Address—Doug Buchanan
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All right, well, I want to do this.
10, 10-4 93.
81 Shallow Hill Clerk and Clark, just like I'm leaving.
Can we look this morning right?
Blessed God, our Father.
We thank Thee for the relationship Thou has brought us into through the Lord Jesus Christ.
To be a special people, chosen to be loved and cared for.
Along our way, while we wait, our Savior who came once to save and is coming again to deliver.
And take us to that place where his thoughts prepare to place, and where thou, our God will be glorified in every sense of the word. And that we as a people would be so close.
As the bride of Christ.
The one who took our place on Calvary's cross in order to give us his place in thy house. Now, Lord, we're still on earth.
We have been committed many wonderful truths and blessings from our forefathers.
They've been handed down through the years to us, and our desire is to keep them, to honor thy name in the use of everything given to us.
And to shift the broad.
The love that was in thy heart to this world.
That is so filled with violence and corruption.
We believe, Lord, we're down to the near the end of the time.
When thy patients.
Will give place to.
Judgment.
This is a solemn thought.
And yet, Lord, it is a day of opportunity.
And so, Lord, we have some burdens on our heart today that we want to speak of. Help us to give expression.
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Help us to take it in.
Help us to live it out in our lives practically.
We have so much.
We are so responsible, We are so privileged.
We thank you for this.
May we be worthy of it.
Bless us now as we open the Scriptures and guide us. We pray for the glory and honor of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen.
I would like to speak this afternoon.
As one gathered to the Lord's name on the ground of the one body.
Of some of the practical ways that.
We who have received much truth.
By our forefathers who dug these things out and put them into practice, they've been handed down to us. Many of us are 3rd, 4th, and even 5th and 6th generations Christians that have been taught these things.
And yet I think there's a new generation, they're young ones among us that.
Need to hear these things.
We need to go back to our source.
The scriptures and connection with being gathered to the name of the Lord Jesus on the ground of the one body because there is always an effort of the enemy to.
Discredit. Destroy.
And otherwise ruin.
This truth that is the most dear to the heart of the Lord Jesus, that He would identify with human beings in order to have one body.
United to him for all eternity, like a marriage relationship.
About 180 years ago.
There were brethren from different areas that in.
Searching the scriptures.
Realized that to go on with the standard of Christianity that was in their days, the status quo of denominations with names and various creeds.
Was not God's best way to represent Him here on earth.
And so they came out of some of those systems.
And realize that.
The truth is that one body included all believers, and it was the basis, the ground upon which every believer had the right and privilege to meet.
And I'm going to touch on four points that I believe became very.
Real and precious to them and that are important for us to remember. Not that these are the four only points of the ground of gathering, but these are four things that I would like to call attention to.
And then I would like to go on.
And give some practical comments about how to properly represent these truths, because they're not just things that we have in our head or they're not just things that we speak about in meeting.
Or they're not just.
The meeting principles.
They are the basis upon which God has enabled us to be together like today, and united in a living way through the Holy Spirit to our Head, the Lord Jesus Christ in heaven.
The verse like Matthew 1820 for where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them, was one verse that became very important to those early brethren, and it has been a favorite and a very dear verse to many of us to see there that.
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The name of the Lord Jesus is sufficient.
As a title, as a basis of coming together as Christians to give expression in our lives of what God has called us to.
That's why.
Over our meeting rooms, we don't have any denominational name.
The name of the Lord Jesus is sufficient.
As true a basis, a title.
A person around which to meet.
We don't need the other human organizational structures.
That are so prevalent.
In Christianity Today.
Do you believe in the Lord Jesus as your Savior? There is none other name under heaven.
Given among men, whereby we must be saved. I think everyone in this room, and probably most all Christians everywhere, would recognize that there's only one name that saves.
There's only one savior.
But how precious to realize.
There's only one name upon which to gather together.
We don't need the structural human support.
Of man's ways of gap keeping people united together.
And so the first point is the sufficiency or the supremacy of the Lord's name for gathering.
That's what our early brethren realized.
And so, from many different groups, as they came together to read the Scriptures, they realized that the name of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, was sufficient.
And they gathered in that way, and they began breaking bread, according to Matthew 1820.
That Matthew 1820 isn't just a saying.
That we can hold to as true of everyone. It's a living reality that the Lord promises if we own Him in heaven, and only Him as the supreme name upon which to gather. He recognizes us in that capacity and identifies.
With those people.
We don't have a glory cloud that comes down and witnesses to all of this, but we can have an assurance of it in our souls.
That if we honor his name.
He never failed his people.
Another verse that we could turn to is First Corinthians 5 verse 4.
Do you want to turn to it in your Bible? As we cite these, you may. I'm going to read some of them rather quickly because there's quite a few scriptures I would like to go over to this afternoon. 1St Corinthians 5, verse four, and the part of the verse that says in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together in my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ. Paul wrote this to the Corinthian assembly.
And this was true of them in that day.
Early brethren realized that, and so it is that over the years, we who gather in the name of the Lord Jesus owning His supremacy there.
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This is a wonderful thing.
The second point.
Is obedience to the Word of God.
The whole scripture, not just taking a set of creeds out of the Bible and setting them up as the creed for your so-called group of brethren. That's not sufficient.
Its obedience to the whole were.
Paul could say, I have not shunned to declare unto you all the councils of God.
And so if we turn to Second Timothy, chapter one.
Paul in writing to Timothy.
Gives him an exhortation.
Second Timothy, chapter one and verse 13.
Have an outline of sound words.
Now I believe maybe this is the.
JND Translation.
I'm reading from my notes.
To help me.
Have an outline of sound words, which words thou hast heard of me in faith and love, which are in Christ Jesus.
Paul was largely the apostle that God used to reveal to us church truth.
The ground of gathering Paul was the apostle that God or the Lord Jesus first revealed the truth of the one body.
Too, on the road to Damascus, when he was smitten there, the very first thing God said to him touched on this point, that Christ and his church, the assembly here on earth.
Is one body, and he said to Paul.
Saul saw Why persecutest thou me?
And Paul as an educated man.
Was wise enough to understand in those simple words.
The reality that Jesus in glory was alive and connected livingly with his people here on earth who Paul was persecuting.
The Lord Jesus.
In heaven after he went back to heaven 40 days after his work on the cross, and then ten days later on the day of Pentecost, sent the Holy Spirit down to unite us and baptize us together in one body. And that's when the Church began. That was the beginning of the one body.
He is ahead in heaven and we the members here on earth. This is the truth of the one body.
It's true of every believer, whether they realize it or not. The wonderful thing is to realize it and to walk in obedience to the Word of God.
Another verse that we could, could, uh, read and to give emphasis of the truth of God or the word of God is first Timothy 3. And again, this is, I'm going to read this one in the new cancellation, first Timothy 3 and verse 14 and 15.
These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee more quickly, but if I delay, in order that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct himself in God's house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.
The Word of God, the pillar of ground or base.
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Of the truth.
And so when we take the whole New Testament scriptures and particularly Pauls epistles, we have the truth of the one body, and there must be that obedience and walking and conforming to it in order to enjoy practically in our lives here this privilege.
Of being gathered to his name on that basis.
The third thing that I believe became a reality.
Before those early brethren was.
The realization and subjection to the presence and power of the Holy Spirit to guide and direct.
If you read through the ER the book of Acts, you see how it was the Spirit of God who was directing those early brethren, the apostles.
They were in the Spirit and the Spirit said this and they were filled with the Spirit. The Spirit of God not only unites us together in this body of Christ and maintains that living link with us and the Lord Jesus in heaven, He's also here to guide and direct and when Christians get together and give liberty and submit to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
What happens?
There is growth and there is blessing.
And souls are instructed.
It's not a matter of human direction and ordinance and control.
There's a place for the human side.
But the early brethren, when they came together, they realized.
That the clerical system and the hierarchies and the various ways of ordaining and and controlling the Christian testimony.
Instead of helping, the Spirit of God became an obstacle and a hindrance.
President, when you come together in your little meeting and you feel your weakness, and maybe there's not gifted teacher, remember.
Waiting on the Spirit for guidance. Maybe sometimes there are some long pauses and that's to be lamented.
Were we more healthy? Perhaps it wouldn't be that way. But it's better to wait on the Spirit of God for guidance than to step forward with human control according to man's thinking.
John 16, verse 13.
John 16, verse 13 Howbeit, when He the Spirit of truth is common, He will guide you into all truth. For He shall not speak of himself or from himself, but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall He speak, and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me, that's Christ, for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.
These were the words that the Lord spoke about the Holy Spirit before He went back to heaven.
And so it tells us the purpose and the order. Without ascended head in heaven, though, it would be impossible, impossible for the Spirit of God to come down and unite us to Christ.
Because it's not in Christ's life on earth that we are united in one body. That's an impossibility. But it's in the new life and the resurrection life that the Lord Jesus took when he rose from the dead. A new creation was opened up, and in that new creation he ascended to heaven. And that new creation is ours.
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When we believe the gospel and we get saved and the Spirit of God seals us, we have that new life.
And in that new life, in that born again life.
We are united together in oneness with Christ.
And so the Spirit of God.
Is the active agent here on earth that's doing that not only keep it uniting us together in one body, but guiding us in the practical way, individually and collectively in our meetings? And so we need to wait on the Spirit of God. And then when the Spirit of God speaks to us, we need to move, we need to act.
And not be fearful.
There will be blessing.
We've seen it.
We see it every day.
Another verse is First Corinthians chapter 12, verse 7.
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. Now drop down to verse 11.
All these worketh the One and the Self, same Spirit dividing to every man severally as he wills.
As he will. This is in the chapter where we get the order of the Assembly, the Church here on earth, in the local.
Function.
And so one of the things spoken of in this chapter is the spirit.
Yes, young brethren, when the Lord by the Spirit lay something on your heart, do it. Don't quench the Spirit and don't get in the way of others too that are active in the gospel or in serving the Lord.
And grieve the Spirit by hindering in one way or another. We can do that.
But thankfully.
God is supreme and He does work, sometimes in spite of us.
We're not a perfect group of brothers. We have a lot of flaws. We have a lot of weaknesses and failures. We haven't always upheld the truth of God, always as we should. We haven't always been bright lights in testimony in the world as those gather to the Lord's name. But no matter how weak and how small.
We have this basis, and the Spirit of God is present.
Let's always count upon him.
The last thing is the truth.
Of the of the one body as the ground of gathering. We could turn to 1St Corinthians 10 or a verse that, uh, would speak of this. There are many, many verses. I'm just trying to hit one or two verses of each one of these to give you a reference point.
In First Corinthians chapter 10, verse 16, these verses are often read even in the remembrance of the Lord.
The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
For we being many are one bread.
And one body, for we are all partakers of that one bread.
That's the reason when we come together to remember the Lord, we have one loaf, and as we look at that loaf before it's broken, we see the representation of the whole body of Christ. We're only a few gathered locally in each locality there, but the representative of the whole group.
The whole body of Christ is seen there. It is impossible in this day of failure.
And and division and that has come in the Christian testimony to get all believers to gather together in one place at one time. That is an impossibility in the early in the early church, it was that way.
But division already started in Corinth at an early day and it has progressed until there's thousands perhaps of.
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Professing Christians that gather under various names and creeds and places and ways.
Can we put it all back together again? I don't believe God would call us to do that. Those early brethren, they saw the need to come out of those human organizations and to gather on the ground that there is one body. That's Ephesians 4 verse four. There is one body. That is a truth that will never change in spite of all.
Man's confusion and division.
That has come into the Christian testimony here on earth.
God sees.
One church, one body.
In the 11Th chapter we have, I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna read those verses, but umm, we have not the the ground of gathering, but we have the body of Christ as seen in the loaf as it is broken.
And in verse 27, we have, uh, the words there, he that eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. Now that's not the body of Christ mystically as we are members of it. That's the body of Christ who died for the believer. And so in a sense.
We can think of that too.
As important when we come together to the remember the Lord.
Now I would like to after, uh, the mentioning these four.
Cruise that I think are important and there again I repeat there it's not exclusive to those four. There are many other principle things that could be spoken of, but these came to mind as important for us to hold and maintain.
In in our efforts to go on for the Lord in the day that we live. And I believe, as the Lord promised, to set before his people an open door, that the Lord will provide a way and a means whereby Christians up until the Lord takes us home, would and should be able to be gathered together on this ground of the one body.
Now I would like to say in connection with.
Gathered to the name of the Lord Jesus on the ground of the body.
Notice those two expressions? I'd like to just focus a minute on that point.
We are not just simply gathered.
As members of the body of Christ, we don't just look around among Christians and say, oh, there's one body, there's one member, there's another member. Let's get together and we'll have a meeting and we'll gather and we'll, we'll call in these members of the body of Christ and we will gather in that way.
That's not the way it happens.
Matthew 1820 says where two or three are gathered.
Who's the active one in that verse and who's the passive 1?
It's it's the lower by his spirit and his word that gathers.
And so we do not pick the place and the time. The Lord does. It's the Lord's table.
And so our focus needs to be on the Lord and his person have him before us. There are many Christians that will take that verse and apply it or they will say when we speak about the truth of the one body. Oh yes, I believe that. Yes. We, we're, we're gathered too, as we're umm, we, we're members of the body of Christ and we gather that way. But you go outside the door of their building and what you see, do you see gathered to the name of the Lord Jesus there? No.
You see something else?
And who started that?
And what's their creed?
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What's their doctrine?
You see, this starts from God. It starts from the Lord.
We must be obedient to him when the Lord when the when the the Lord sent the disciples to on that last night of the Passover and when they said wear wheel towel, the Lord gave them instructions. He didn't just leave an open-ended thing and go find a place.
And he did it in such a way that proved that he knew where the place was and he set up all the circumstances and everything so.
Everything worked out. It was planned beforehand by God. The Lord Himself knew it.
And so there has to be that relationship and re recognition in connection with the truth of the one body with, uh, to the head of it. If you're not listening to the head, the body, the members on the of the body won't know how to function just like in our earthly body.
You gotta go to the head for the instructions and.
And so this is so important for us.
To own the head.
And the head is the one who sent the Spirit of God to direct us.
And if we are obedient?
And follow his directions, we will find the place.
He will see to it.
He has made abundantly clear it all starts with Him. This whole thing, our old salvation, started with God.
It's it's God from beginning to end. It's a wonderful thing to be one of those called to understand and enjoy this kind of a relationship so many of our dear Christian brethren.
Are in the dark about some of these things. They're so faithful in the in what they do and understand of the scriptures and now and oftentimes we have so much truth.
And yet we're a little bit careless with it.
Let us never find fault with our brethren elsewhere.
That in the measure of truth that they have, they walk in.
And we who have so much truth and understanding of this relationship and of our privilege, and to sit at the Lord's table and to remember him from week to week in such.
Appreciation of worship to Him.
How thankful we are.
How thankful we ought to be.
Now there are two things that.
There that oftentimes are seen to be in opposition to each other or contrary one is separation from evil.
And the other is owning all members of the body of Christ.
Those things sometimes are presented as impossible to bring together. Not so.
Brethren, when we gather to the name of the Lord Jesus, there must be separation from moral and doctrinal.
Any kind of evil.
On the other hand.
The ground of the one body is large enough to include every born again Christian, and there is a place there for them if they will take it.
But sometimes we're not walking in such a way that we can take that place that is really there for us. Or maybe there's not the desire to be there.
It is sometimes presented in this way too.
As.
Conservative and loose.
And some brethren will say, oh, this bread, this, this group is very conservative group and this group is a very liberal group.
Brethren, that's not.
The basis of the ground of gathering.
Those gathered to the name of the Lord Jesus on the ground of the one body, sometimes they're gonna be very conservative and sometimes they're going to be very open.
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If we go to the head.
We can't just set up a standard of conservativism or liberalism or open or closed or many other expressions that are often used as a basis upon which to gather and say we are this or we are that.
Brethren, if we get our eyes focused on these things, we don't have them focused on Christ.
And so if conservativism is to the exclusion of Christ, it's wrong.
If openness is to the exclusion of going to Christ, our head is wrong.
That's not the measuring stick for being gathered to the Lord's name.
It's going to the Lord, His word, submission to the Spirit of God, and He will guide us whether to be tight or open.
And we see it that way in the where.
And I wanted I wanted to call. I want to bring up some examples of this.
As in for us.
There's this another thing. The, uh.
The test of reception turn to Romans 14.
Verse one.
This is this is often a point upon which there are differences of opinion about reception to the Lord's Table.
The Bible says very little about it.
I suggest one reason is that.
If the Lord had given us a list of things to uh about how to receive, we would have probably started just looking to the list and forgetting the Lord in heaven.
The Lord wants us to go to Him for every 'cause He's the head that cares for the body, and He will direct us in every situation. And it's not enough for Assembly A to say Assembly B does it this way. Let's do it this way.
You missed the. You missed the point.
Go to your head, go to your Bible, wait on the Spirit of God. He'll guide you who you should receive and who you should not receive. There are many cunning things out there that Satan will put out. Sheep, wolves in sheep's clothing and so on, and others that are like our verse in Romans 14. Him that is weak in the faith, receive ye.
But not too doubtful. Disputations. Verse three. The end of the verse.
Let not him which eateth not judge him the Edith, for God hath received him.
Notice that point God has received him. These were non essential questions about eating or not eating certain foods.
It wasn't a vital issue.
There was such a thing as growth, and some were weak and others were better informed as to the Scriptures, and maybe they had certain liberties that other brethren didn't. Brethren, we can't get all people together to the same stage of growth at the same time to be in an agreement on that basis. Upon what basis can we be together in agreement? You go to the head, I go to the head, everybody else goes to the head, and we're gonna get the same answer.
In this case, God received him.
No more, no further questions.
I know this is not necessarily at the Lord's table, but I believe the principle applies.
In umm.
Chapter second John.
John's epistle.
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Another ex, another.
Uh, contrasting.
Point.
Second John chapter verse verse 9 and 10.
Whosoever transgresses, or it could be read progressive, that is, goes beyond what was given by God.
And the bite is not in the doctrine of Christ. Hath not God he that abideth in the doctrine of Christ? He hath both the Father and the Son, If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house.
Notice here that the test that the Apostle gives this elected lady as to reception was not.
How she perceived or how brother so and so?
Or.
Anything that had to do with them. The test that was put before her was what does this person.
Think of Christ.
What is this person's relationship with Christ? Not what is his relationship to your group or to your family?
No, that's not good enough when somebody comes along and wants to be received and to break bread with this.
It's not enough just to say, well, how does this person fit into our assembly?
Wrong.
What does this person think of Christ? What is his relationship with Him?
What does he say about the Lord Jesus Christ?
That's the criteria.
That's the standard.
Now there's another issue.
And that is the.
Hui call.
US and then.
Us being those gathered to the Lord's name, them being other Christians elsewhere.
Now this can be a problem.
And it didn't start with us.
Luke's Gospel, Chapter 9.
Verse 49.
And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and we forbat him, because he followeth not with us.
Jesus said unto him, for that him not, for he that is not against us, is for us.
I don't think I need to say too much about this, I think it's quite self-explanatory.
It's so easy to look at other Christians through our own eyes.
And again, the focus is off of Christ. He didn't say.
Master, He follows not thee, He says. He follows not us. Brethren, our understanding, our way of holding the truth, is not the standard.
Again, it's Christ.
Now we have a contrasting one in chapter Luke, Chapter 11 verse 15.
And I'm going to quickly go over this because there's one more point that I want to touch on in a case in the Old Testament.
Umm Luke 11, verse 15.
But some of them said, He cast casteth out devils through bills above the chief of the devils, and others tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them.
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And now drop down to I believe it's verse 23.
He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me. Scattereth. Now we have a very different situation. It's not them and us, it's them in Christ.
And this is different. This is vital.
Without Christ, what are any of us?
Will anybody ever be without Christ? Nothing.
Lost in our sins.
This is vital to hold to him. You reject him and accuse. In this case, they were accusing him of doing power miracles through the deals above the Prince of Devils and that that was a very impo, uh, very critical issue.
No part, no part in the Church of God on that basis.
Now, at the time that's remaining, I want to go back to an Old Testament story.
And quickly in Second Samuel chapter 3.
As I thought about this subject.
I.
The King David came before my mind and I decided I was going to read through the Book of Samuel or Second Samuel and notice with whom did King David eat?
Now we know that the act of eating together is the expression of fellowship, and so it is at the Lord's Table when we come together and break bread together, we give expression of fellowship together to those who eat. Sometimes there are those that sit back and they're not in fellowship. They do not eat. They do not express that same fellowship. Maybe it's because they haven't asked, or maybe it's because they're under discipline or want some other reason.
But the act of eating together is fellowship. It's always been that way.
And so, in my curiosity, I started reading through the Book of Samuel to see, well, who did King David eat with?
And I was greatly surprised to find out the 1St man that's mentioned that King David ate with after he became king.
Who can tell me who their name is? I wonder if anybody here knows.
I already gave you a hint because I think I told you the chapter, it's First Samuel. It's Second Samuel. Sorry, Second Samuel, chapter 3, verse 12.
Let's read a part of it.
Second Samuel 3.
And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? Saying, Also make thy league with me, and behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
And he said, well, I will make a league with thee. Now we're going to go on down verse 17. And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, you saw for David in times past.
To be king over you. Now then do it. For the Lord hast spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David, I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin. And Abner went also to speak in the ears of David and Hebron. All that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole House of Benjamin. So Abner came to David, to Hebron.
And 20 men with him and David made Abner and the men that were with him a beast.
Isn't this interesting? This man who was before aligned with the enemy or?
Or at least the one who fought against and resisted King David.
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Is now sitting down at table with him and a feast.
And David received him.
What openness?
I believe it shows us.
That David did not allow his own personal feelings about the issue to get in the way.
It says here that Abner recognized that the Lord had given David the Kingdom, and when he took that position, David accepted him. Isn't that wonderful?
And this is what I suggest in connection with the ground of gathering rather.
When people give the Lord their right place, we can receive them.
Even if they're aligned or is out there somewhere connected with those things that we're not agreement with them.
Now we know we don't have inter communion with different denominations, but if the soul comes in simplicity as a member of the body of Christ.
There is no need to check out their background where they broke bread 2 weeks ago.
If they come in that right spirit.
Owning the Lord.
Him that is weak in the faith receive.
You say, Doug, you're opening up the doors for all kinds of things. Not if you receive it from the Lord.
Who is gonna guard our?
Our testimony and the holiness that belongs to God more than Him.
And so it is, brethren. I fear sometimes that we're in a rut, that we only receive those who.
We know.
As recognized as in fellowship.
Yes, there is.
A bond of communion between assemblies and we use letters of commendation.
And we do not receive from outside on the basis of belonging to such and such.
But we do receive those whom whom the Lord receives. And I suggest that this example here of David is a, is a witness to this. I know it's an Old Testament example and, and, but I believe that it is, uh, given for us to teach us this principle later on, King David rejected a man of his own household.
Who came back to the city and that was absolute.
And he came to the city, and David would not eat with him, even though he was own son.
He rejected him. Interesting.
Well, our time is up.
I'm thankful for the godly care that is that is extended to maintaining the Lord's Table as a holy place.
But I'm also concerned that if we only receive those who.
Quote in the meeting we are in danger of becoming.
Like a sect.
The cure is not to become liberal. The cure is not to become conservative. The cure is to look to the Lord for every case.
And act. Let's pray. Our God and our Father, we are thankful.
For your Word, for the Lord Jesus Christ that has called us to represent Him here on earth, to be gathered to His precious name. We value these things and we want it to be carried on. We want our young people and those that are recently gathered to understand these things too, and to be faithful and true to Thee, as many of our forefathers have been to us.
We thank Thee for this heritage of truth, and we pray that it may be preserved for Thy glory and honor. Lord Jesus, in Thy precious name, Amen.