THE TWO MINISTRIES

^[p. 76] THE TWO MINISTRIES

The Lord has been very gracious to us in the meetings. I believe the true measure of His favour is the measure in which He confides His mind as to His own interests to us. I spoke from 2 Timothy 3: 10 to end. Paul’s doctrine and the scriptures the remedial measures in the “difficult days”. I attempted to explain the two ministries (Colossians 1: 23, etc.), the gospel and the church — how in the first everything against us has been removed, and that we are not only brought to God, but supported by Him who did the work and who is made higher than the heavens; all for us is perfectly secured. Secondly, our Saviour is the Head of His body and of each believer; we are members of His body, and by the Spirit’s power we are seated in the heavenlies in Him. This is our dignity, while He, dwelling in our hearts by faith, is our endowment, and we are here for Him. The scriptures corroborate all this. In Hebrews 11 you begin with Abel, and you finish up with Rahab in the land.

Mr. ————— spoke from the end of Luke 18 and the beginning of 19, how the Lord indicated when here the nature of the blessing. He would confer this grace, first opening eyes, then becoming the guest in the sinner’s house or heart, and then opening out the affections of the Father.