The nineteen free eBooklets in this set are concerned with salvation and the promised reward. God’s economy surely includes our salvation, but it also includes a reward—the reward of entering into the blessing of the kingdom age. To be saved is one thing, and to receive the kingdom reward is another thing.
“In order to be saved it is not necessary for us to do anything. We simply need to answer God’s invitation. To be saved all we need to do is come and receive what God has prepared for us. As long as we answer His invitation and accept what He has prepared for us, we shall be saved…
“But in order to receive the reward of the jubilee in the coming age, we need to enjoy Christ faithfully in this age. Many saved ones are not faithful to enjoy Christ today. For this reason, God has set up a reward as an incentive that we may enjoy Christ faithfully in this present age. If we do not enjoy Christ faithfully today, we shall lose the enjoyment of Christ in the coming age. Here we see that in His wisdom God has made the enjoyment of Christ in the coming age a reward for the faithful ones, the ones who enjoy Christ faithfully in this age.”
Witness Lee, Life-study of Luke,pp. 276-277
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In This Set
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In this booklet compiled from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee fellowships concerning the first three and a half chapters of the Gospel of Luke. These chapters reveal that two angels and a number of human beings were involved in the preparation of the Man-Savior, and in the words spoken by these persons, seventeen aspects of the Man-Savior are revealed. “When we consider all these aspects…we see that He is not only both God and man, but everything God intended to give to His people and do for them.”
Luke 5:1—6:11 is a record of five cases: the attracting of the occupied (5:1-11), the cleansing of the contaminated (5:12-16), the healing of the paralytic (5:17-26), the calling of the despised (5:27-39), and the breaking of the deformed sabbatical regulation for people’s satisfaction and liberation (6:1-11). In this booklet compiled from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee examines these cases and reveals that actually they are a picture of our own spiritual experience. “We all can testify that we were such persons. We have been attracted away from our occupations, and we have been cleansed, healed, uplifted, satisfied, and freed. This is the Man-Savior’s ministry in His human virtues with His divine attributes.”
As those who have been regenerated by God, we, the believers, have God’s life and nature. Now we need to see what principles should govern our character, our behavior. How should we conduct ourselves? How should we act and have our being? In this booklet taken from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee uses Luke 6:12-49 to answer these questions. “All the aspects of the Lord’s teaching here are principles that should govern our Christian behavior.”
In the Gospel of Luke we see that the Lord Jesus, the God-man, lived a life that was according to the highest standard of morality, and in Luke 6:17-49 He teaches us this standard. In this booklet compiled from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee expounds these verses and the Lord’s teaching. “I hope that many of us will delve into this teaching. If we pray over these verses and digest them, this will affect our daily walk.”
Luke 7:1-35 presents three matters: the Man-Savior curing the dying one with a word (vv. 1-10), the Man-Savior showing pity to the weeping mother by raising up her dead son (vv. 11-17), and the Man-Savior strengthening His forerunner (vv. 18-35). It may seem that there is no connection among the three cases, but in this booklet taken from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee reveals that these matters are related.
In this booklet taken from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee considers Luke 8:1-21. “In 8:1-21 three matters are covered: the Man-Savior being ministered to by women (vv. 1-3), the Man-Savior teaching with parables (vv. 4-18), and the Man-Savior identifying His real relatives (vv. 19-21). If we consider 7:36—8:21 as a unit, we shall see that as those who have had their sins forgiven, we should follow the Lord, minister to Him, grow in life, and shine as lamps. Eventually, as such ones, we become the genuine relatives of the Man-Savior.”
In Luke 8:22-56 we see that we who believe in the Lord are on a journey with Him. Luke presents three matters in these verses: the quelling of the storm, the casting out of demons, and healing two persons. In this booklet taken from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee considers these three matters and their significance in relation to our journey with the Lord.
In this booklet taken from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee fellowships concerning Luke chapter 10: the Lord Jesus appointing seventy disciples to spread His ministry, His exulting in the Holy Spirit, and the things involved in our names being inscribed in the heavens.
“Immediately after the parable of the good Samaritan, Luke puts the record of the Man-Savior being received by Martha at Bethany (10:38-42). What is the connection between these two cases?” In this booklet compiled from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee answers this question and speaks concerning two aspects of the Lord that we need to know.
In this booklet taken from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee fellowships concerning the Man-Savior’s teaching on prayer in Luke 11: “In Luke 11:1-13 we have the Man-Savior’s teaching on prayer. If we read this section carefully again and again, we shall see that prayer means that we pray ourselves into God…I have spent much time considering this brief word. My conclusion is that if we would pray this way again and again, the result will be that we shall pray ourselves into God. In other words, the issue of this prayer is that we find ourselves in God.”
In this booklet taken from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee presents the Lord Jesus’ teaching about salvation and reward in Luke 14. Verses 15-24 show us that salvation is free; we simply need to answer God’s invitation and receive what He offers us, and we will be saved. However, after we are saved, we need to enter into the coming kingdom to receive a reward. This is seen in verses 25-35. “To be saved by grace is one thing, and to be rewarded according to our following of the Lord is another thing.”
We should not think that following the Lord Jesus is an insignificant matter. Rather, following Him requires that we give all we have and all we can do. In this booklet taken from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee fellowships concerning the way to follow the Lord—and the requirements and reward for doing so.
After the Lord Jesus presents God’s full salvation in Luke 15, He gives a parable in chapter 16, revealing that after we have been saved we need to serve God in His house as stewards. In this booklet compiled from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee fellowships concerning Luke 16 and the Lord’s speaking regarding being prudent and faithful.
In this booklet taken from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee fellowships concerning the answer the Lord Jesus gave to the Pharisees when they asked him when the kingdom of God comes (Luke 17:20). “The Lord’s answer indicates that the kingdom of God is not material but spiritual. It is the Savior in His first coming (vv. 21-22), in His second coming (vv. 23-30), in His overcoming believers’ rapture (vv. 31-36), and in His destroying of the Antichrist (v. 37) to recover the earth for His reign (Rev. 11:15).”
While the Lord was on the way to Jerusalem with His disciples, they had no idea what was happening or what He was teaching them. As we read the account of that journey in Luke (9:51—19:27), we see many different instances, and hidden in certain of these instances are a number of puzzling points. In this booklet taken from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee considers what the Lord spoke to His disciples in Luke 18.
In this booklet compiled from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee considers the Lord Jesus’ teaching in Luke 18:9-30 about the entrance into the kingdom of God. “What is covered in these verses may be considered the condition and requirements for entering into the kingdom of God. Here the Lord mentions three steps: first, to humble oneself before God as a sinner, realizing the need of God’s propitiation (vv. 9-14); second, to be like a little child, without any preoccupying concept (vv. 15-17); and third, to follow the Savior by overcoming being occupied by riches and all other material matters (vv. 18-30). Let us consider each of these aspects of the Lord’s teaching.”
In this booklet compiled from Life-study of Luke, Witness Lee speaks concerning the third time the Lord Jesus unveiled His death and resurrection to His disciples. “The Lord’s unveiling of His death and resurrection the third time is related to the healing of the blind man near Jericho. Actually, the Lord’s disciples were blind and in need of healing. They could not understand what the Lord was saying about His death and resurrection, because they were lacking in perception and insight.” Today, this may be our situation as well. “We may need to pray, ‘O Lord, have mercy on me. I need You to heal my blindness. Lord, I want to receive my sight.’”
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God’s Intention to Have a God-man
The Spiritual Condition of Every Fallen Human Being
Principles of the Character of God’s Children
Sons of the Most High
Not Being Stumbled in the Lord to Receive His Blessing
How Sinners Become the Man-Savior’s Real Relatives
On Our Journey with the Lord
Our Names Being Inscribed in the Heavens
Serving the Lord according to His Desire and Preference
Praying Ourselves into God
God’s Salvation and God’s Reward
How to Follow the Man-Savior
Serving the Lord as Prudent Stewards
The Kingdom of God and the Rapture of the Overcomers
Always to Pray and Not Lose Heart
The Condition and Requirements for Entering into the Kingdom of God
Our Need of the Lord’s Healing
