PEACE AND LIBERTY

PEACE AND LIBERTY

I came here last week. I have begun a series of readings for one hour each evening; a great many are attending. The first reading was on Luke 15 — acceptance and the enjoyment of your acceptance. Many have peace who are not in liberty, and until they know that they are in Christ they are not free from the body of this death. Many ^[p. 64] have the relief of knowing that the man under the judgment of God has gone in judgment in the cross, who do not see that the old man in themselves is crucified with Christ, that they are free from the law of sin and death. “For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free” (Romans 8: 2). I see many who make peace stand for liberty: peace is because of what God is to me; liberty is because I am, like the prodigal, in the best robe in Christ. I see that there is no real progress until you are in liberty in the life of Christ.

The second reading was on 2 Corinthians 3: 7 to end, and Galatians 4: 27 to end. In these scriptures we learn how we are established in liberty. The Lord in glory so entrances you that there is no place for your own wisdom, and when Isaac has His right place in your heart Ishmael will not be tolerated.

The third reading was on the assembly, its purpose and object, the way you are a part of it, the privileges and responsibilities, and the moral effect on you from being there. This was our subject last evening....

As to ————, one very simple sentence makes all plain to me. The church is the complement of Christ. It is the complement of Him as Man. There could be no complement of God. God was manifest in the flesh, and the church is the complement of that manifestation.