Between April 1930 and June 1934, Watchman Nee published fifty issues of a magazine entitled Notes on Scriptural Messages. The content of these issues came from weekly messages given by Watchman Nee in the church in Shanghai. Although the messages did not form a set series of topics, every one of them involve an exposition of scriptural passages. The following messages are included in Book Five:

• The Widow, the Wife, and the Virgin
• God Searching Men
• The Other Aspect of the Trespass Offering
• The Blood and a Worship That Draws Near to God
• The Individual and the Corporate
• The Four Ministers in the New Testament
• The Numbering of Spiritual Days
• Tears