It Is God Who Gathers

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Of old it was God who gathered. See Isa. 11:12: "He shall... gather together the dispersed of Judah." Also Isa. 56:8: "Yet will I gather others to Him." More might be cited to show it is God who gathers.
In the New Testament, Matt. 18:20 shows us that God is still the gatherer of His people. "For where two or three are gathered together unto My name, there am I in the midst of them." There is only one name for salvation (see Acts 4:12): "None other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." There is only one name for gathering.
The Holy Spirit will not point sinners to any other name but the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. He will not point believers to any other name for gathering. The denominational and sectarian names will not do. God has only one center of gathering, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ.