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1.
2. But if I delay, I write that you may know how one
ought to conduct himself in the house of God, which
is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of
the truth.
And the word of God grew, and the number of the
disciples in Jerusalem multiplied greatly, and a large
number of the priests obeyed the faith.
I Tim. 3:15
Acts 6:7
3. The Pursuit and Spreading of the Truth
through the Publications
of the Ministry of the Age
General Burden
4. The Need for All Men to Know theTruth
• Go, therefore, and disciple all the nations, baptizing
them into the name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to observe all that I
have commanded you. And behold, I am with you all
the days until the consummation of the age. Matt.
28:19-20
• …our Savior God, Who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.
1Tim. 2:3-4
5. The Need for All Men to Know theTruth
Footnote 2, 1 Tim. 2:4.
God desires all the saved ones to have the full knowledge of the truth.
TRUTH means reality, denoting all the real things revealed in God’s Word,
which are mainly Christ as the embodiment of God and the church as the
Body of Christ. Every saved person should have the full knowledge, a
complete realization, of these things.
The object of the two epistles to Timothy is to deal with the churches
decline. In the first epistle the decline crept in subtly through different
teachings (1:3), in the second it had developed openly and was worsening
through heresies (2 Tim. 2:16-18).
To deal with such a decline, the truth must be maintained. The first Epistle
emphasizes that God desires all the saved ones to have the full knowledge
of the truth and that the church is the pillar and base of the truth (3:15).
The second Epistle stresses that the word of the truth should be rightly
unfolded (2 Tim. 2:15) and that the ones who have deviated should return
to the truth (2 Tim. 2:25)
6. The Purpose for Publishing theRecovery
Version with Footnotes and theLife-Studies
1. Provide the saints a simple way to understand
the truth in the Bible.
2. Help solve the common and difficult problems in
the Bible that hinder us from fully understanding
the Bible.
3. Minister the life supply to the readers.
4. Bring the children of God into His economy.
7. A Word of Recommendation Concerning the
New Testament Recovery Version Footnotes
and the Life-study Messages
• They are “the cream of the saints understanding of
the holy Word in the past twenty centuries.”
• “The style of writing used is simple, yet the points
presented are profound, and the contents are very
rich, nourishing, and enlightening.”
• The Life-studies and footnotes solve “many of the
puzzling questions in the Bible in a brief and succinct
way. These characteristics make the footnotes and the
Life-studies very valuable.”
• (CWWL 1984, Vol. 1, p.387.)
8. The Purpose for Publishingthe
Recovery Version and the Life-Studies
“I encourage the young ones among us to spend
adequate time in the Life-study messages and the
Recovery Version of the Bible so that they may receive a
good foundation in the truth. If they do this, some of
them may be able to develop the truth concerning
God’s economy by standing on our shoulders, just as we
stand on the shoulders of the great teachers of the Bible
who have gone before us.”
(CWWL 1984, Vol. 1, p.64.)
9. Finding Ways to Promote theTruth
“We must have a proper attitude and be positive and
aggressive, doing our best to urge people to read His
word. If we do not find ways to promote the truth or
pray, how can the Lord’s word be spread? If we take the
Lord’s word lightly, how can we have boldness to
promote the publications among the saints?” (CWWL
1984, Vol.5, The Faithful and Diligent Spreading of the
Truth, p.207. )
10. Building up the Habit of Reading Spiritual Books
“We want to encourage the brothers and sisters to build up
the habit of reading spiritual books after every meal and
before going to bed. They will gain a great benefit from reading
in this way.”
“I hope that the elders in each locality will give the saints some
help and encouragement so that each household will have a
supply of spiritual books. The saints can place a copy in various
places within their homes, on their dining table, on their
nightstand, on their bathroom counter, and in their kitchen to
make enjoying the Lord's word in every place convenient for all
the members of their family and even for their guests. These
books are full of God's rich grace; it would certainly be
beneficial for each household to place them throughout their
home." (CWWL 1984, Vol.5, The Faithful and Diligent Spreading
of the Truth, p.189-190.)
11. Becoming Addicted to Reading the Truth
“We should lead the saints to become addicted to reading the
truth. We should consider reading the truth to be more
important than eating and drinking. If we do this, the truth in
the Lord‘s recovery will greatly increase and become
victorious; furthermore, the number of people in all the
churches will spontaneously multiply. (Acts 6:7)” (CWWL
1984, Vol.5, The Faithful and Diligent Spreading of the Truth, p.
207.)
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but
be filled in spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs, singing and psalming with your heart to
the Lord. Eph 5:18-19
I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my
apportioned food. Job 23:12
12. Receiving the Ministry Publications
“I hope that all the churches in all the localities,
which have received the supply in the Lord’s word
from this ministry, will do their best to help the
publication of the ministry in the matter of standing
orders…. We encourage the brothers and sisters to
sign up for the standing orders so that we can print
books in larger quantities but at a cheaper cost,
which benefit everyone.” (CWWL, 1984, Vol. 5, The
Faithful and Diligent Spreading of the Truth, p.189.)
13. Being Jealous to Change the Atmosphere
to Make Reading a Priority
“Some brothers and sisters spend more time reading the
newspaper and watching television than they do reading the
ministry publications; this really grieves me. I hope that we
could have a jealous heart for the Lord and change the
atmosphere so that everyone would have a desire to read
the Bible, and each household would make reading the
spiritual publications a priority…
“Despite the fact that the co-workers frequently go to help
the churches, their true, long-term help has come from the
supply of the publications.”— CWWL 1984, Vol. 5, The
Faithful and Diligent Spreading of the Truth.
14. Stirring Up the Saints’ Interest
in Pursuing theTruth
“Please pick up a burden to return to your localities,
fellowship with the elders, and consider this to be an
important matter. The primary matter is not to
promote the books but to stir up the saints’ interest
in pursuing the truth and to encourage them to enjoy
reading the spiritual publications. This will depend
on the way that we do it.”—CWWL 1984, Vol.5, The
Faithful and Diligent Spreading of the Truth, pp.207-
208.
15. Immersing, Soaking, Diving into,
and Bathing in the Truth
“If we have a clear view and know the Bible, the condition of
today’s Christianity, the truth, and the mercy given to us by God,
we would spend our whole life being immersed and soaked in
the truth. Then we would surely have the burden to propagate
this truth as much as possible among the brothers and sisters in
the churches. We would endeavor to create among the brothers
and the sisters an atmosphere of desiring the truth and the
Life-studies.” CWWL 1984, Vol. 5, The Faithful and Diligent
Spreading of the Truth, pp.172-173.
16. Immersing, Soaking, Diving into,
and Bathing in theTruth
“I hope that we could all learn to appreciate the Life-
studies by diving into them, bathing in them, and
allowing the light of the truth to penetrate us. Only
then will we be able to spread the blessings and
benefits that we have received, thereby creating an
atmosphere in which the saints desire the truth and
the Life-studies.”— CWWL 1984, Vol. 5, The Faithful
and Diligent Spreading of the Truth, p. 173.
17. Bringing in a New and Real Revival
in the Church Life
“The Lord’s word will require that we bear the responsibility
to labor willingly to zealously encourage and urge everyone
in all the local churches to pursue the truth and read the
spiritual publications. In this way the Lord’s truth will spread
widely, and there will be a real revival.”— CWWL 1984, The
Faithful and Diligent Spreading of the Truth, p.208.
“If all the six hundred churches on the earth would seriously
read the Life-studies and thoroughly study the truths
contained in them, I absolutely believe that a great revival
would begin not only among us but even on the whole
earth.”— CWWL 1984, The Faithful and Diligent Spreading of
the Truth, p.172.
18. “I absolutely believe that if any local church promotes the
Life-studies in this way, it will be revived. If all the saints in
a locality practice for one year to read the Life-studies to
receive the life supply and study the truth for small group
meetings, message meetings, and shepherding and helping
others by fellowshipping with them, the church in that
locality will surely be revived. This is because there is
nothing more powerful than the word of God as the truth
of God. “— CWWL 1984, The Faithful and Diligent
Spreading of the Truth, pp. 174-175.
Bringing in a New and Real Revival
in the Church Life
19. Fighting Against Satan to Gain
Ground for the Truth to GoForth
“Satan will resist this matter; hence, we must focus on
this matter and be ready to fight against Satan to gain
this ground so that God’s truth may have a way to
go forth.” — CWWL 1984, The Faithful and Diligent
Spreading of the Truth, p. 175.
20. Fighting Against Satan to Gain
Ground for the Truth to GoForth
“By means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time
in spirit and watching unto this in all perseverance and
petition concerning all the saints, and for me, that
utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth,
to make known in boldness the mystery of the gospel." Eph.
6:18-19
21. Fighting Against Satan toGain
Ground for the Truth to GoForth
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where
moth and rust consume and where thieves dig through and
steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not dig
through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your
heart be also." Matt 6:19-21
"And you yourselves also know, Philippians, that in the
beginning of the gospel, when I went out from Macedonia, no
church had fellowship with me in the account of giving and
receiving except you only" Phil 4:15
22. Fighting Against Satan toGain
Ground for the Truth to GoForth
"And as you go, proclaim, saying, The kingdom of
the heavens has drawn near." Matt 10:7
"And immediately the brothers then sent Paul off, to
go as far as the sea; and Silas and Timothy remained
there. And those who conducted Paul brought him
as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas
and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible,
they went off." Acts 17:14-15
23. Direction, Encouragement,
and Incentive to Be in theTruth
“We should help the saints to build up a practice or a
habit that every day they would spend at least thirty
minutes in the Word. …I think we need to remind
them week after week, and sometimes the elders
need to give the saints some direction, some
encouragement, and some incentive - Elders’
Training, Book 3, p.105.
24. Direction, Encouragement,
and Incentive to Be in theTruth
“Many of you leading ones have never encouraged the saints in
the last five years to get the truths in the way of using the Life-
studies. You leave the matter of the saints’ getting into the Life-
studies altogether up to them. You do not seem to care
whether this is a dying matter or a living matter. This way of
getting into the truth has become an orphan with no father and
no mother, with no fostering. This has been the situation, and
in some of the local churches, your problems all have been due
to this one thing…as leading brothers try your best in your
locality to stir up an atmosphere and to create a hunger and
thirst in the saints after the Lord’s truth.”—Elders’ Training,
Book 3, p.107.
25. Direction, Encouragement,
and Incentive to Be in theTruth
“…I hope that we could live to be eighty or ninety, even to over
a hundred, so that we might be able to see the fulfillment of all
that we have fellowshipped today. I wish to live on this earth
and witness with my own eyes the truth of the Lord not only
being printed into books through our hands, but also being
sent through us to every part of the world and prevailing in
every place. I absolutely believe that this will hasten the Lord’s
return because it is through this that the Lord will prepare His
bride. I hope that we all can see the manifestation of such a
situation.” - The Economy of God and the Mystery of the
Transmission of the Divine Trinity, p.163.
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