Unity in Diversity
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; … one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Ephesians […]
Most Precious of All Meetings
Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. Malachi 3:16. What a hope-inspiring picture is this, where the Lord is represented as bending down […]
One With the Church Above
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. Ephesians 3:14, 15. The church of God upon the earth is one with the church of God above. Believers on the earth, and those who have never fallen in […]
The Blessings of Christian Fellowship
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Hebrews 10:25. Those who are of the household of faith should never neglect the assembling of themselves together; for this is God’s appointed means of leading His […]
In the Workshop of God
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5. The Jewish temple was built of hewn stones quarried out of the mountains; and every stone was fitted for its place in the Temple, hewn, polished, and […]
The Court of Holy Life
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 1 Peter 2:9. The church of Christ on earth is amid the moral darkness of a disloyal world, which is […]