Open—Dwight Dods
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Perkins, Chapter 14.
And uh, verse 3.
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At 2:00 to 3:15.
I love you.
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I trust I want a too long.
We have been burdened over the last number of months.
And I just like to read 2 verses.
Both of these verses are very well known.
I think most of any age tell me where they're found.
And uh, could repeat them by memory.
First one was found in the book of Matthew.
Matthew 18 and verse 20.
There were two or three are gathered together.
My name.
There am I in the midst of them.
And again, the verse that we've been occupied with or has covered it in our readings.
In uh.
Ephesians chapter 4.
Verse 4.
The first 2 words in italics.
1:40.
There is one body.
Here we've had the forest.
Two facts.
And I think if we were to ask each one of age here, each one who's gathered.
You believe these two verses and I'd get an overwhelming yes.
Brother just mentioned it here.
On these verse 4 verses of Ephesians, we could spend the whole 2 days on those first.
These two verses have been enjoyed and valued by brethren for many years.
And I trust they are still valued.
Today.
But is there not a danger?
That we're gonna sell out.
And some of these things when it comes to the practical application of them.
I think the even the youngest boys and girls here can understand.
When it speaks of a body.
Young people know that a body has a head and has members.
Of it. We've got a body here and God has been so good and given us this, uh, type that we can understand. There's a head, we've got hands, we've got feet.
It is totally different from a family.
I've worked uh, with some Christians and he had.
That he believes in the one body.
But when questioned, I found it was more the thought of a family. In other words, we're all one.
We have the same father, we have the same interest.
And so there's a difference between a family and one body. I mentioned to some before that I grew up in a family that was six children.
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Mother and father.
With a lot in common with the same father, with the same mother.
We did most of the things together.
We work together, we played together.
But we were not one body, let me tell you.
It was eight individual bodies there and at times we acted independently.
Maintained one body. There's no room for independence.
Hands the legs, get it?
Message is instructions from the head.
And I read those verses, that verse in Matthew 18.
That one there, when we're gathered together by the Spirit of God, He gathers on the principle of that one body.
I don't want to take a lot of time, so I'm going to move on rather quickly. What's on my heart?
As I say, as each one of us say, we believe these things.
But over the last 25 years and over the years, I've been gathered.
When it came to the practical application of these two versions, which were real.
These things are real. There is one body, and if we're truly gathered by the Spirit of God, we're gathered on that very principle of one body.
And so in all simplicity, as her brother Robert brought out and Steve so clearly the other day, that if an action is taken in one of them, if an action is taken here in Hammer Bay, if it's one body, it's already been taken in Ottawa.
Infrared salary in Pine Grove.
Throughout the world over in India.
And I have.
It should not be a problem. We understand there's one body.
You know, in my ears, not very long.
But I've never known.
When we received the letter of commendation.
That we had a care meeting.
We believe this first that there is one body of the action was taken of someone was deceived in hammer base and he came to audible. He was received in audible.
What?
And we received letters.
That's a sad result of someone have to be dealt with.
The oneness seems to disappear.
And I'm gonna speak frankly.
We California start calling Hermes. What do we do with this one?
If it's one, we shouldn't spend 5 minutes.
The action was taken.
And if it's one.
And I've heard the argument come up, but what about, uh, there might have been feelings in somewhere, and maybe this act was taken with feelings?
Oh, they forgot Matthew 18 and 20.
Who was in the midst? Who is in the midst? Who gives them authority to act in that sense?
And so it's his brethren.
If we really believe these verses, not just a theory, not just something that repeated as, uh, brother, Bruce Ansius written the book.
These truths, the truth of one body, is probably quoted and spoken of more times.
Any other scripture among the front?
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And he said, perhaps he at least understood.
I don't profess to understand it, but just in its simplicity.
Just think he.
Glory would have come to our Lord Jesus if that one body, which it is all those redeemed, is one body. That's a fact.
But if everyone, all Christians, had acted on that ground, what were testimony would have been in this world?
Can you imagine what it would have been to this world if every Christian was acted in oneness?
People would just shook their heads.
And the Lord would have gained the glory.
OK, we failed.
Christmas failed, but have we failed as the world looked on to those gathered on the very principle of that one body for faster on it. What have they seen? Have they seen that oneness? Have they seen that we bow to it and believe it?
Unquestionable.
Do we really believe the Lord is in the midst?
Do we really believe that?
That's a really believe in an action taken as assembly with the Lord's authority.
How could we ever question?
I received a letter.
And I speak reverently if it was signed.
By the Lord Jesus, the one in the midst.
What I say, brethren, we should get together.
And decide whether we bound to this.
It would be wretchedness and bluff.
Yet when it comes with those with the Lord's authority.
We're willing to do so.
We're willing to question.
Or may it not be so?
And we just simply thought the Lord is in the midst. He can make it right if there's something that's.
Wasn't done exactly right. And again, I'm interested in noting that what we got a letter of accommodation, we never questioned how it was done, how they were received.
Every time that I can remember that the letters received from someone put away, Was it done in the right manner? Was her feelings? Was there something in the background we don't know about?
Oh, brother.
It's a dishonor. It's a dishonor to the Lord.
Or maybe just accept this word.
I'll do it recognizing it's his authority that he is the one that's in the midst.
Oh, what happiness we go on with. There wouldn't have been one division.
In my day, and perhaps the ones before, it was simply vowed to this scripture that there is one body and when that action was taken, we just simply acknowledge it and.
Subject to.
You say, well, it was an air maid.
I wanna tell a story that I heard many years ago. I think some of the others have heard from a dear brother, Eric Smith.
This is an encouragement to me, young man.
You know, these thoughts did come into my mind as a young man. What, the family made a mistake.
To rebound to it.
Eric Smith. Hold on, Olivia.
There's a brother.
Who is the?
Charged with evil.
And the assembly put them out of fellowship.
And that brother sat back.
Not one objective.
Time went on.
That brother came every week sitting back.
Didn't look for any sympathy whatsoever.
During one of the meetings, another brother finally stood up one day, he said. Brethren, brother.
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That brother's been sitting back. He is not guilty.
I am the guilty brother.
I was the one with them.
Well, it's very good, pointed out.
Both brothers were restored.
Has there been a first maid? Oh, I'm sure he wasn't the one.
They submitted the word of God and to the truth that we find in these words. There is one body and the Lord is in the midst of those that are gathered on that ground where we simply oh to his authority and his word.