THE ASSEMBLY THE ONLY PLACE THE LORD HAS ON EARTH NOW

^[p. 195] THE ASSEMBLY THE ONLY PLACE THE LORD HAS ON EARTH NOW

Our subject was “my assembly” (Matthew 16: 18). I trust many are awaking to the fact that it is the only place the Lord has on the earth, seeing that He has been rejected from the earth. He is risen, and unless He is known as the risen One He cannot be known in the assembly. The church is called to be the candlestick. The imitation of this is the steeple, pointing to heaven; it is the company who should point to heaven. I feel that one ought to take it to heart that there is so little for the soul, so little edification in the assembly meetings. I am sure we are not careful enough to exclude everything from the assembly which is unsuited to the Lord. Warn the unruly. It is very humbling that it is disclosed continually how little sense there is of the Lord’s presence in the assembly. To me it is evidence that there is no apprehension by faith of the house of God, or of the Lord there, as Son over God’s house.

————— is elated with conversions; I told him the next step for him should be, “I endure all things for the elect’s sake” (2 Timothy 2: 10). How little really are the saints cared for as being part of Christ, His own, all that He has here as to possession....

There are four things which are little upon the earth but they are exceeding wise. See Proverbs 30: 24. It is in details that divine wisdom shows itself — in the little things. The Lord raise you up to be more and more devoted to Him and a cheer and helper to His servants.