We have some very precious truths in God’s Word concerning the assembly, the body of Christ. God has made that wondrous position for His people so they can be one in Christ and go on together in a practical way. This truth concerning the body of Christ, that precious oneness that God has established by His Spirit, is a truth that has been greatly attacked. Satan does not like it, because that precious truth draws us nearer to Christ and, consequently, nearer to one another.
There is another truth we have in the Word of God, another institution that God has established. It, too, has been under attack by Satan, particularly in recent years, and that is the truth in the Word of God concerning the Christian home. These two things, the Christian home and the assembly, are dealt with in the very beginning of the Word of God. It is as if God would say to us, “I want to show you right at the very beginning how important these two truths are.”