A Few Things to Remember
Edwin Brunswick Hartt
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A Few Things to Remember When We Come Together to Show the Death of the Lord Jesus Christ Until He Comes Again.
REMEMBER THAT THE LORD HIMSELF IS IN THE MIDST.-
Matt. 18:20.
That "A greater than Jonas is here." Matt. 12:41.
That "A greater than Solomon is here." Matt. 12:42.
REMEMBER THAT THE LORD BEING IN THE MIDST, we must be careful not to allow anything to interfere with His leading whom He will to take any part He sees proper, and that no brother has a place of pre-eminence above another, however gifted he may be, and that only as the Lord's presence is realized and His proper place given Him, will our worship be acceptable to God.
REMEMBER THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS PRESENT to Lead out our hearts in praise and thanksgiving to God and occupy us with the beauties and perfections of Christ and His finished work and that any unjudged sin quenches His liberty and prevents our enjoying the presence of Christ as we should.
That any brother taking any part in the meeting such as giving out a hymn, offering a word of praise or thanksgiving, administering the Lord's supper or giving a word of exhortation, etc., should be "in the Spirit" and act as the mouthpiece of the whole assembly. (1 Cor. 12.)
REMEMBER that we do not come together to hear a brother. preach (though there is liberty for any brother, or as many as three- 1 Cor. 14:29-if led of the Lord, to give a word of edification, etc.,) or to pray, but to remember the Lord Jesus Christ in His death and to show His death till He comes. (1 Cor. 11:23-26.)
REMEMBER NEVER to be absent from any meeting where the Lord is "in the midst," unless it is absolutely NECESSARY and you can offer your reason to the Lord. (Heb. 10:25.)
REMEMBER that coming in late is disrespect to the Lord Jesus Christ WHO IS IN THE MIDST, distracts the minds of all in the meeting from occupation with Christ and destroys one's own personal communion.
REMEMBER the time the meeting is to begin and NEVER be late. (Luke 22:14.)