The Experience of Life

by Witness Lee

According to the Bible our experience of Christ as life is both progressive and practical. In our experience, we must progress from being in Christ to abiding in Christ, and from Christ abiding in us to ultimately being full grown in Christ. In The Experience of Life, Witness Lee presents these and many more practical principles to guide our spiritual growth and development along the proper path to knowing Christ in a deeper and fuller way.

Genres: Christian

361 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 28, 1996

About the author

Witness Lee (李常受, pinyin Lǐ Chángshòu) was a Chinese Christian preacher associated with the Local Churches movement and the founder of Living Stream Ministry. He was born in the city of Yantai, Shandong Province, China, in 1905, to a Southern Baptist family. He became a Christian in 1925 after hearing the preaching of Peace Wang and later became a close coworker of Watchman Nee. Witness Lee moved to Taiwan in 1949 as the Communists were advancing in mainland China. During the 1950s, his ministry extended throughout Southeast Asia and in 1962 Lee moved to the United States, relocating the base of his ministry to Southern California. He gave his last public conference in February 1997 at the age of 91. Many of Lee's spoken messages have been published in over 400 books and translated into more than fourteen different languages. Lee's major work is Life-study of the Bible, comprising over 25,000 pages of commentary on every book of the Bible from the perspective of the believers' enjoyment and experience of God's divine life in Christ through the Holy Spirit. Lee was also the chief editor of a new translation of the Bible entitled the Recovery Version.

Reviews

[John Gold · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a book! This is one of the best spiritual books I've ever read. Basically this book puts words to almost all the spiritual experiences we have from our salvation to the time our glorious Lord Jesus returns.

Witness Lee is like an artist explaining each painting stroke that leads to a masterpiece. He not only lays out the objective truth brought forth in the Bible, but he also does his best to put to words the subjective experiences that we have in our relationship with Christ. I personally can identify with many of his examples, and I appreciate having a way to explain in words the application of Biblical truth. What a mercy to have words to better express my relationship with the Lord.

Highly recommend!

[Martin Noutch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sanctification: how it happens.
The indwelling of the Holy Spirit: consequences!
Not for the fainthearted! Only read if interested in having your heart altered.