THE HOUSE OF GOD AND THE BODY OF CHRIST

^[p. 47] THE HOUSE OF GOD AND THE BODY OF CHRIST

More and more each day I am awakening, I trust truly, to see the greatness and responsibility of the church as the body of Christ and the house of God. Can any one comprehend the nature and closeness of the relationship of the church to Christ? And as we enter into this relationship, how great will be our sense of duty to Him, attention to His interests.

The tendency to relapse into independency and to reduce each little company to consider for itself, independently of all others, is very marked, and this is a practical denial that we are of the body of Christ on the earth, and that what is done for His honour in one place, is done everywhere.

It is little apprehended the greatness and fellowship of the house of God. As the cloud of glory rested on the tabernacle as God’s dwelling in the midst of His people, so now we are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.