Hallelujah for chapters five through eight from the Epistle to the Romans – the kernel of the Bible! The 2024 International Chinese-Speaking Conference was held in Anaheim, California, on 14-16 February 2025, and the topic was, Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans – the Kernel of the Bible.
Key Statements for the 2025 International Chinese-speaking Conference
Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans can be called the kernel of the Bible, showing its entire theme in a concrete and detailed way; the words life and death form two contrasting lines through chapters 5—8, showing that man is in a triangular situation between God and Satan, life and death.
As we enjoy Christ in our sufferings, we are being saved in His life for accomplishing the organic goal of God’s dynamic salvation, which is the producing and building up of the organic Body of Christ expressed in the local churches, where we enjoy the rich grace of the Lord and where the God of peace crushes Satan under our feet for His glorious expression and for the display of His victory.
After experiencing a proper baptism, we continue to grow in and with Christ in the likeness of His resurrection, that is, to walk in newness of life.
Romans 8 concerns the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit as the ultimate consummation of the Triune God; this Spirit will make us exactly the same as Christ in life, nature, and expression.
Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans – the Kernel of the Bible – Enjoyment from the HWMR
Msg. 1 – The Line of Life and the Line of Death in Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans
Msg. 2 – The Result of Our Justification—the Full Enjoyment of God in Christ as Our Life
Msg. 3 – The Likeness of the Death and Resurrection of Christ
Msg. 4 – The New Husband
Msg. 5 – The Indwelling Christ
Taking the way of enjoying Christ as the tree of life – Crucial fellowship from Brother Lee
“In May of 1943…I had contracted a serious case of tuberculosis…I saw the tree of life during the two and a half years of my illness. During those two and a half years I saw that in the Lord’s recovery and in His work we lacked life. Every kind of problem, regardless of what it may be, is the result of a shortage of life. When I saw this, I was extremely remorseful, I confessed much and had a thorough repentance before the Lord, and I also had many dealings before Him…The messages on the tree of life saved many saints and also released many of the brothers and sisters in Nanking. Because of the four years of turmoil in the church in Shanghai, the saints had been disheartened and depressed for years and were unable to do anything. These messages released their spirit and enlightened their heart…I thank the Lord that through the messages on the tree of life, the church in Shanghai was healed…The messages on the tree of life laid a foundation for the revival of the church in Shanghai”—The History and Revelation of the Lord’s Recovery, vol. 1, pp. 130, 133, 135, 138.
“If we want to take the way of enjoying God, we must have a change of concept…If we want to enter into the reality of the enjoyment of God, we must see a controlling vision…It was not until I was forty years of age that the Lord revealed to me the way of enjoying Him. I was disappointed that for twenty years most of my time and energy had been wasted. Most of my prayers were of no value, and the time that I had spent reading the Bible and other spiritual books was also of no value. This is when I realized that our way of working was wrong and that our way of spiritual pursuit was also wrong.
“Because I suffered a great loss from taking the wrong way, I do not want others to repeat the same mistake. I hope that others can take the way of enjoying God. I implore the saints to no longer take the wrong way. We should consider our former way of pursuit. We must have a drastic change of concept. We need to have a controlling vision”—The Vision of the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, p. 51.
