Robert Morrison, the first Protestant missionary, arrives in China Below is a timeline of the major events of his life that I put together for those who want to understand him in his context and get an overall impression of his life and work. To a certain extent this is fitting, since his theological project itself involved conflict and change, working in the spirit of Luther to revolutionize the church’s life and practice in light of God’s word.Īlthough he recounted aspects of it numerous times in messages or fellowships, an official biography has never been published in English. Both of his primary contexts (China and the U.S.) were ones of conflict, revolution, and change. His life and work were played out on the stage of the world like a Wagner opera-full-scale and fervent-not in the quiet confines of a lecture hall. He was at the center of one of the greatest religious awakenings in the history of Christianity. It takes place during a time of great upheaval-the Second Sino-Japanese war that bled right into the rise of communism in China and then the countercultural movement of the 1960s in the U.S. Lee’s story, however, remains largely unknown, although like Augustine, Luther, and Barth it is highly dramatic in both context and content. As someone once said: “A message moves your heart, a testimony moves your feet.” Augustine’s dramatic conversion in the garden, Luther’s unwavering stance at the Diet of Worms, and Barth’s thunderous “No” to theological liberalism are compellingly told in plenty of books. In many ways, the stories of the saints of the past-the cloud of witnesses-strengthen us to faithfulness in a way that their teachings can’t quite match, no matter how much light they provide. But while many have a passing acquaintance with his name or a single book of his, few know the story of his life. His work of preaching, teaching, and establishing churches spanned multiple continents, just like his printed works span multiple bookshelves. His collected works, not including his biblical commentaries, include 138 volumes. All Rights Reserved.Witness Lee’s life is like his ministry-epic, inspiring, and vast. This material is copyrighted by Living Stream Ministry and Witness Lee.Ĭopyright © 2001-2003. This rich spiritual food, which is enjoyed in each local church, can now be enjoyed by all. Witness Lee also has provided footnotes, subjects, references, maps, charts, and background information in the Recovery Version. These outlines reflect their knowledge of the Bible and appear in the Recovery Version of the Bible published by Living Stream Ministry. They knew both the letter and the Spirit of the Bible. 328.) Having been taught by Watchman Nee, Witness Lee spent decades developing the outlines presented below.īoth Witness Lee and Watchman Nee received much help from many of the finest Christian writers of past centuries. Witness Lee stated, In my entire life I have never met another person who knew the Bible as deeply as Watchman Nee. (Watchman Nee, A Seer of the Divine Revelation in the Present Age, Witness Lee, Living Stream Ministry, p. Witness Lee and Watchman Nee cumulatively studied the Bible for over a century. There are currently over 2,000 local churches worldwide. Through the rich ministries of Witness Lee and Watchman Nee a local church was established in hundreds of cities in China. They served the Lord Jesus together to build up the local churches. Witness Lee was Watchman Nee's closest coworker in China for twenty-five years. Introduction: These scriptural outlines by Witness Lee unlock all 27 books of the New Testament.
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