The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1977, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from September 15 through December 21. Brother Lee remained in Anaheim from early September through mid-October, after which he traveled to the Far East and ministered there until mid-November. During his time in the Far East, Brother Lee visited Taipei, Hualien, Taichung, and Kaohsiung, Taiwan; and Tokyo, Japan. From mid-November through the end of the year Brother Lee remained in Anaheim. The contents of this volume are divided into fifteen sections, as follows: 1. Four messages given in Anaheim, California, on September 15 through October 10. The contents of these messages were taken from personal notes taken by attendees in the meetings. These notes were edited and combined into one chapter. They are included in this volume under the title Fellowship concerning the Present Need and Direction in the Lord's Recovery. 2. Three messages given in Anaheim, California, on September 24 and 25. They were previously published in a book entitled Preaching the Gospel on the College Campuses. 3. One message given in Anaheim, California, on September 25. This message is included in this volume under the title Fellowship regarding the Spread of the Churches. 4. One message given in Anaheim, California, on October 7. This message is included in this volume under the title Fellowship concerning the Opposition against the Lord's Recovery. 5. Three messages given in Anaheim, California, on October 8 and 9. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Subjective Aspect of the Truths in the Bible. 6. Eight messages given in Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 15 through 19. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Subjective Truths in the Holy Scriptures. 7. Six messages given in Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 19 through 22. They were previously published in a book entitled The Ultimate Significance of the Golden Lampstand. 8. Ten messages given in Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 25 through 29. These messages were previously published in a book entitled One Body, One Spirit, and One New Man. 9. Two messages given in Chinese in Hualien and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on October 31 and November 2. They are included in this volume under the title Fellowship in Taiwan. 10. Seven messages given in Chinese in Hualien, Taichung, Kaohsiung, and Taipei, Taiwan, from October 31 through November 12. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Age of the One New Man. 11. One message given in Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan, on November 9. This message is included in this volume under the title Fellowship to Young Working Saints in Taiwan. 12. Two messages given in Tokyo, Japan, on November 15 and 16. They are included in this volume under the title God Becoming One with Man, and Man Becoming God's Expression. The contents of this section were derived from personal notes taken by an attendee in the meetings. 13. Seven messages given in Anaheim, California, on November 24 through December 18. They were previously published in a book entitled The One New Man. 14. One message given in Anaheim, California, on December 11. This message is included in this volume under the title Drinking the Spirit to Be Filled with Him in Our Spirit. 15. Four messages given in Anaheim, California, on December 20 and 21. These messages are included in this volume under the title Fellowship with the Elders in Anaheim.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1956, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from May 2, 1956, through January 21, 1957. Historical information concerning Brother Lee's travels and the content of his ministry in 1956 can be found in the general preface that appears at the beginning of volume 1 in this set. The contents of this volume are divided into eleven sections, as follows: 1. Two messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 2 and 3, 1956. These messages are included in this volume under the title Comments on the Testimonies of the Trainees. 2. Two messages published in The Ministry of the Word in 1956. These messages are included in this volume under the title A God Who Hides Himself. Chapter 1 of this section is an unabridged version of the message included in volume 2 as chapter 1 of the section entitled The Ministry of the Word, Miscellaneous Messages, 1956. 3. Two sets of personal notes written in July 1956 and in October through December 1956. These notes are included in this volume under the title Witness Lee's Personal Notes. 4. A talk given in Hong Kong on August 15, 1956. This talk is included in this volume under the title A Talk concerning Wedding Meetings. 5. Eight messages given in Hong Kong on August 21 through 30, 1956. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Inner Operation of God and the Salvation of Man's Tripartite Being. 6. Nine messages given in Hong Kong on August 22 through 30, 1956. These messages are included in this volume under the title Transformation and Conformation in God's Salvation. 7. Five messages given in Hong Kong beginning on September 2, 1956. These messages, which appear as four chapters and an appendix, were previously published in a book entitled The Meaning and Purpose of Prayer and are included in this volume under the same title. 8. Fourteen messages given in Hong Kong on September 5 through October 4, 1956. These messages are included in this volume under the title Guidelines for the Experience of Life. 9. Ten messages given in Hong Kong in September and October 1956. These messages are included in this volume under the title Guidelines for Service. 10. Ten messages given in Hong Kong in September and October 1956. These messages are included in this volume under the title Critiques Given during the Practice of Giving Messages. 11. Six messages given in Manila, Philippines, on December 31, 1956, through January 21, 1957. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Testimony of Jesus and Our Overcoming.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1953, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee in 1953 through 1968. Historical information concerning Brother Lee's travels and the content of his ministry in 1953 can be found in the general preface that appears at the beginning of volume 1 in this set. The contents of this volume are divided into three sections, as follows: 1. Fourteen messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1953 and 1954. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Knowledge of Life and are included in this volume under the same title. 2. Nineteen messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1953 and 1954. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Experience of Life and are included in this volume under the same title. 3. Seven messages given in Manila, Philippines, and Taipei, Taiwan, in 1953 through 1968. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Character and are included in this volume under the same title.

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.

Our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant, ministers not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (2 Corinthians 3:5-6) Second Corinthians may be considered as an autobiography of the Apostle Paul. In it we see a portrait of a person who lived in the Spirit. For us to enjoy and experience Christ in a rich way we must be persons in the Spirit as symbolized by ten aspects in 2 Corinthians—captives, letters, mirrors, vessels, ambassadors, co-workers, a temple, a virgin, lovers of the church, and tasters of Christ. It is by all of these aspects that we can be thoroughly wrought by God and with God and be constituted the ministers of the new covenant for the building up of the church.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1950-1951, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee in 1951 through 1965. Historical information concerning Brother Lee's travels and the content of his ministry during the period of 1950-1951 can be found in the general preface that appears at the beginning of volume 1 of this set. The contents of this volume are divided into five sections, as follows: 1. Seven messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1951. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Being Apt to Teach and Holding the Mystery of the Faith and are included in this volume under the same title. 2. Nine messages given at an unknown time and place. These messages were originally published in separate issues of the periodical The Ministry of the Word in 1951, 1954, and 1957. They were also previously published in a book entitled Changing Death into Life and are included in this volume under the same title. 3. Nine messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1951. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Path of Our Growth in Life and are included in this volume under the same title. 4. Eight messages that were first published in the periodical The Ministry of the Word in 1951 through 1954. These messages were also previously published in a book entitled The Spirit and Service in Spirit and are included in this volume under the same title. 5. Eleven messages given in various places and originally published in the periodical The Ministry of the Word in 1951 through 1965. They were also previously published in a book entitled The Operation of God and the Anointing and are included in this volume under the same title.