UNITY OF THE SPIRIT

UNITY OF THE SPIRIT

I wished to press the gravity of the offence of trespassing on the greatest, holiest, tenderest bond ever known, overriding ^[p. 144] all other bonds. If you disregard the unity of the Spirit, you must let go the Head, and then, however enlightened you may be, you have drifted into Laodicea. I fear many among us do not understand the unity of the Spirit, so how can they keep it? Though it is a most distressing, testing way to arrive at it, I have great hope that a brightening up of the truth will come out of all this sorrow. My text is, “God hath given thee all them that sail with thee” (Acts 27: 24). Stick to Paul, to the truth of the one body here and the Head in heaven, and we shall, through infinite grace, weather every storm.

It is 1846 over again. We should contend not for the punishment of the offender, but for the principle of the unity of the Spirit which in its magnitude, hardly any one apprehends.