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where he belonged. He would see his way by the help of the

Lord Jesus as Prophet. Oh, how tender He is, how patient with

every one of us that we might know, by experience, the

solution of our whole moral histories and receive sight, thus

being directed to be where He is and to find the flock,

“Therefore let us go forth to him without the camp, bearing his

reproach”, Hebrews 13: 13. This man certainly bore the same

reproach as Jesus bore in chapter 8. The Lord Himself was an

embarrassment to the Jews in chapter 8, and this man was an

embarrassment in chapter 9; he could not fit into any

organisation of this world.

Dear brethren, let us know, let us experience, what the Lord

can be to us as Prophet. He is able to solve the moral history

and lead us to find where He is, going forth to Him. “Let us go

forth to him without the camp, bearing his reproach”. “To him”

is not the Lord in heaven; it refers to the Lord somewhere

down here; we need the sight which the Prophet would give us

to find where He is at the present time, although there is public

confusion, and fragmented conditions. I can assure you, and

many here would assure you, that the Lord is somewhere.

He is to be found. We need the sight which He would give, and

is willing to give. May the Lord help us, therefore; may He

encourage us, for His own name’s sake.

Word in meeting for ministry, Edinburgh

17 January 1989