EXTRACT – THE CHARACTER OF FELLOWSHIP

The fellowship means that all must work together. … What God is doing (in Neh.3) is building the wall of Jerusalem, and we want to do what God is doing. … No one can call on the name of the Lord Jesus and go on with what is contrary to Him; the thing is morally impossible. That is the real character of the fellowship – persons who are in absolute unity of thought, purpose and desire because all are calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is what is so ruined today. … The initial thought in Corinthians was all those who called on the name of the Lord Jesus, that was what constituted the fellowship when Paul wrote to the Corinthians. In the last days when departure has come in, and the wall is entirely brought down, the Lord looks for persons who call on the Lord out of a pure heart (2 Tim.2:22).

…All our intercourse together either helps or hinders the fellowship. … You have to move in keeping with the exercises of the brethren all the world over. There are no such things as local customs; they are altogether out of keeping with the fellowship. … In the fellowship we have to learn to regard the exercises of the brethren all over the world, and regard the ministry the Lord has given in all parts of the world; it is all connected with the greatest thing on earth.

From C. A. Coates Vol.30 252-254

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