RESPONSIBILITY UNDER LAW AND UNDER GRACE

RESPONSIBILITY UNDER LAW AND UNDER GRACE

I think it is too much lost sight of that the child of Adam was the responsible man, and the more he sought to act up to his responsibility the more practically incapable he was found to be. Now, freed from the responsible man we are responsible to be practically up to our new calling, and the more we are set for it the more capable we are in the power of the Holy Ghost. Responsibility under law only exposed man’s incapability. Responsibility under grace discloses our capability. The body has been set free from the judgment of God to glorify God here, for it is His, and is the temple of the Holy Ghost. I do not think that the difference between being a member of Christ and a member of the body of Christ is generally apprehended.

As to your question about service and testimony, I understand from John 15 that service refers to man and testimony to the Lord. Stephen was a servant, and he was also a witness; the latter is more what you are in the race (Hebrews 12).