There Is One Body and One Spirit."

From: Things New and Old: Volume 13

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(Eph. 4:4⁴There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; (Ephesians 4:4).)

I love thy saints, Lord Jesus!

For they are one with thee; Rom. 12:5⁵So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. (Romans 12:5)

They bear thy holy likeness,

Faint though the impress be: 2 Cor. 3:18¹⁸But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. (2 Corinthians 3:18)

“One body and one Spirit,”

Truth to my soul, how dear! 1 Cor. 12:12, 13¹²For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. ¹³For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:12‑13)

No union so enduring,

No earthly tie so near! Rev. 21:2, 9-11²And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (Revelation 21:2)
⁹And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. ¹⁰And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, ¹¹Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; (Revelation 21:9‑11)

But were the bond united

To all the world displayed— John 17:21²¹That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. (John 17:21).

The light in beauty shining

O’er all this death-dark shade— Matt. 5:14¹⁴Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. (Matthew 5:14).

Witness that Christ, the sent One,

Amongst us came to dwell, John 1:14, 18¹⁴And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)
¹⁸No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. (John 1:18)

To do the Father’s bidding,

The love of God to tell. 1 John 4:10, 14¹⁰Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:10)
¹⁴And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. (1 John 4:14).

Mark how the foe confederate

Their banners raise on high, Titus 1:14¹⁴Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. (Titus 1:14).

The word of God unheeded,

Or spurned with mockery. 2 Pet. 3:3³Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, (2 Peter 3:3).

While we are seen half-hearted,

A feeble scattered band, 1 Cor. 3:3, 4³For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? ⁴For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? (1 Corinthians 3:3‑4).

Who, one in mind and spirit,

For all the truth should stand. Phil. 1:27²⁷Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; (Philippians 1:27).

Ο faithless Church! Hath any

An ear to hear the word? Matt. 13:43⁴³Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Matthew 13:43)

Then let him now acknowledge

Commandments of the Lord.” 1 Cor. 14:37³⁷If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. (1 Corinthians 14:37)

The Spirit’s voice is sounding,

Then fear not to obey; Rev. 3:22²²He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. (Revelation 3:22)

From all of man’s devising,

He bids us turn away. 2 Tim. 3:5⁵Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (2 Timothy 3:5)

Be Christ our one true center,

The Holy Ghost our guide; Matt. 28:20²⁰Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (Matthew 28:20)

“Love in the truth” be flowing

To saints on every side; 1 John 5:2²By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. (1 John 5:2).

One hope our hearts possessing—

Our coming Lord to see; Titus 2:13¹³Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13).

Thus should we dwell, as brethren,

In holy unity! 1 Thess. 3:12, 13¹²And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: ¹³To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. (1 Thessalonians 3:12‑13).

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Things New and Old: Volume 13

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• Work of Evangelization: Seventh Letter to a Friend

• Church History, Short Papers on

• Well Is Deep, The

• Correspondence

• Reconciled and Saved: Part 2

• Headship and Lordship

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• Church History, Short Papers on

• Forgiveness of Sins

• My Resting Place

• Correspondence

• Living God and a Living Faith: Part 1

• Superstition and Infidelity

• Church History, Short Papers on

• And the Door Was Shut

• God My Father Knows

• Correspondence

• Living God and a Living Faith: Part 2

• Apostles in Counsel; Or, Obedience to the Word

• Church History, Short Papers on

• Now Is the Day of Salvation

• Path of Life, The

• Correspondence

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