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The worthiness of Christ, the sovereignty of the Spirit of God and the unity of "the body, the church".
Excerpt: I would add a few words, in conclusion, to those who are gathered (together unto) in the name of the Lord Jesus, desiring, in everything, to be subject to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Let us remember, beloved brethren, that GOD has gathered us together in (unto) the name of the Lord Jesus (Matt. 18:20). That we have not met of our own will. That we have only to seek the glory of Christ, and to win souls to Him. Let us not be ashamed of His precious name, and the blessed place in which He has set us as witnesses of Him. Yea, let us rise as one man to make known the claims of Christ. But this can only be done in unshaken faith. There may be the name and form and not the power. When gathered (together unto) in the name of the Lord Jesus, do we always expect the Spirit to testify of Him? If men go to hear an eloquent preacher, they expect to hear him. Do we thus expect the teaching of the Spirit of God by the Word? God is pleased to use gifts, but His own presence is more than all gifts.
I am not speaking of a blind impulse, or of what some call man’s inward light. No. I ask, do we really believe in the presence of the divine person of the Holy Spirit? Then let not one rise to deliver his own thought, ready prepared as it were, and let not the weakest say,3 I am not fit to be used of God. Let there be a real yielding of ourselves to God; to be kept silent, or used to speak the words He shall give — it may be but the reading of a verse of Scripture. Have we not often felt more of the real power of God’s presence at such a time than we can possibly describe? How blessed to feel you are in His presence; to hear His words, as though He were speaking in an audible voice. Oh, may there be much fervent prayer that the guidance of the Spirit of God may be manifest — seen and felt in every gathering. Have faith, my brethren, in God.
To my brethren who are still in the sects of men, whether Roman, Greek, English, Baptist, Methodist, or Presbyterian, of whatever name, let me earnestly entreat you to seek divine guidance in the Scriptures of truth. My confidence is in God that He will, by this feeble paper, lead many of you to own the name of the Lord Jesus, in unfeigned subjection to the Spirit of God. We may never know each other here; but when we meet around the throne, then we shall not regret having left every sect and every name, and having been gathered (together) only in (unto) the name of the Lord Jesus. Do not suppose that I imply that the name of Jesus is not dear to all the children of God in the various divisions of the professing church. No; for to you who believe He is precious. But you are not gathered (together) in His name alone, as the one body of Christ. Each sect has some other name, founded on some other principle, which hinders all the children of God being gathered (together) with them, in contrast to the true ground of being gathered by the Spirit of God to the Name and Person of Christ. In thus gathering there is no barrier to any or all the children of God walking in subjection to the Holy Spirit.
Nor can such a gathering or Assembly of God be truly called a sect, any more than the Assembly of God in the days of the apostles could. Nor would I for a moment imply that my brethren in the various divisions deny the existence of the Holy Spirit. What I say is, that when you meet for worship or teaching you do not submit to the Holy Spirit, and allow Him to preside over the meeting, using whom He will, as in 1 Corinthians 12:14. You have departed from the Spirit’s rule, and have set up human order; and thus one member is burdened, and the others become mere listeners. There is work for every member, according to the measure of grace. All cannot speak in public; but cannot God use the feeblest attempts — a word by the way? Yea, often the prayer of a poor man, filled with the Spirit, is more blest to the saints of God than the eloquence of an Apollos.
May the Lord Himself lead you into unfeigned subjection to the Holy Spirit, according to His blessed Word.