Witness Lee: My Brother and My Teacher

In my recent trip to the USA to attend a summer training, I purchased a book titled, "A Memorial Biography of Brother Witness Lee." This is the first time I got hold of a book which has more detail account of the life and ministry of brother Witness Lee. The first time I heard about him was when I was a student way back in 2001. A rumour about him was being spread as a warning to the students to be aware of as his ministry was falsely dubbed as "cultic." It didn't bother me much then. But when my thirst and hunger for the truth concerning Christ and the church could not be quenched by any books or ministries that I knew of then, I turned to the Lord in desperate prayer to answer my quests. It was then that the Lord introduced me to a brother who introduced the books by brother Watchman Nee. Then to a group of brothers who were meeting as the local church in Chennai and were also pursuing the books by both brother Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. That's when I came to hear more about brother Witness Lee.

Because of the accusation already going on in the campus and online, I was very sceptical about brother Lee. One day a brother took me to the Gospel Book Room in Chennai. I was very interested in Christian literature that I purchased all the Indian print books available then in the book room. I was grace with some 30% discount for the box of books I purchased as a student, both of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. But I hardly read the books by brother Lee due to the obvious reason of false accusation already blinding me. The Lord was sovereign, and He still is, leading me to find it for myself first-hand if the accusations against brother Witness Lee were indeed true or not. It began in this manner...

One night I could not sleep. I didn't know why, then. As I gazed at my bookshelf, I was attracted by the title of a book, "The All inclusive Christ." I picked it out and randomly flipped open to a page where there was an exposition of the good land on "The Mountains and the Hills," from Chapter Seven, The Goodness of the land--Its Unsearchable Riches. I simply could not believe my eyes that I read such a portion explaining my situation of ups and downs. I was so supplied by the Lord's speaking through that book. Never in my life had I felt such life supply by reading a Christian book. I was then full of joy to read on and on, which I did in the following days until I finished the entire book. That was the first book I read of brother Lee, and since then I began to read many other books, one by one. 

I received so much life supply by the pursuit of the ministry books by brother Nee and Lee till today. I thank the Lord that there are brothers who had the Lord's anointing from whom I can receive the Lord's life supply, in the principle of incarnation. This is one of the channels through which I received the life supply of God. I also received the Lord's supply directly from the Lord Himself and also through some other fellow believers. Now looking back I realised that Satan was trying to stop me from receiving the Lord's life supply through brother Witness Lee's ministry. For this ministry is really focussed on helping the believers grow in life and be built up as the church, the Body of Christ.

Till date, I could not keep count of how many books I have read, studied, and enjoyed of the books by brother Witness Lee. There definitely is a life-supply in the ministry of brother Lee. And I am one of the many beneficiaries of this ministry. I never met him personally, I only read and enjoyed his portion in the Body as a minister of the word and of the age. And I will continue to enjoy what the Lord apportioned to him for the entire Body. Despite some opposers subtly trying to defame him and stop his ministry of the word to be enjoyed by the believers, my testimony is, I receive so much life-supply from brother Lee. Whatever opposer may say, my testimony is true: Since I read the ministry books by brother Witness Lee, my love for the Lord Jesus Christ grows all the more, my enjoyment and experience of Christ grows all the more, and I believe, I am also growing in the Lord a lot more than before.

I do not belittle any other Christian ministers and authors too, but I have not come across a minister that ministers life so richly and helps me in my Christian life for the church life as brother Witness Lee does. If anyone can recommend any minister or author, I would love to try them out too. Therefore, despite the Satanic forces of trying to defame and accuse brother Witness Lee, I testify to all men as before God, that brother Witness Lee is my dear brother in the Lord, though he had gone to be with the Lord, his ministry still speaks, and he is my teacher too. I thank the Lord for such a brother in the Lord who helps me see, know, enjoy, and live Christ for the building up of the church, the Body of Christ.

Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ, for Your bondslave, brother Witness Lee!