FELLOWSHIP IN SERVICE

FELLOWSHIP IN SERVICE

There is much misapprehension on the subject of fellowship in service. Saints give it a low place and often a wrong one. They think, for instance, that ^[p. 472] they, without question, may serve in fellowship with those with whom they have no communion at the table of the Lord. They do not see that our fellowship in Christ is the first thing to be owned, and that this is properly displayed at the Lord’s table. If I am not agreed with one as to this, how can I consent to sink this vital ground of communion, to take up with him the lower ground of service?

The gospel comprises all Christ has done for us; the church or assembly all He has made us for Himself; if you do not know the first, you cannot be in the truth of the second.