He spreads into the believers’ inward parts to make them His living expression.

Witness expounds a completely new perspective of the law. Not only is the law a set of regulations, crucially it is also God’s testimony whose reality is Christ. Witness expounds a completely new perspective of the law. Not only is the law a set of regulations, crucially it is also God’s testimony whose reality is Christ.

Today’s broadcast continues to explore the significance of Aaron’s budding rod (Heb. 9:4). Discover the connection between the budding rod and the building up of God’s people, and the contrast between God’s way of leadership and the world’s way.

Listen to a classic message in the Life-study of Hebrews. Witness Lee opens up and applies the significance of these two phrases in Heb 13:13 to us. Like the Hebrew believers, we need to be those living in the practical Holy of Holies of our spirit to enjoy Christ, and go outside the camp of religion to fulfil God’s eternal purpose today.

Today’s broadcast covers the experiences of Christ in Heb. 13:8-15. Here we see how the Hebrew believers were in danger of being drawn away from Christ by their ceremonial observances. They needed to “cross the river” - to forsake their old religious practices for the church life.

Hebrews 13 is a chapter concerned with the church life. For a proper church life, the apostle Paul details ten of the virtues necessary for our practical living.