At the time of regeneration, all believers receive the divine life and are begotten as children of God. Yet, this life most grow and it does so by regulation unto maturity and function. This regulation comes from revelation and issues in obedience. This word is crucial for our progress and training in the divine life for our maturity and function in our living and service to God.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1965, volume 2, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from August 1 through 29, 1965, with the exception of the first section, which consists of various messages and fellowship given from January 10 through August 15. The contents of this volume are divided into six sections, as follows: 1. Nine messages given in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, from January 10 through August 15. These messages are included in this volume under the title Various Messages and Fellowship. 2. Sixteen messages given in Los Angeles, California, from August 1 through 29. These messages were previously published under the title The Tree of Life. 3. Eight messages given in Los Angeles, California, from August 10 through 24. These messages were edited and previously published as a five-chapter book under the title The Ground of the Church and the Meetings of the Church. 4. Ten messages given in Los Angeles, California, from August 10 through 20. These messages were previously published in a nine-chapter book under the title Dealing with Our Inward Parts for the Growth in Life. 5. Six messages given in Los Angeles, California, on August 11 through 13. These messages were previously published under the title Christ as the Content of the Church and the Church as the Expression of Christ. 6. Eight messages given in Los Angeles, California, on August 18 through 21. These messages were previously published under the title Functioning in Life as Gifts Given to the Body of Christ.

When God created man, He placed him before two trees: the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life. In warning man to avoid the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, God indicated His desire for man to eat of the tree of life, signifying that man should receive God as his life supply. Witness Lee unveils in The Tree of Life that God is not looking for well-behaved Christians; He is looking for those who will experience and enjoy Christ as the reality of the tree of life.

"The entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, shows us that God is our enjoyment. God also has His fullness (Eph. 3:19b). He is full for us to enjoy. His fullness is the expression of the riches of Christ, and the reality of Christ is in the Spirit. We know this by the revelation of the Word. The riches of Christ are revealed in the Word. Furthermore, we can realize God as our enjoyment in our spirit (John 4:24)."

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, Letters and Gleanings, volume 2, contains miscellaneous messages given by Brother Witness Lee in 1965 through 1971. The contents of this volume are divided into thirteen sections, as follows: 1. Eight messages given in Taiwan in 1965. These messages are included in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Gleanings, 1965. 2. Two messages given in Tyler, Texas, in February 1965. These messages are included in this volume under the title Messages Given in Tyler, Texas. 3. Seven messages given in Los Angeles, California; Taiwan; and Hong Kong on May 6 through November 5, 1965. These messages are included in this volume under the title Additional Notes by K. H. Weigh. 4. Fifteen messages given in Taiwan in 1966. These messages are included in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Gleanings, 1966. 5. Four messages given in Taiwan on October 5 through 15, 1966. These messages are included in this volume under the title Taking the Way of the Lord's Recovery. 6. Fifteen messages given in Taiwan in 1967. These messages are included in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Gleanings, 1967. 7. Eight messages given in 1968. Message 1 was given in Taichung, Taiwan. The rest were given in an unknown location. These messages are included in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Gleanings, 1968. 8. Nine messages given in Vancouver, Canada, on December 4 through 12, 1968. These messages are included in this volume under the title Experiencing and Enjoying the Riches of Christ to Function in the Meetings. 9. Two messages given in an unknown location in 1969. These messages are included in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Gleanings, 1969. 10. Six messages given in various locations in 1970. The last four messages were given in Taiwan. The locations for the remaining messages are uncertain. These messages are included in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Gleanings, 1970. 11. Five messages given in Hong Kong on October 17 through November 13, 1970. These messages are included in this volume under the title Messages Given in Hong Kong. 12. Five messages given in an unknown location in 1971. These messages are included in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Gleanings, 1971.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1965, volume 1, contains messages and fellowship given by Brother Witness Lee primarily from January through July 1965. A portion of this volume contains messages given in December 1963 and in March 1966. During the period from January through July, 1965, Brother Lee traveled extensively. In mid-February through mid-March he visited cities in Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Ohio. From the middle to the end of April he visited Mount Vernon, Missouri, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. At the end of May he traveled to South Carolina and Florida and then went on to Brazil, Peru, and Panama before returning to Los Angeles at the end of June. He also visited Sacramento, California, in mid-July and may have visited the Pacific Northwest. Regrettably, there is no record of his speaking in any of these places. At the end of July he held a weekend conference in San Francisco. The contents of this volume are divided into eleven sections, as follows: 1. Four messages given in Los Angeles, California, from January 12 through May 25. These messages are included in this volume under the title Exercising Our Gifts to Build Up the Body. 2. Fourteen messages given in Los Angeles, California, the first nine of which were given from January 23 through May 29, and the remaining five of which were given on March 15 through 24, 1966. These messages were previously published under the title The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ. 3. Fourteen messages given in Los Angeles, California, from January 31 through May 18, 1965. These messages have been previously published under the title Preaching the Gospel in the Way of Life. The published book contained thirteen chapters. However, during research for The Collected Works, an additional message was discovered. This message is included in this volume as the first chapter. 4. Four messages given in Los Angeles, California, on April 9 through 11. These messages have been previously published under the title The Experience of Christ in Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians. 5. Six messages given in Los Angeles, California, from January 15 through April 2. These messages are included in this volume under the title Study on Hebrews. 6. Three messages given in Los Angeles, California, on May 7 through 21. These messages are published in this volume under the title Notes on 1 Timothy. 7. Two messages given in Los Angeles, California, on July 2 and 9. These messages are included in this volume under the title Study on Titus. 8. Four messages given in San Francisco, California, on July 23 through 25. One of the messages was spoken in Chinese and translated simultaneously into English. The English translation was edited for inclusion in this section. The messages given in this conference are included in this volume under the title Summer Conference in San Francisco. 9. One message that first appeared as an article in volume 3, number 1 of The Stream magazine in May 1965. The date and place of the original spoken message are uncertain. This message was previously published under the title The Baptism in the Holy Spirit. 10. One message that was first published as an article in volume 4, number 2 of The Stream magazine in May 1966. There is some evidence that it was spoken in Los Angeles, California, in the summer of 1965. The original article was later revised and published as a booklet entitled The Vision of the Church in 1968. This booklet is included in this volume under the same title. 11. Two messages given in Los Angeles, California, on December 24 and 26, 1963. The two messages were published in 1994 as chapters 4 and 6 of The Life and Way for the Practice of the Church Life, which is included in The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1963, volume 4. They first appeared in May 1965 in a slightly different form as a two-part article entitled The All-inclusive Spirit of Christ in volume 3, number 1 of The Stream magazine. The original article was later revised and printed as a booklet under the same title in 1969. This booklet, including the four diagrams that do not appear elsewhere, is included in this volume under the same title.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1967, volume 2, contains messages and fellowship given by Brother Witness Lee from May 11, 1967, through January 23, 1968. As mentioned in the preface to volume 1, Brother Lee visited SanF rancisco, Seattle, Vancouver, and Sacramento in May before returning to Los Angeles at the end of the month. He then visited San Francisco in June and returned to Los Angeles at the beginning of July, where he remained until the end of October. In November and early December he spent time in San Francisco and Los Angeles and also visited Modesto, California; Corvallis, Oregon; Vancouver, Canada; and Sacramento, California. There is no record of his speaking in the latter four cities. He remained in Los Angeles from mid-December through the end of the year. The contents of this volume are divided into thirteen sections, as follows: 1. Five messages given in Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, Canada, on May 11 through 17. Four of the messages were spoken in Chinese and subsequently translated into English. The five messages are included in this volume under the title The Ground of the Church and the Law of Blessing for the Church. 2. Five messages given in Sacramento, California, from May 21 through 23. They are included in this volume under the title Sacramento Conference. 3. Three messages given in Los Angeles, California, from May 26 through 28. They are included in this volume under the title Los Angeles Meetings. 4. Two messages given in San Francisco, California, on June 2 and June 30. They are included in this volume under the title Preaching the Gospel and Bearing Fruit among College Students. 5. Ten messages given in Los Angeles, California, from July 23 through 30. They have been previously published under the title An Autobiography of a Person in the Spirit. 6. Three messages given in Los Angeles, California, from October 19 through 22. They are included in this volume under the title Fellowship on Beginning the Work among Students. 7. Fifteen messages given in Los Angeles, California, from October 10, 1967, through January 23, 1968. They are included in this volume under the title Bearing Fruit in a Living and Coordinated Way for the Building Up of the Body of Christ. 8. Six messages given in Los Angeles, California, from October 8 through November 19. They are included in this volume under the title Messages Given on the Lord's Day. 9. Three messages given in San Francisco, California, on November 3 through 5. They are included in this volume under the title Enjoying the Lord in the Word to Bear Fruit. 10. Four messages given in San Francisco, California, on December 6 through 10. They are included in this volume under the title Enjoying Christ to Be Built Up as the Body of Christ and the Mutual Abode of God and Man. 11. Seven messages and times of fellowship given in Los Angeles, California, from September 27 through December 30. They are included in this section under the title Various Los Angeles Meetings. 12. Seven messages given in Los Angeles, California, from December 22 through 25. They are included in this volume under the title Enjoying the Riches of Christ to Become the Body as His Fullness. 13. Six messages given in Los Angeles, California, from December 29, 1967, through January 1, 1968. They are included in this volume under the title The Experience and Enjoyment of Life for the Building Up of the Church.

“We must realize that we Christians are a meeting people. A Christian is a meeting person. Without meeting, there is no Christian life and no church life. It is rather difficult for any Christian to grow without attending the meetings. There is no way for any Christian to serve God without meetings, and it is impossible for Christians to express Christ if there are no meetings. The church life is a meeting life.” In How to Meet Witness Lee offers much precious and practical guidance related to the biblical way to meet as Christians.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1969, volume 2, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from April 4 through August 9, 1969. As mentioned in the preface to volume 1, in early April Brother Lee made a brief visit to Waco, Texas, and at the beginning of May he visited San Francisco. At the end of May he traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico; and then to Erie, Pennsylvania; Toronto, Canada; and Erie, Pennsylvania, a second time. Regrettably, there is no record of Brother Lee's speaking in his first visit to Erie and in his visit to Toronto. He returned to Los Angeles at the beginning of July and remained there until the end of August. The contents of this volume are divided into nine sections, as follows: 1. Six messages given in Waco, Texas, on April 4 through 6. These messages are included in this section under the title Experiencing and Enjoying the All-inclusive, Compound Spirit for the Building Up of the Church as God's Dwelling Place. The recording of one of the six messages appears to have been lost. 2. Seven messages given in San Francisco, California, on May 2 through 4. They are included in this volume under the title Praising God with Christ as the Content by Our Experiencing and Enjoying Him. 3. Nine messages given in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from May 31 through June 5. These messages are included in this volume under the title Practicing the Church Life by Exercising the Spirit. 4. Two messages given in Erie, Pennsylvania, on June 28. These messages were given near the end of a longer conference that began on June 19. Regrettably, there is no record of Brother Lee's speaking from June 19 through 27. The two recorded messages are included in this section under the title TheRecovery of the Local Churches with the Sevenfold Spirit. 5. Ten messages given in Los Angeles, California, on July 4 through 13. They were originally published in The Stream, volume 7, number 4, November 1, 1969; and volume 8, number 1, February 1, 1970; and number 2, May 1, 1970, under the title The Seven Spirits for the Local Churches. 6. Eight messages given in Los Angeles, California, on July 4 through 12, 1969. They were originally published in The Stream, volume 8, number 2, May 1, 1970; number 3, August 1, 1970; and number 4, November 1, 1970, under the title The Recovery of God's House and God's City. 7. Eighteen messages given in Los Angeles, California, from July 16 through August 15, 1969. They were previously published in a sixteen-chapter book under the title The Crucial Revelation of Life in the Scriptures. 8. Five messages given in Los Angeles, California, from July 17 through August 14. These messages are included in this volume under the title Further Speaking on the Crucial Revelation of Life in the Scriptures. Two of the five spoken messages were combined. 9. One message given in Los Angeles, California, on August 9. This message is published in this volume under the title The Structure of the Book of Psalms.