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THE COMPANY OF JESUS
D. Robertson
It has often been said, beloved brethren, in relation to this
passage of Scripture, that it is a very valuable thing to learn
the truth in the presence of Christ. The company of Christ is
precious and, thank God, it is available. I am sure that we
have all known persons who lived near Christ. Were they not
attractive? Was there not some unmistakable feature about
them?
Was there not an unmistakable liberty, an unmistakable joy, to
be seen in them? I believe the fruits of the company of Christ
are quite evident. One would love just to speak a simple word,
as I have said, that every heart here, young and old, might be
attracted to seek more the company of the Lord Jesus. That is
His name, you know. He is our Lord Jesus! It is a precious
Name. All His names are precious, all His titles, but how
precious that one is—our Lord Jesus! How precious it is to be
in His company, to learn things there. I find that Mr.
Stoney’s ministry is very testing in this line of things, as to the
soul’s link with Christ. He speaks of such a thing as personal
union with Christ—“he that is joined to the Lord is one Spirit”, 1
Corinthians 6: 17. It is an individual matter. I think what I am
saying, beloved, is most vital, and never more vital than today,
the need of persons who have a clear, unmistakable link with
Christ, who have known access to His presence, and, as I
have said, who learn things in His company.
It says here that the time had come when Jehovah would take
up. Elijah into the heavens. He would take him up. That is,
there was represented in Elijah the kind of man whom heaven
would receive. Heaven’s disposition, as it were, involved the
taking up of this kind of man.