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This man Onesiphorus wanted to seek out Paul. Paul says, he

“sought me out very diligently, and found me”. You might

say—Why is it so important, to find Paul? There is plenty of

Christianity around; there are a lot of places where they

preach the gospel. Would that not do for you, Onesiphorus?

What about that hall down the street; they get blessing in the

gospel and they are Christians just as much as we are. Why

do you not go along there? He would say, That will not do for

me. I want to find Paul. You might say, What is connected with

Paul? The truth of the assembly; and I would like to say this, It

is not to be found anywhere else except where Paul is. John

may give you the light of the family; Peter may give you the

light of the kingdom, but the light of the mystery was

connected with Paul. He spoke of “my intelligence in the

mystery”, Ephesians 3: 4.

I was speaking recently as to the time before some of us were

breaking bread in Vancouver.

Some of us used to meet together in our homes. We were

going nowhere, but we were praying for direction. We could

have gone along to one of the churches, we could have gone

along to a gospel hall. There were a lot of places that we could

have gone to, but Paul was not there. We were seeking Paul,

and we were praying that the Lord would direct us. He did

direct us, and how wonderful it was! I got direction one night in

reading ministry. I got an impression of how wonderful this

ministry is and that I had to get to the Lord. I thought to myself

that we had been praying for direction and the Lord had shown

me through this ministry where He is. I found Paul; I found that

there were persons walking

in the light of the assembly. I was able to be recovered to it.

How thankful I am! So Paul appreciated this man. When

others were turning away from him there was one man who

was very diligently seeking him out. Well, thank God there are

still those who are seeking Paul.