EXTRACTS

So many things have been forgotten! The readings and addresses that the Lord is giving us at this moment provide an opportunity for the Spirit to bring out things that have been there all the time; none of the words of Jesus can be lost, hence the importance of such meetings. Brethren coming together in dependence on the Lord give the Comforter such an opportunity. He is here in the name of Christ, teaching us all things, and bringing to our remembrance all the things that the Lord has said to us.

J. Taylor (N.S. Vol. 40, p.51)

Leaven should never be found in our houses. Allowing certain kinds of books, magazines and papers into the homes of christians will assuredly lead to sin, and if the houses of the saints are affected by leaven, we can be sure that it will slip into the assembly.

J. Taylor (N.S. Vol. 40, p.85)

I do not think we should ever begin to count up our numbers at all. We can number the assemblies, but not the persons. Keep the number out of sight, because it is a day of small things, but a day of quality. And so the devil would spoil us, our little selves as I was saying, in these little meetings. These meetings are nothing at all in the eyes of the big men of this world, but they are everything in the eyes of heaven just now. I say everything because heaven is engaged with these meetings. They are the very centre of the divine operations. I do not hesitate to say that at all … we should make the most of them and … give priority to these meetings because they work out the purpose of God.

J. Taylor (N.S. Vol. 58, p.238)

It is a very serious matter to despise the assembly of God and we do this if we allow any class distinction amongst us when we are assembled … In Corinth worldly principles were governing, which was something dreadful, and Paul must therefore say, “it is not to eat the Lord’s supper”, 1 Corinthians 11: 20. If we allow any person to rule in the assembly, we are giving place to Judas.

J. Taylor (N.S. Vol. 94, p.314)

The anointing is for testimony, the sealing is for God, and the earnest is for us.

J. Taylor (N.S. Vol. 82, p.88)

All promises look on to the world to come ... Promises refer to the earth; they involve the question of what God can do in an evil world. The purpose of God is beyond the promises. The promises serve to bring out what God can do, He is bringing in a world according to His own nature, and putting out a lawless world. It is an immense thing to have a sense in one’s own soul that God is able to perform that which He has promised. The power is resurrection—Christ risen from among the dead.

J. Taylor (N.S. Vol. 82, pp. 88, 89)

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