Recovery Version Bible Study Group

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Recovery Version Bible Study Group
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Spiritual Burden

• THERE IS THE DESPERATE NEED OF THE LIVING TRUTH
• Suppose that on this earth among the human race
  there had never been such a book as the Bible. If
  we had not had a Bible in our hands during the
  past 2,000 years since the Lord Jesus resurrected
  and ascended to the heavens, everything would be
  in the air and nothing could be solid. Even the
  things concerning the Spirit could not be solid.
  The Spirit depends upon the Word. This is why the
  Lord said that the words that He spoke to us are
  spirit (John 663). Without the Word the Spirit
  might be just a phantom. Today, however, we
  have the Bible. In innumerable instances we have
  seen that whenever people contact the holy Word,
  many times they get the Spirit, but it is hard to
  give an instance where people touch the Spirit
  and then they get the Word. There are a great
  many instances, however, which show us that when
  you touch the Word you get the Spirit. This is
  history. A principle has been set up through
  history that there is the desperate need of the
  living truth to produce the church, to help the
  church exist, and to build up the church.
• THE MOST PROFITABLE WRITINGS AND PUBLICATIONS
  ARE THE LIFE-STUDY MESSAGES WITH THE NOTES OF
  THE RECOVERY VERSION
• Through the past ten years up to the present time
  it has been fully proven among us that the most
  profitable writings and publications are the
  Life-study messages with the notes of the
  Recovery Version. I wrote these things, not for
  scholarly study for people to get a degree, but
  for life ministering, for truth releasing, and
  for opening up the books of the Bible.

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• THIS IS NOT TO REPLACE THE BIBLE,BUT TO BRING
  PEOPLE INTO THE BIBLE
• The holy Word itself says in Psalm 119130 The
  opening of Your words gives light, Nearly
  everywhere you go today you find a Bible, but who
  has entered into the Bible? There has nearly been
  no entrance. Many have a copy of the Bible, but
  the Bible has been closed and nearly never
  opened. Now the Lord has given us a key, an
  opener. I consider our writings as the opener to
  open the holy Word. I believe that those of you
  who have read the Life-study messages can testify
  honestly that these messages with the notes of
  the Recovery Version have opened up a certain
  chapter or a certain book of the Bible to you.
  This is not to replace the Bible, but to bring
  people into the Bible.
• SPENDING AT LEAST THIRTY MINUTES IN THE WORD
  EVERY DAY
• 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. Some saints
  may decide to study the book of Romans or the
  book of Hebrews. They should study every day
  either three times of ten minutes each or one
  time of thirty minutes. We should charge them to
  pray-read two or three verses of this book every
  day. Then they have to study the accompanying
  message. The saints do not need to pray-read the
  Life-study messages, but they have to pray-read
  the biblical verses in order to get the help to
  enter into the truth conveyed in these few
  verses. They also need the help of the notes and
  the Life-study messages to enter into the truth.
• AFTER ONE YEAR OF STUDYING THE BIBLE IN THIS
  WAY,THERE WILL BE A SOLID CHANGE
• After one year of studying the Bible in this way,
  there will be a solid change in the saints home
  life, private life, and church life. Therefore,
  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 Lords
  truth. Tell them that the truth is in the unique
  holy Word and that the best help to usher them
  into the Word is the Recovery Version with the
  notes and all the Life-studies. Of course, we
  should not practice anything legal. We should not
  make these things a legal matter that the saints
  are required to do. However, if the saints do
  love the Lords recovery, they must get
  themselves fed all the time with the healthy food
  that they may be strong. As a result of eating a
  proper, regular diet, the saints will be strong
  and the Lord will have a strong testimony.
  (Elders' Training, Book 03 The Way to Carry Out
  the Vision, pp. 102-104, 108111 )

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• The Small Group Gathering Being All-Inclusive in
  Nature
• According to its function, the small group
  gathering includes nearly all of the church life.
  In the small groups, there can be teaching, which
  is related to the aspect of the truth, there can
  be shepherding, which is the aspect of life, and
  there can also be care and support, which is the
  aspect of practical living. In addition, in the
  small groups there can also be gospel preaching.
  If a church can thoroughly take care of all these
  aspects the teaching of the truth, the
  shepherding in life, and the care and support in
  practical living, then this church can be said to
  be considerably established.
• The Bible Being Needed In Order To Have Both
  Teaching and Shepherding
• Teaching cannot be detached from the truth in the
  Bible, and shepherding and teaching are like two
  cords of one rope twisted together, actually
  being one. In Ephesians 411, we see that
  shepherds and teachers are the same group of
  people. If we desire to shepherd others, we need
  to know how to teach if we would like our
  teaching to be effective, we must be shepherds.
  Therefore, shepherding and teaching are the two
  cords of one rope if they are twisted together,
  there is strength. For this reason, the
  fellowship meeting in the small groups must use
  the Bible otherwise, teaching is not done, and
  neither is shepherding. When teaching and
  shepherding are carried out in a good way, there
  will definitely be care and support. So the key
  here is how to use the Bible in the fellowship
  meeting of the small groups.
• The Best Material Being the New Testament
  Recovery Version and the Life-studies
• In the fellowship meeting of the small groups, we
  can use the New Testament Recovery Version and
  the Life-studies as material. Life-studies are
  written by taking life as the line, life as the
  focus, and life as the content. We all know that
  the Bible is a book of life the history of the
  Bible is to support the line of life and the
  characters in the Bible are to give us examples
  to testify life. We can say that everything in
  the Bible centers on life.

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• Releasing the Light of the Truth and Supplying
  the Riches of Life in Every Meeting
• Take the Life-study of Romans as an example its
  content is truly rich and inexhaustible. However,
  when we release the light of the truth and supply
  the riches of life in the small groups, it does
  not matter whether our speaking is thorough or
  not. As long as some light of the truth is
  released and some riches of life are supplied in
  one meeting, the goal is achieved. We do not ask
  all of you to be like theologians and learn the
  entire book of Romans. (The Proper Aggressiveness
  of the Lords Serving Ones, pp. 46-48, 59, in
  Chinese)
• Teaching in Mutuality
• For the perfecting of the saints, there is the
  need of teaching in the group meetings, and in
  the group meetings all are teachers. There should
  not be a particular teacher. Even one who was
  saved two weeks ago can be a little teacher.
  After there has been some fellowship,
  interceding, mutual care, and shepherding with
  the exercise of the spirit in the small group
  meeting, a brother may suddenly ask a question.
  He may ask what Gods dispensing is. All the eyes
  may turn to the oldest one in the meeting, but it
  may be better for one who has been recently saved
  to answer the brother. This gives him the
  opportunity to speak. This newly saved one may
  say, Gods dispensing is for Him to distribute
  Himself into our spirit. Suppose such a one has
  been saved for only one or two months. Everyone
  would be encouraged by his speaking. It is much
  better if six or seven speak for a few minutes
  than if one person speaks for a longer time. This
  kind of teaching is rich and all-inclusive. Its
  many aspects are much better than a meeting where
  only one is speaking. If everyone speaks, all the
  saints will be happy, and all will learn. This is
  the way for all to be perfected. If there is
  someone there who is really high in spiritual
  knowledge and in the experience of life, he may
  give a conclusion of perhaps ten minutes. (The
  Exercise and Practice of the God-Ordained Way,
  pp. 232-233 )

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• Being Filled in Spirit in the Meetings
• I pray that in the meetings you will all be
  filled in spirit. Especially with those who have
  received grace, you must bear the responsibility
  to pray and be filled with a praying spirit. As
  soon as the meeting begins, your spirit will come
  forth. I often use playing in a basketball game
  as an illustration. When you are in the ball
  court, you cannot be so delicate and elegant when
  the ball comes. Rather, as soon as you start
  playing you should forget about your
  self-consciousness, your face, and everything
  else, and concentrate only on the ball and
  getting it into the hoop your goal is to gain
  more points. It is the same in the small group
  meeting. As soon as we arrive at the meeting, we
  forget about everything else we only remember
  the spirit. The spirit is our ball. We should
  also remember to release the light in the truth
  and to supply the riches of life. Our goal is
  that after every meeting all those in attendance,
  including ourselves, will feel enlightened and
  supplied.
• Diligently Practicing and Preparing for the
  Material
• I lay before you a simple and practical way. I
  hope that before every small group gathering you
  will simply and diligently read the verses and
  the footnotes in the New Testament Recovery
  Version, and you will also read the related
  portion in the Life-study messages. If you
  practice according to what I said, marking the
  places that are useful and putting aside what
  will not be used, after six months or a year, you
  will become more experienced and proficient. You
  should realize that we are not giving an
  inspirational message, speaking by inspiration
  rather, we are learning to apply the material we
  already have.
• The Whole Church Pursuing and Entering Into the
  Material In This Way
• If every small group in the whole church would
  pursue and enter into the material in this way,
  it will be easier to lead the church as a whole,
  and the entire church will be in step as it
  marches forward. (The Proper Aggressiveness of
  the Lords Serving Ones, pp 55, 58-59, in Chinese)

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Goal

• All the saints can be constituted with the truth
  embodied in the New Testament Recovery Version
  and Life-Study.
• Many seeking ones can be channeled to the church
  life through this kind of Bible Study.
• The whole New Testament Recovery Version can be
  read through in one year.

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Explanation

• The goal of this program is to read through the
  New Testament Recovery Version (Chinese or
  English) in one year.
• The whole year will be divided into twelve
  modules, and each module will cover one or
  several books in the New Testament.
• Everyone should join one group, and each group
  should meet together to study the Word every
  week.
• The study program will be facilitated,
  coordinated, sponsored by the Recovery Version
  Study Group in www.vital247.org

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Content

• Daily Bible Reading with Study Guide. (See
  Attachment 1)
• Read the text with study guide 10 minutes.
• Read the text and footnotes with study guide
  30minutes.
• Listen Life Study messages (about 3 messages
  every day) 90minutes

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Content

• Weekly Recovery Version Study Group Meeting. (See
  Attachment 2)
• Take 30 40 minutes each time. (See Diagram 1)
• Applicable either in vital group or group
  meeting.
• Follow study guide and PowerPoint.

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• Some Practical Instructions
• Dont focus on long speaking.
• Avoid one man speaking by the coordinator as much
  as possible.
• Afford everybody the chance to speak and to
  share.

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Function

• It functions like a series of 52 lessons for new
  beginners. (See Diagram 3)
• It can be held in saints home, campus, office
  building, coffee shop, etc.
• It is convenient for group coordinator to take
  care of the meeting with everyone functioning.
• It can be well-blended with the existing church
  life, BfA, MSW, campus team, community outreach
  and raising up new churches.

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Our Hope

• Everybody can dive into the truth unveiled in the
  Bible everyday.
• Everybody can contact new ones with the three
  minutes Gospel every week.
• There are twelve modules in one year, everybody
  can bring new ones into the vital group in every
  module.
• Everybody can bear a remaining fruit every year.

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Diagram 1
Introduction
Key Verses and Central Lane
Study Group
The Light of the Truth
The Supply of the Life
Concluding Fellowship
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